by Marissa | Nov 30, 2011 | Home, Image-Update, Life, Pregnancy, Recipes, Uncategorised
Our dear friend Hilkka just went home yesterday after spending a week with us. Both she and her husband Larry are like family to us. He married us 6 1/2 years ago, they have prayed for us, and we have called them many times for to tell them good news, to ask advice,...
by Marissa | Oct 26, 2011 | Aneliese, Cecily, Image-Update, Life, Play, Uncategorised
They are becoming friends these two, these sweet sisters. We have been noticing recently that they are moving from just happening to play together or playing side by side to asking each other to do specific things. Often more than once a day Aneliese asks Cecily most...
by Marissa | Mar 19, 2011 | Dan, Image-Update, marriage, Uncategorised
During one of meeting with the social worker whom we worked when we were adopting, she asked us what made us think that our marriage would last. What made us think that we wouldn’t end up divorced? At the time we wished that we had a more flowery, detailed answer, but...
by Marissa | Feb 27, 2011 | Dan, Image-Update, Life, marriage, Uncategorised
Yesterday, because we were away on Valentines, we spent the day “celebrating Love”. We started off our day with strawberries and whip cream on pancakes and later in the morning went for a tea party at the Tea House. The evening brought a special treat of...
by Marissa | Feb 27, 2011 | Aneliese, Image-Update, Life, Parenting, Uncategorised
Two nights ago my girl was having trouble sleeping and so I cuddled her for a while. Her arms tightly wrapped around my neck and her little hand gently patted my back as she whispered, “do you love me Mama?” “I love you a lot, a lot, alot.”...
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