The Frosted Fox

We have a new local favorite - the Frosted Fox!  It's an excellent bakery near us that just opened a few months ago.  We popped in for a date in mid-November, when Cassie Lou was still in her sleepy newborn days, and while Grandparents entertained the older girls.

I absolutely love how they decorate, so it's a feast for the eyes too!

And...We're Back!

Nearly one year ago I last posted...eeps!  Time has flown and there is much to update, so I hope to make it a habit of 2016 to post more regularly.

First - let us introduce our 3rd daughter, Cassandra Lousie.  She had us wait a bit to meet her, but she made her entrance more quickly than her sisters and has been a joy ever since!

we are all in love :)

 These are all my favorites....sums it up for me.

more posts to come soon!

budding musician

musician in the works

winter days

This how we are keeping the winter blues away. :)

play dates with friends...shades indoors is the rage around here!

Candle light dinners every night

reading, reading and reading.... :)

nesting dolls

Eliza Wren loves playing with her nesting dolls.  

Thank you for the Christmas gift, Auntie Jane!

4.5 yr. old and 2 yr. old psalm memorization

Excerpt from our morning psalm memorization after breakfast.  

2nd of January 2015

Meredith:  "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures."
Jane: "Very good, Mer!"
Eliza Wren: "WATER!"  wide eyed and emphatic
Jane: "Yes, Wren - the next line is, "He leads me beside still waters."
Eliza Wren: "KOMBUCHA!!"
Meredith: "No Eliza, kombuch isn't in it!"
Jane: (continuing on) "He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake."
Meredith: (with a perplexed and eyebrows-raised expression)
"...His name isn't 'Sake'...?!!"

Trip to Michigan

We spent Thanksgiving with our dear friends, Isaac, Emily and baby Addie Belle.  It was a lovely few days - full of delicious meals, cold walks, reading, tent-making, snuggles and good conversation.

Thanks for having us, friends!