Blessings, Part 2

It's so easy to recognize that God is sovereign when things are going great, isn't it? But it's a little harder when you're dealing with something difficult or unexpected. "He gives and takes away" is a lot easier when He gives.

But in this valley I can't help but remember that God has been so incredibly good to us. We have a lot of great stuff right now -- a house, a new van -- but really the heart of our family is what I'm so grateful for. God holds us so close to Him! We know how blessed we are to be partners in leading this family (we both came close to really messing that up!) and we know how blessed we are to have our incredibly beautiful baby girl. Our life is filled with, and centered around, love. That is rare and we know it. We have deep, real friendships, a beautiful baby and true love. He gives indeed.

Before the miscarriage there were some great pictures I wanted to share of Grandma's visit! It was great to have her and Lilia was over-the-moon excited every day. One of the most fun parts was when we went up to Prescott for a half-day trip. It was great! I had to take a picture of Jeff changing a diaper in the park in front of the court house, and I had to take one of the sewing machine Grandma bought while we were there! We also went to the zoo, so I'll include a few of those as well. :)