Eternity's Baaaaaaack!!

Yes, she has returned from a summer at her mom's house. We are pumped to have her back with us. In just a week's time she will officially be a highschooler!! Scary thought, but time just keeps marching on!! Tonight her and I drove passed Empire (her old school) and she said, "I can't believe that I'm not going there anymore." Ahhh, how sweet. She's coming to grips with getting older and moving on. Empire was a really good school for her. It was a scary thought at first since Empire had such a bad reputation. But it turned out to be a very good place for her. Good principal, great teachers and the secretary LOVED her, so that was a bonus :) We are not going into the teenage/high school years full of fear and dread. Instead we are excited to journey with her through these exciting years. The high school years don't have to be horrible and full of rebellion and attitude. Kids need direction and guidance and boundaries. She's a very good kid and we are blessed to have her living with us. It's already been 2 years since she moved here. Hard to believe. Anyways, we are happy to have her back.

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I feel that I need to post a couple recent family pictures on here. The one of us all dressed up is at Amy and Brian's wedding in June. The one on the porch is in Kirklake Lake, ON at the mining museum


Don't you just love that picture of Benjamin with his spikey hair? He was a couple days old there and after his bath his hair literally just went "POOF!". I had nothing to do with it!

WHOA! So, it's been a really really long time since I have updated our blog. Lots of reasons, really. I find Facebook to be all consuming and once I'm done on there I have no juice left. Life just gets busier all the time, so I guess I just have to make time to get on here. I didn't even know my password, so it had to be reset! I'm a silly girl!

First off, I must say that I have to put up some updated photos for sure! We have an addition to our family of girls!!! Baby Benjamin was born on April 23, 2010 at 11 pm weighing in at 13 lbs 2 oz. Yes, you read that right. THIRTEEN POUNDS!! I could tell you the whole story, but let me just say that I was priviledged to have a safe and healthy home birth. I have been fortunate to have all of my children at home. That is such a huge blessing! I love it and wouldn't have it any other way, unless of course I had to. I was actually at the hospital for a routine check up on the baby when I felt my first contraction. We came home and the labour progressive intensified through the evening. People have said to me, 'Most people go to the hospital when they go into labour. But you LEAVE the hospital!!' Yes, that is true. God knew that I did not want to be there, so He worked it all out. Pretty amazing :)

I will try to get on here more often. There is TONS to say and write about, but supper is just about ready and Baby Ben is squirming on my lap. So I have to go for now! But I will return soon, I promise!!