We went to a local park, and a friend from church, Mike Rovak, took our pictures for us. He was very patient with us and took as many shots as it took to capture some decent ones of all of us. The day was sunny and warm, about 63 degrees, and the kids complained about being too hot because of the sun shining on them and too cold because the rock they sat on was cold! But they were really good anyway. The little girls were done before we were really done. But they made it through to the end. It was a wonderful time for us.
Gary was home because he is still jobless at the moment, but we are enjoying our time with him. We know that God will provide the right job at the right time. We have no doubt that God will take care of us and provide every need that we have. We are excitedly looking forward to the next position that He has for Gary. We are expecting great things from God!
"Oh that God would give every mother a vision of the glory and splendor of the work that is given to her when a babe is placed in her bosom to be nursed and trained! Could she have but one glimpse in to the future of that life as it reaches on into eternity; could she look into its soul to see its possibilities; could she be made to understand her own personal responsibility for the training of this child, for the development of its life, and for its destiny,--she would see that in all God's world there is no other work so noble and so worthy of her best powers, and she would commit to no other's hands the sacred and holy trust given to her." -JR Miller
Beautiful!