The last several weeks
have been extremely busy for our family!
In March, we
celebrated five birthdays…
Tori, Zach, Bekah, Jeremiah (Jay), and Andrew!!
Tori and Wyatt
Zach and Bekah (Brother and sister)
Bekah and Caroline
Zach and Jay (Brothers) with Joel and Wyatt
Andrew and Hudson
Jay and Wyatt
We try to celebrate
all together when we can, but busy schedules didn’t allow that to happen this year!
We also celebrated our
risen Lord on Easter Sunday!
After church services,
we had dinner at our house, which was followed by the children and adult Easter
Egg Hunt!
You never know what
type of weather you might be having in the Midwest on Easter, so with the
chillier temperatures that day, we opted to hold the Easter Egg Hunt inside!
This was actually a very
smart move…it began snowing that afternoon!
However, the fun
didn’t stop there!
Our 9th
grandchild…second granddaughter…was delivered the Monday after Easter!
I am happy to
introduce you to Everly Grace!
She is such a doll!
And her older brothers
absolutely adore her!
Actually, I believe
the entire family (including extended family and friends) are quite smitten
with her!
As I hold the precious
bundle of joy in my arms, tears come to my eyes!
Tears of joy!
Tears of thanksgiving!
Tears of praise!
And I just stare at
her in amazement!
When I look at her
tiny feet and hands…her little mouth…her dark hair…all of her delicate little
features…I just sit in awe of this precious miracle!
The God who created
the heavens and earth created this precious baby girl!
He knew exactly what
she would look like!
He knows every hair on
her head!
He knows her by name!
His word tells us…
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb…Psalm 139:13
I can only imagine how
God must feel as he creates each tiny individual…the details that he considers
as he is knitting each precious baby together in his/her mother’s womb!
I’m sure he is smiling
as looks down upon the child forming and growing inside his/her mother!
And I am reminded in
God’s word…” I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know
that full well” …139:14.
So when I look at Baby
Everly…when I look at each grandchild that God has blessed us with…when I look
at my children and their spouses…I just praise His holy, holy name!
Each of them are a
gift from God!
Each of them are
special…knitted by God’s own hands!
So, when you see the
tears that sometimes slip down my cheeks…it’s because my heart cannot always
contain all my joy…and it often overflows in the form of tears from my eyes!
And when I think of
how much I love each of my children…grandchildren…I know that our Heavenly
Father loves them more than I can even imagine!
Our God is so good to
us!
So as I try to soak up
as much time with Everly as I do with all of my other grandchildren, I thank
God for each one of them!
I hold them close and
pray over them…praying that they will choose to follow God all the days of
their lives!
And most days…I just
feel like lifting my hands to him…thanking Him for the many precious gifts HE
has blessed us with!
Dear Heavenly Father…thank you for the gift of life! Thank you for blessing us with Everly! I look forward to seeing the wonderful plans
you have for her being fulfilled in the days/weeks/months/years ahead! I and look forward to making many, many precious
memories with this sweet girl!
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