Taaa-Daaa!!!! Drum roll please ...best is last!
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| Yeah, we B tripp'n |
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| And when did this happen!!?!! Isn't she beautiful! |
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| Breaky in Chicago. Due to weather, | we had a wonderful date night and Am in the city! |
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| He succumbed to the dark side |
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| sick and tired! |
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| 1st. snow -woman of the season :) |
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| We got 'em!!! Visas are in hand! We applied on the 2nd and were approved on the 4 and received them in the mail on the 5th! Unheard of! There is no stopping us now ...except a measly 40% :) God's got this!!!! |
"Perfect Storm" of winter 2011
Yes! We were in it! Driving! In Chicago!! Just as the blizzard hit in Chicago at 2:30 on Tuesday, January 1, we {and all of Chicago} evacuated -garsh! It took us 4hrs to travel what normally takes 1hr!!! It became clear that we would have to stop and continue on in the morning ...so we called some dear friends along the way and spent the night. Thank you Pat & Randy for such great hospitality!
Visa's have now been applied for ...and now we wait {approx. 2-3 weeks} for the Italian consulates favor/approval. All you prayers -keep on a pray'n!
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| us and Chicago on the road |
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| from my view |
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| darkness sets in |
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| the carnage |
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| white outs |
Hello's & Goodbye's
We have spent some time saying those two words these last few weeks. We said "Hello" to my family as we paused there for much needed car breaks to and from IN ...so we could say "hello" to Brea and meet her family. We attend a commissioning at her church -marvelous! Then "Goodbye" to Brea as we were off toward home and she was off to ITALY! Then "hello" to our own beds for 1 night before saying "hello" to some good friends in Wichita. We have said "goodbye" and are home for a ...well, we will just have to see :) ~PS. My mother-in-law is home and doing well ...it is just a long road to recovery and regaining the use of her left side and Brea & Hannah made it to Italy just fine!! They are doing well and are busy figuring out the first few steps of life there.
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| Girlfriends forever! |
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| Ignoring the bad lighting ...I love their expressions. |
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| A daddy and his girl :) |
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| Yes, Noah is in there somewhere! |
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| LOL |
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| beautiful winters night on 1.19.11 |