Priorities

Like Kip, I love technology, but not as much as I love my family, and I love blogs, but recently that has not been my top priority, as if you couldn't tell. For anyone who's wondering, we do love our new home and the community is very welcoming and we're very happy to be here, but it will be some time before we really feel settled, naturally. Daniel has been swamped with school stuff and I'm currently thinking what a miracle it was that my mother raised 8 children when I'm feeling overwhelmed with 2. The move has been harder on Spencer than we anticipated and we are fully aware of the reason behind the phrase "terrible twos." I am just praying for more patience and love, patience and love, PATIENCE and love. It is amazing how much the Lord will give us strength, change our perspective, or fill us with more of that patience and love if we will only ask. Thank you to everyone who has continued to be a support to us--we miss you all and hope you're doing well in your part of the world. (For those who read the fine print, this is Becky typing even though Daniel's name appears at the bottom--I was too lazy to log out of his account.)

Rice Cereal

After weeks of having Esther try to pull the food off of our plates (and our plates off of the table) she finally got to try some rice cereal. Bland rice flakes mixed in lukewarm water, a magical floating green spoon, and a beautiful pink bowl to boot - doesn't it just sound so yummy? Here was Esther's first take on it: