Joy in Christ: The end of a season....

Well friends, forgive the lack of consistency in my posts these days. We have been keeping quite busy with the wonderful celebration of Andrew's graduation! Yes, that is right, Andrew is finally done with college! We could not be more relieved or excited as we now consider what is in store for the future!

But, it is bittersweet, the passing of this season of our life. Andrew and I met as students, married as students, had children while still students (I was technically still a student when I had Daniel, graduating when he was about 7 months old!), and now that part of our life is past! Andrew has finished his schooling, Summe Cumme Laude, by the way! I am so proud of him. He has worked so hard to support our family while taking on full time schooling. God has been so gracious and good, and while we will cherish memories from this season of life, we are very eager for what lies ahead, to say the least!

We are hopeful that his days of 3rd shift at UPS are almost over and that a normal schedule will soon prevail. We are hopeful that God will open doors for full time ministry opportunities, and confident that He will continue to guide our family according to His perfect will!

And for a brief update on our two adorable boys.........
Well they are adorable, that is for sure. :) And growing like weeds, to say the least! Daniel is 2 1/2, drawing closer to 3 with each passing day and it just blows my mind! This afternoon while eating lunch, Daniel spent the whole time cheerfully talking our ears off. He never missed a beat and Andrew and I exchanged many smiles as we listened to him jabber on about his best buddy Briggs and something about baseball...? His vocabulary is continually growing, although there still are those times we just have to nod our heads and smile! He is so packed full of energy I hardly know where in the world he gets it from! Although I do hear a rumor that children suck their energy straight from their parents...just a rumor though! :) He ADORES his daddy, and just today made me smile so big as I watched him follow Andrew around the house getting ready for work. Daniel shaved while daddy shaved, got dressed for work while daddy did, and also had me tie a tie for him (one Andrew lets him have) so that he will look just like daddy! He then proceeds to his little bike and says, "bye mommy, I gonna go to work! bye! I love you! Have a good day!" Absolutely precious! And makes everything absolutely worth it!

Micah is our precious little chub! :) Quite the opposite of his brother at this age, Micah currently weighs a whopping 20 lbs! (Daniel was not even 20 lbs at 1 year of age!) He is covered from neck down in adorable fat rolls and is incredibly happy and content! He smiles all the time and loves to babble. His favorite words to babble are mama (of course!) and dada! And, at almost 8 months old now, he can do the most adorable little "trick". I ask him, "Micah, how big is God?? Soooo Big!" And as I say that, he smiles big and raises his chubby little arms above his head. So sweet! He is quite content just sitting up playing and chewing on his toys and has not ventured yet to give crawling a try. I, however, am in no big hurry for him to start crawling, so I am enjoying every minute of his immobility! :) I know all too well how quickly babies grow into mobile babies and then into toddlers, and I am in no rush!

God is beyond good to us. There are no words! We are blessed!

Here are a few pictures for your enjoyment!