Mata Photo Session

Wee baby Abram's foot.

Cutie Boy, the cut under his lip makes him look tough. It goes with his mustache.

Coy Malia

Malia's big girl feet. They grow up fast, so do their feet!

True Malia. I love having them around so much.

Fall in Iowa

Someone gave this tree a haircut.

I love my new camera!

We went out on the boat for the last time this year on Sunday. We took a little nature walk as a family at the camp ground by Lake Delhi. It is a perfect place to take the kids boating. We will be eagerly awaiting spring. More pictures later of the kids.

One More

My cute baby Nora, who sadly is not a baby anymore. :(

More Pictures

Me and my gnomes.

Nathan posing in all his gnomeness.

Trouble!

Showing off his skinny bones. Should have had him go as a skeleton and saved myself the money!

Wearing Mr. Potato Head's ears.

Pictures

Nathan in his lawn gnome costume. Those are his letters at the top of his bag. I taught him to write his name today.

Nora's lawn gnome costume. No I did not make them.

Nora flying in the air.

In the leaves at Grandma's house.

Nora giving a very moving speech to the forest animals. :)
There will be more to come later. Some more of Nathan, that kid is hard to get a shot of!

Pictures

I will post lots of pictures soon. I have been so busy. Sorry that I am so behind. Amanda decided to post so now it is making me look bad. We are not friends, we are sisters!

Happenings

It's been awhile, how are all of you? We are doing alright. Lots going on. Nathan started home schooled preschool this Monday. It is going great. I am just amazed at how smart he is. Nora is picking up quite a bit herself. It has been tons o fun doing the lesson plans and activities for them. We will do two years of preschool at home and then go to regular kindergarten pending on decisions made in the next few months. Which brings me to my next bit of news.
At the end of September Dan and I will be going to Cincinnati Childrens Hospital to discuss our options for a bone marrow transplant for Dan. As some of you know Dan, my husband, has a genetic condition called XLP. That is the abbr. name, I cannot spell or pronounce the full name. Basically he cannot fight off certain viruses such as the anode virus (the common cold) and mono. This makes it really really hard for us to have much of a social life or for me to be able to send my kids to school. A BMT would reverse his condition and in time would have a more normal life. Like everything there are pros and cons nothing is decided yet. This is strictly an informational visit. We are going to Cincinnati because we have contacted three other hospitals that don't want his case. It is very rare to have someone with his condition and still be alive at his age. The other hospitals just feel as though they do not have the staff or knowledge on his case to be the best option for us. This is very overwhelming for us. there is so much information and choices to be made. Please keep our family in your prayers. Hopefully I can find time to start posting more soon. Sorry for those of you that this is our only form of updates. It has been a crazy couple of months! I will try to do better.