We had a nice day of visiting with some of Brian’s family! We were so grateful it worked out for everyone to be together for the day. It ended up raining the whole day, but Stephanie set up a few “stations” with games, legos, coloring etc and the kids enjoyed being together and playing together.... Continue Reading →

Last week when we were at Nellie and Andrews we were talking about skiing/snowboarding. They mentioned a place in North Carolina we should look into since that’s the are we were going to be in. Sure enough, they are still open and since that cold front blew in and dropped some snow, we figured we... Continue Reading →

We had a super cold night that got down to 19 degrees. But after it warmed up to about 8 o’clock, we had another good morning of working on a project. Stephanie went to work today, and Stephen and Martin helped Brian do something with drilling through cement, pex pipe, water, digging, crawl space…I honestly... Continue Reading →

Overnight we had quite the rain storm. And that brought in some super cold temperatures!! The high for today was only just above freezing! That meant we spent a good portion of the morning inside the tent where we had a warm fire going. It was a bit crowded with all the active little ones,... Continue Reading →

One thing we enjoy doing as a family is serving others. Sometimes there are jobs for everyone, sometimes not. Today, just about everyone got to pitch in and help with a project or two. Brian and Stephanie made it clear they didn’t want us to feel obligated to work on anything, but we also made... Continue Reading →

After Bible study and breakfast, we took a tour around the inside of their home. It is just beautiful! They have done so much work and are so excited to start having people come stay with them for a time of refreshment and drawing closer to the Lord. Then Stephanie took them all (except Silas,... Continue Reading →

Sometimes it’s the little things that you don’t think about, that have a big impact on how things operate. That’s what this post is for…to pass along things that we have found helpful. One of those things has been the “turbie twist”. All the girls were gifted one before we left and it has been... Continue Reading →