Beautiful fall

"For the beauty of the earth

For the glory of the skies,

For the love which from our birth

Over and around us lies,

Lord of all, to Thee we raise

This our hymn of grateful praise!"

Happy 2nd birthday, sweet girl!

Gulf Shores 2012

Charlie's 3rd birthday

Can you guess how he feels about Toy Story?

Cleared

In April (yes, I'm just now posting from allll the way back then!) we took Charlie to Children's Hospital for his final CT scan. It was clear! Because he was so good and grown-up (And because those nurses and staff are INCREDIBLE! The first picture is a lady demonstrating to our 2yr old how he would go into the "big doughnut" like the little boy she was holding.) he was able to do it without sedation. And because of that, we were able to take him to the zoo afterwards. We had such a wonderful time enjoying our precious, healthy, whole (not even one scar) son. God is so good.

Slave

I'm thankful tonight to be a slave. I'm even more thankful that I haven't had the same master all my life.

"But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart..." Romans 6:17

"Following after Paul and us, she kept crying out, saying, 'These men are slaves of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!'" Acts 16:17

Honestly, I write with tears of gratitude. Talk about counter-cultural! Oh God, thank You, thank You, thank You that I can be Your slave!

The little sister

When Brother Kevin Williams tried to take a picture of Charlie and Zac in their matching wedding outfits, little sister Bethan jumped in front right at the last moment. The picture speaks for itself. :)