8 Years!!

 Eight years ago today Mark and I got married. 

Biblical marriage is so precious.  I'm so grateful I get to experience God's plan for marriage with Mark.  We truly are blessed, 8 years, 4 children and best friends.   

 The picture below is 8 days before we got married.  We went into Downtown Seattle to get our marriage license.  I remember how exciting this was. 

But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.  For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, and the two shall become one flesh; so they are no longer two, but one flesh.  What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.  

Mark 10:6-9

Click HERE to see an old post about our honeymoon.

Mema meets Silas

 Mark's mom Connie came for a vist last week to meet her 6th grandchild.  She has 4 grandsons now and 2 granddaughters.  She brought old photos for Mark and I to look through.  It was really fun looking at Mark when he was a baby.

 This is Mark's dad and mom

 Here is Mark's mom, dad and big brother Mike holding Mark just home from the hospital.

Sweet little Mark back in 1975.  

Guy Time

 Mark and Levi the other evening built a model car together.  Levi was so excited and they had so much fun doing this together. 

Grammie-goo

 My mom is the best!  She came and stayed with us for 13 days to help out while I recovered and rested from the birth.  Thirteen days went way too fast and we miss her so much.  But the 13 days were great and the kids got to spend so much time with Grammie-goo.  

 Here my mom and the kids are talking with my dad over Skype.  My dad didn't come on this trip because of the birth but they are coming back very soon so he can meet Silas in person.  

 My mom was her for Mother's day and the kids got her some fun gifts.

 My first trip out of the house with Silas and everyone was to Starbucks and to a farmers market on Mother's day.  Living far away from my parents has been hard in many ways.  But God has been so good to bring us together (many times), especially at times that really mean something to us, like Silas' birth and Mother's day.  

 Here we are up on our bed talking to my dad on Skype again.  Right during the conversation with him Lulu's front tooth fell out.....while on Skype.  Papa got to see it all.  

My mom reading to the boys.  

We had a great visit with my mom.  I'm so blessed to have such a wonderful mom and dad who spoil us and love us so much.

Click here to see my mom's post on what she did with the kids while here in Boise.