Lizzyism

Tonight, Lizzy called her Dad to see when he would be home, what she told him when he answered the phone was "Dad, the meatballs are so not good"

Jesus is Coming

So last night when Adam was finishing up the bedtime routine with Lizzy she told him that Jesus was going to come to visit tonight. Adam said, no, I don't think that he will be coming to our house. She almost made it sound like she was going to go to bed and wait for Santa to arrive, but she would know when he showed up so she could talk to him. She insisted that her teacher at church told her Jesus was going to come to her house tonight. So Liz went to sleep and at 1am I heard her come in our room. I asked her if I could take her back to her bed. She said yes and when we got there she said, Mom, I guess Dad was right--He is not coming to visit. It almost broke my heart a little that she had such faith. I told her that Jesus still loved her and although he wasn't going to visit her in person, he was always with her. She seemed OK after that. I love her sweet testimony.

4th of July

It was nice to be back in the USA for the 4th of July. It was our first time to celebrate in 3 years on the home land. One of the best parts was that our friends, the Buhlers, traveled down from DC to celebrate with us. We were so excited to see them again and had fun doing some sightseeing, relaxing and playing cards.

Saturday we visited Boone Hall Plantation which is just down the street from our house. The plantation was very pretty—especially the entrance of oak trees.

That afternoon we hit the beach. The beach here is awesome—great sand, shallow and gentle waves for the kids.

On the 4th, we enjoyed church and then walked around downtown before enjoying the fireworks in front of the USS Yorktown. It was a great show that lasted 20 minutes. The kids were pretty excited.

We were sad to see the Buhlers go home and hopefully our paths will cross again soon!

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Windows Live Writer

So I know how I said I was going to go back to my original blog on spaces, but I miss your comments so much. When I was publishing the other day, I discovered that I could publish to blogger using the free window live writer program. It makes it all so much easier when it comes to posting pictures and slideshows. I can upload all at once and not one at a time. Going forward you will continue to see me here on blogger and I promise to do no more switching!

Our Little Swimmer

When we moved to SC we got Lizzy into some swim lessons as we swim almost everyday. When she started her lessons she would do more in class than she would with us in the pool. Toward the end of the lessons she would do more with us than in class. Monday, June 21st, we went swimming for FHE. She was clinging to me like I was going to let her drown. However, I got her to trust me and then I let go and she has been a little fish ever since. We are so proud of her! This video is from June 22 as we didn’t have the camera with us the first day.

Happy Father’s Day

We are lucky to have the best Dad in our family. We really couldn’t ask for anything more from Adam. The kids love him and can’t wait for him to come home from work everyday and maul him as soon as he walks in the door. To celebrate father’s day they were nice enough to let him sleep in. Lizzy decided she wanted to wake him up by roaring at him and I told her it wouldn’t be very nice so she opted to go, “tweet tweet, tweet tweet”. Where does she come up with these things? Anyways, we had a great Sunday with Dad at church and at home and finished off with a walk in the county park. We love you Dad!

Happy 4th Birthday Lizzy!

Lizzy turned 4 this past Thursday. She wanted 2 things for her birthday: a Belle cake and a mermaid Barbie so we complied. i kind of cheated on the cake this year, but I thought I was a genius. She loved the Barbie and the cake so it was a success!

We love our Lizzy so much! She is so much fun and is a great big sister to James. We couldn’t ask for a better girl.

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