Our saddest week

This week we found out some devastating news. I can’t blog about it, but our family’s world has been upside down ever since. Church today was very helpful, and I left feeling like there is hope, purpose, and God’s hand in everything.

I have occasionally taken pictures during the week of things I am thankful for.

Abe built a snow fort with the girls. All the middle schoolers in the neighborhood think he is the coolest. He is.
Abe built a snow fort with the girls. All the middle schoolers in the neighborhood think he is the coolest. He is.
Mary especially loves this fort. I should have taken a picture of the snow fight Abe and the girls had yesterday. The girls were safe in the fort while Abe launched an assault from the outside.
Mary especially loves this fort. I should have taken a picture of the snow fight Abe and the girls had yesterday. The girls were safe in the fort while Abe launched an assault from the outside.
Ammon is my angel baby. He is a perfect child. He only cries when something is wrong, and usually he tries not to cry for a good twenty or thirty minutes before he lets loose. He'll grunt and shift and try to fix his own problem before the crying starts, and once we take care of the issue, he calms right down. This little man is the object of my whole-hearted adoration.
Ammon is my angel baby. He is a perfect child. He only cries when something is wrong, and usually he tries not to cry for a good twenty or thirty minutes before he lets loose. He’ll grunt and shift and try to fix his own problem before the crying starts, and once we take care of the issue, he calms right down. This little man is the object of my whole-hearted adoration.

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My children are safe, healthy,and have beautiful spaces to play in. I am grateful for this.
My children are safe, healthy,and have beautiful spaces to play in. I am grateful for this.
Lydia took this picture of herself on my phone. I thought it was funny.
Lydia took this picture of herself on my phone. I thought it was funny.
Abe took these pictures of Ammon before church.
Abe took these pictures of Ammon before church.

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