Snow Day!

Last Monday it snowed again, which is all still new for us Floridians! Aaron was studying for the day but decided to come home early so that we could play in the snow together. I was so excited! I had just put Joshua down for his nap but we got him up, bundled him up and headed out. As you'll see in the pictures, Aaron found a nifty alternative for a sled. Him and Joshua both tried it out and it actually worked pretty well...except for the time Aaron flew off the front of it. :) We had snow ball fights, made snow angels and ate snow! I was so grateful that it snowed like this on a day where Aaron was able to come home and enjoy it with us.

Our sweet Joshua!



Yup! That's my love and I kissing in the snow. :)


Amber with her snowball

My Hope

"My hope lives not because I am not a sinner, but because I am a sinner for whom Christ died; my trust is not that I am holy, but that in being unholy, He is my righteousness. My faith rests not upon what I am, or shall be, or feel, or know, but in what Christ is, in what He has done, and in what He is now doing for me. On the lion of justice the fair maid of hope rides like a queen." - C.H. Spurgeon

Wrestle Time and Chill Time

Our PC Caregroup & Caregroup Retreat ...plus a green thing

Our PC Caregroup consists of 6 couples.
From Picture:
(top row)
Matt & Siobhan Slack (from Corning, NY ...also good friends of ours from Metro back in the day. I used to babysit for their kids!)
Bryon & Jennifer Lockhart (from Cherry Hill, NJ)
(bottom row)
Aaron & I with Caleb & Tyler who got to come with us on our retreat! :)
Jonathan & Lilli Leslie (from Stillwater, MN)
Ben & Erin Wikner (from Gaithersburg, MD)
(missing from the picture are our dear friends, Luan & Teresa Nguyen from St. Petersburg, FL. We were sad they were unable to join us for the retreat!)

We meet once a month for couples caregroup with Gary & Betsy Ricucci (what an incredible blessing and time of growth that is!). We also meet in smaller groups of 3 for "fellowship group" (the guys meet every Wed. and the ladies every other). We also get together one Sunday a month (rotating whose home we meet at) for dinner and fellowship. It has been such a joy to get to know each of these couples and to grow with them in the grace of our Lord.

Ben & Erin Wikner arranged for our caregroup to have an overnight retreat (back in mid November). A family from Covenant Life Church graciously opened up their beautiful home for us to use. It was right on the Chesapeake Bay. (The water view below is right out the back door!)

What sweet times of fellowship we enjoyed! We ate together (beautiful and huge meals prepared by all the men), laughed together, spent time sharing all kinds of stories from our lives, had a time of prayer and worship together and took time to encourage each other with evidences of God's grace that we see in each other's lives.

(Thanks Siobhan, I borrowed some of these pictures from your blog) :)




Yes, we're eating a green shake (composed of kale, pinapple, lime, flax seed oil). Siobhan got us started on these and this was our first taste. We have actually, due to many different skin problems & health issues, started making these kind of shakes every morning. Joshua even drinks them too! :)

I've been tagged!

Okay, so I've been tagged by both Praise and Jennifer so I guess I better respond. :)

Here are the rules for those of you whom I'm about to tag: go to Your Pictures file go to the 5th folder open up the 5th picture and post it then tag 5 people when you are done. (I feel like this is one of those silly forwards that I never respond to so don't feel compelled ... but it is fun to see pictures from everyone.) :)
Drum roll please...I tag Amanda Welton, Megan Roca, Taraleigh Davis, Tracy Lytle and Jacki Guajardo.

This one was of all those who served through the Alpha course a few years ago. What sweet memories!