Things to Remember. And some pics :)

What's Up around here?

1.) Beth is almost 8! Gulp! She has her own room which she has full of all her "treasures". I remember those days myself, and yet how does one girl collect so much, um, stuff?? She just started violin lessons and is thrilled. She made the honor roll for our online school we are doing. Is reading like a pro now, and just started Spanish as an elective. She cracks me up how good she is at accents. I need to get her in some serious language classes I think!


2.) Ben is doing alright. He continues to have challenges due to his epilepsy. We really have no idea what the future holds developmentally. That can sometimes be scary, but we really have confidence that God's plan for Ben is the plan He has had before the beginning of time. He is having a few less seizures on the ketogenic diet, and we have a few things we are still working on "tweaking". He LOVES to vacuum and sweep. All day. That also means that he intentionally creates messes in order to vacuum and sweep. Which means.....MESSES. ALL DAY LONG. Between Ben and his brother, the house is in shambles by the time Beth and I finish school. Whew!

(side note: as I was typing this, the boys spread dark purple fingernail polish on the carpet. this just may be the last time I ever blog....)

3.) So, it has turned out that Beckham has the word "ham" in his name for good reason. He is just a goofball and talking like crazy. Just yesterday he put on a necklace and said, "My name is Sarah." What?? I think he was talking about their baby sitter Sarah who he really likes. He counts really well and says his alphabet. Beck was 2 in November. When we arrive somewhere that he is eager about going, he says, "Yay, I so excited!"

Please scroll down to the next posts to see some recent pics !!

A Baby Too...

Chris' sis Jenny had a baby girl at Christmas, so we were able to see all the family when Chris' folks flew to Medford. New babies are always fun. Beth was especially entranced by her baby girl cousin (those are hard to come by around here :)

Beth and her cousins



Baby Taylor

Where did she go? Tiny little thing :)

Us :)

Photography by Laurie Passey

A Beautiful Wedding...

December was a busy month for us. I will start with the wedding pics! My beautiful sis Grace got married to Mr. Drew Aspinwall. Here are a few of my faves from the special day. Enjoy!