More to Celebrate!

I know, I know. I haven't picked up blogging again as easily as I'd hoped. I was hit with one strange illness after another for nearly two weeks, and now I'm just frantically trying to get everything done before we have to pack up and leave.

But I simply cannot leave one major event unmentioned any longer. You see, earlier this month our little Evangeline turned TWO. We thank God for blessing us with this little person with a big personality. She brings us such great joy and has been one of God's major instruments in teaching us more about patience. We are now holding on for dear life but definitely enjoying the ride.

We took Evangeline to a portrait studio on her birthday to forever capture her two-year-old self in some nice birthday pictures. Below you can see part of the finished product. I think we succeeded. :)

Fifth Time's the Charm

Praise the Lord! We finally have a house waiting for us in Ohio! Well, it's not exactly waiting on us. In fact, the current owners won't be out until the end of August, leaving us homeless for a few weeks. But, at any rate, we are thrilled to have this humongous decision behind us!

Some of you know what an ordeal we've been through trying to buy a house in Ohio, but for those of you who don't....well, I won't bore you with the whole story, but it took 5 attempts to buy a house before one stuck. And this wasn't even one of the houses Chris saw on his house-hunting trip last month. Oh, well! I'm just relieved to have it finally behind us. This has taken up far too much of our lives over the last 6 weeks--lives that are already crazy busy with 3 small kids and a husband/daddy trying to finish a master's thesis. Hopefully I'll be able to pick up blogging again now that I've made a little room in my mind to think about something else!

Okay, we're off to Chick-fil-A to celebrate!

Celebrating Four Years

Child of the Covenant

Hiking the Tent Rocks

The Many Faces of Anastasia

Catching Up With Pictures