Family Pictures

My very talented friend Maegan took some family pictures for us last weekend. I love the way they turned out. Some of them capture Connor and Lyla's personalities so well!

Little Miracles!

I was just looking back on the last six months of our lives and realized we have been part of many tiny miracles...little things that may seem like coincidences to others, but help I know came from a higher power. Chris lost his job 6 months ago. We thought it would be a couple months and he'd be back in business, but it took a little longer than expected. The first miracle was that we were able to return a car we had just bought...hence no car payment. Second, Heavenly Father led me to a job eight months earlier that would pay for our mortgage payment. We were able to pay for everything else with the unemployment money. Third, Chris had an ingrown toenail that just kept getting worse and worse, he tried all the home remedies and still no luck. He called a doctor's office to find out how much it would cost...$170.00. He made the appointment and the day he was going to go his toe seemed to be getting better. He called, canceled the appointment and his toe got better. Finally, the week that our unemployment check stopped coming, Chris got a job with Aramark. Heavenly Father knew what he was doing and knew what we needed to learn. I'm not sure why I doubt that He will take care of us, He always does! Chris started work on Monday and it has been a great week! I'm proud of him and the hard work it was for him to find a job. Unemployment wasn't easy for him, but he handled it well. We went out to dinner with Chris' parents the night we found out he got the job, we were talking about all of the miracles we'd received as a family and Lyla looked at me and said, "Heavenly Father loves us!" That sums it up nicely!