Trophies, Tears, and Tissues!

Wow! The new year has already been crazy busy! The kids are back in school and the tree is down, but I'm still looking at a few presents and decorations that haven't been put away! I'll never be 100% caught up! This weekend was very bittersweet for our family. Caleb played in Cape's indoor soccer tournament and ended up with a first place trophy after beating a very tough team from St. Louis. And sadly, on Saturday we buried Mark's sweet Grandpa Kinsey of Marion, IL who just died of cancer at age 82. We'd been talking to the kids about Grandpa being in heaven with Jesus now, so when we walked into the funeral home Saturday, Lydia looks around then says to me, "Mommy is this heaven?" It was so sweet and comforting to know that she knows Great-Grandpa is with Jesus now. We all take comfort in that fact. Today I am battling a terrible sinus infection that keeps coming back and has just about gotten me down this time around. I'm supposed to be packing my sweet husband's suitcase for his mission trip to Mexico tomorrow. Instead, I'm on the couch with a box of tissue! It's just about like that old Satan to get me down while my husband's away! Any extra prayers for protection the next few days would be greatly appreciated! My mom just called and is bringing over chicken noodle soup, so looks like God is already providing!

Checking In!

Just a quick post to see if I still remember how to do this. August was the last time I tried it! As soon as Mark teaches me how to post pictures we are in business with this blog! After the new year and the kids return to school, my new project will be figuring out the world of blogging! Stay tuned. I'm so excited!

Welcome to our blog

Mark thought I needed one more thing to keep up with so he made us create this family blog. Hopefully, it will help keep you up to date on our family's events. This will be great since I am terrible about keeping journals, scrapbooks and baby books!