Andrej, Jessica, Kaiya, Tobi, Eli and Jakob

While still living in Grand Rapids, Andrej and I would head off in different directions to serve in various ministries. As much as we each enjoyed the things we were a part of, we really wanted to serve together as a family. We wanted our kids to know serving and caring for others as a normal part of life. For whatever reason, God decided that South Atlanta would be the place for our family to live that out, and we have all grown to love it. The kids greatly enjoy our regular neighborhood prayer walks. They may not understand some of the bigger issues we are praying about, but they join us in praying for our neighbors and friends.

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This is what I recorded on our way home from South Carolina the other day.

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Before I can write, I need to wipe this layer of dust off the ol’ blog. It has been so long since I posted something, I’m not even sure I remember how to use WordPress. Anyway, I did want to give a quick update on the pregnancy and upload some new pictures. Pregnancy update = still pregnant! My due date was yesterday, June 19, and baby boy remains happily in his cozy home.  (Read more …)

Jessica just uploaded a ton of new pictures here, starting with this one showing Tobi putting on his winter gear – a skill he perfected in Michigan.

November brought with it much colder weather, the first snow of the season and plenty of warm snuggle time with daddy.

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This rewind back to October will shed a little light into how we found out about Baby #3 and made the decision to move to Atlanta.

October was an exciting month as we took our very first road trip as a family of four. We’ve taken several short trips in the car with the kids, but never traveling more than a few hours from home. After our last trip down to South Carolina back in June, I hinted that we were done with the airline industry (at least for a while) and wanted to give driving the 16 hour drive a whirl. Surprisingly, the trip went really well and the kids did great for being strapped into their carseats for so long. We borrowed a portable DVD player, which made the hours go by so much faster. In fact, Kaiya spent most of the drive watching her favorite videos and looked like this:  (Read more …)

Since I am the worst blogger that ever existed, I need to do a few rewind posts to bring the blog up-to-date. I have the hardest time just blogging about recent happenings, which there are some exciting ones, when I know there are important memories from the past few months that will soon be forgotten if I don’t at least mention them here in this space. In fact, September feels like ages ago and I had a hard time even recollecting what happened during that month. Thankfully, a little stroll through our pictures jogged my memory and reminded me that a huge milestone in Kaiya’s life happened in September.  (Read more …)