xo ~ Happy Birthday Kendall ~ xo

We celebrated Kendall's birthday on Friday ... Hey Kendall, we're here!Before we left for dinner, we had time for fun pictures ...
... of course the serious faces ... (not my favorite pose but I'm just the photographer :)

Beautiful smiles ...
So, we're driving in Laytonsville, following this funny little truck ... so the girls had to have a picture ... so silly
And then in Dayton, we see the bunny that is dressed according to season, so we had to stop for a picture ...
We arrived at Cross Roads for crabs! Table 3 here we come ...
Drawing while we wait for the crabs! What else?
Wondering just what are we doing with these things ...
Digging in ...

All cleaned up!
Riding home ...

okay, so the girls thought Janelle looked like a pup hanging out the window in this picture ...
Home for cheesecake and goody-bags...

Happy Birthday Kendall! We had a wonderful evening with you and your friends ... lots of fun and laughter and lots of crab eating!

We love you Bear ... we thank the Lord for the gift you are to us and for all that He is doing in your heart. Happy 15th!

“The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.” Number 6: 24-26

A Day in DC

What's more fun than going to the National Zoo? Not much! So when Ashley called to see if Kimberly wanted to go along, why she said "yes!" of course ... Kimberly's favorite ... the panda bears ...

They captured a lot of great photo's ... Touring around the nation's capital ...

A very yummy dinner!

Watching the planes at Reagan National Park ...

Thank you Karen, Wayne and Ashley for blessing Kimberly with such a great day!

Ashley, you did a great job taking these photos!

Early Spring Happenings!

Spring has arrived in Maryland! And we've had a busy March and April --- lots of "happenings" going on around here .... The 11th grade class came over for brunch before spring break started! Easter egg decorations with a twist this year ...

Off to see Aunt Thelma after Easter Dinner ...

Our new friend Cristina from Juarez, Mexico. We had a fun time hosting her for a week while she and her 9th grade classmates visited the United States. We're in the middle of a few home improvements ...We have a new friend, 'Nutty' the squirrel ... he seems to have adopted Don and Aimee. We think he's a newborn who lost his mom, but he is making a home under our shed and looking healthy...

And, Kimberly has captured some beautiful Spring blossoms in these photos ...
Spring has sprung! And we leave you with these words from Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening which he penned for us to read the evening of April 1st ...

Hosea 10:12 "It is time to seek the Lord."
"This month of April is said to derive its name from the Latin verb aperio, which signifies to open, because all the buds and blossoms are now opening, and we have arrived at the gates of the flowery year. Reader, if you are yet unsaved, may your heart, in accord with the universal awakening of nature, be opened to receive the Lord. Every blossoming flower warns you that it is time to seek the Lord; ... Do you tell me that the warm blood of youth leaps in your veins? then, I entreat you, give your vigour to the Lord. It was my unspeakable happiness to be called in early youth, and I could fain praise the Lord every day for it. Salvation is priceless, let it come when it may, but oh! an early salvation has a double value in it... "It is time to seek the Lord." Ye who feel the first signs of decay, quicken your pace: with you it is indeed time to seek the Lord.... Dear reader, if you are now advanced in life, let me entreat and implore you to delay no longer. There is a day of grace for you now-be thankful for that, but it is a limited season and grows shorter every time that clock ticks. Here in this silent chamber, on this first night of another month, I speak to you as best I can by paper and ink, and from my inmost soul, as God's servant, I lay before you this warning, 'It is time to seek the Lord.' "