This is the first year in 11 years of marriage that we will be home on Christmas Day. (!) Because we travel to family (2 and 6 hours) and because we didn't want to be traveling on Christmas Eve or Day and because James gets those days...
Genesis 9:13 I have placed my rainbow in the clouds. It is the sign of my covenant with you and with all the earth. There is probably no pleasure equal to the pleasure of climbing a dangerous Alp; but it is a pleasure which is confined strictly to people who...
My dad and brothers have been attending the Father/Son Retreat at Camp Barakel for as long as I can remember. When James joined the Hutchens family, he was invited into that tradition. And this year, for the first time ever, Corban was finally old enough...
started school, James' grandma entered heaven, (we already miss her, but what a long, beautiful life she lived!) and the Steele siblings took a photo, as did the LaRoy cousins, our Steele kids tried for a photo too, then they got it obviously way better, Cru learned to drive (I told ya...
Well, for some reason all these photos got uploaded in reverse order. I'm just happy to be blogging at all (no, Cru, I can't hear you crying; babies who are taking naps CAN'T.BE.CRYING). So journey with me backwards through July! Becca came to see Paul and...
My baby brother (forever, sorry, bro!) got married last month! We're up to 8 beautiful sisters in this family! James was a groomsman and my sister and I sang PLUS my other brother and sister-in-law were both in the wedding party and have two kids, so...
We enjoyed some perfectly warm days last month. Wading and swimming in the lake are favorite pastimes. Crusoe was particularly tired this day. I feel much braver when a sister joins me! All that red hair. We stumbled upon a carnival kicking off free summer lunches. BOTH CORBAN AND...
Having a fourth child is hard. (Betcha thought I was gonna say something uplifting and inspiring. HA.) Even our great days (and there are many!) are just plain ol' hard. So much talking, touching, needing, crying, diaper changing, sock losing, complaining, laughing, screaming, eating, messing,...
Guys, I'm super sorry, but this post will be short on words and looooong on photos. No time for editing! He's already three weeks old now! And we're all doing great. So great. In sleep, in health, in nursing, in harmony. We're having a blast...
The last post ended with Saturday evening, September 10th, wondering if tonight was the night. (It wasn't, but it was close.) The hard contractions fizzled out by evening, so we went to bed and hoped he would come soon. Sunday morning I had one hard...