I could not get all the pictures in one post. I couldn't leave out the dragon bottom. Too cute.
I also needed to add our Christmas pageant. We are a secure family. As our church is currently lacking young men to play the roles in our program, Ella was a wise man and Harper was Jesus. It was a lovely performance. At one point Harper caught my eye and pointed at me and and waved super big. I was so proud. To my surprise, she is a rather adept winker as well. She used the performance for practice. Ella stated her lines loud and proud.
Enjoy the pictures. It will probably be another six months before any new ones surface. (hopefully not). One last thing. You'll notice a table of people sitting around my dining room table. These are people who are closer to us than family. They have adopted us and taken seriously their covenant vows to helping us raise our children. We are rich because of those who sit round our table and spend hours praying for our children and loving them in meaningful ways. They are at every major event in the lives of my children. For their love and friendship, we are immensely wealthy.
Okay, so I've found a new blog to enjoy. Over at
simplemom.net a great give away is taking place. But in order to enter one must leave a beauty tip. If you know me at all, you know I'm not much concerned with beauty. I brush my hair, oh, twice a week maybe. Well, anyhow, I read through the tips, and those ladies must pee a lot. Everybody has the drink water and be beautiful idea. And, sleep.
Hmm, I must be beautiful. I drink tons, and who doesn't love sleep. Newborns. Ugh. Coming soon,
ey....no sleep again for Kara. Okay, so there's my plug. If you pee and sleep, head over to
simplemom.net and enter the conversation. You will see my very Jesus happy statement that says who needs the outside when Jesus makes me pretty. Very pastor's wife,
ey. I'm working on it. Not really.
Okay, so I did my six month download of pictures. So I'll totally bore you with pictures of my sweet faces. This fall Harper turned four (I loved her 3), but 4 has been a blast too. Lake turned two....so, so, so sweet. BTW, the speech therapist gave us a gold star this week. He's doing great. Really coming along. And we went to a random fair where the girls had their faces painted and
Halloween. Ella was Mary
Ingalls; Harper was a (let me get this straight) a princess-flower-barbie....her own invention from dress-up, and could you just eat my little dragon. I kept taking pictures of his cute behind with a tail. So here you go. A new picture of the kids.
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