LOTS of pictures and stuff.

So here I am thinking that I am doing such a grand job of "blogging", but really, SO much has happened in the last month and a half that I haven't even "blogged" about. Therefore, I don't think I'm doing such a good job :(

My response: Just keep trying.


First up is... My youngest brother Ben. He is a Senior at Biola University majoring in Communication Disorders. He is also a stud soccer player on their soccer team. He endured many setbacks and injuries, and we are so incredibly proud of him. Here we are at his last game...

Zoe's into it.

Zoe not wanting to be still. Shocker.

Love this guy.

Husband and brother. Handsome aren't they?

Us. We love each other.


HALLOWEEN! Honestly, my least favorite holiday of the entire year. However, this time is was highly enjoyable thanks to my adorable daughter. She was a cupcake! And not just your average cupcake. More like the cutest cupcake you have EVER seen!

I told you! The cutest cupcake ever!!

To die for.


Next was Thanksgiving. Now this is one of my favorite holidays. It makes me happy, warm and fuzzy, and very full. This year we journeyed to L.A. to my Aunt & Uncle's home. They are so weird and wonderful and we love them.

The cooking of the turkey. Ben assisting.

Ben and my beautiful cousins.

The cutting of the turkey.

Skyping with Grandma.


And the rest are all of my Zoe girl. My sweet, wonderful, beautiful girl.

My sleeping beauty.

Reading time with Uncle Benny. She still thought she was a cupcake :)

She is obsessed with pushing strollers.

She woke up and the first thing she did was put on her cupcake hat.

Being silly. And once again, in her cupcake hat.

Seriously.... words fail me....

Those eyes......

All bundled up!

I love her.

Zoe and Sully.... Pals.

Devotional.

"Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed." Romans 4:18

Abraham's faith seemed to be in complete agreement with the power and constant faithfulness of Jehovah. By looking at the circumstances in which he was placed, he had no reason to expect the fulfillment of God's promise. Yet he believed the Word of the Lord and looked forward to the time when his descendants would be "as numerous as the stars in the sky" (Gen. 26:4).

Dear soul, you have not been given only one promise, like Abraham, but a thousand promises. And you have been given the example of many faithful believers as a pattern for your life. Therefore it is simply to your advantage to rely with confidence upon the Word of God. And although He may delay in sending His help, and the evil you are experiencing may seem to become worse and worse, do not be weak. Instead, be strong and rejoice, for God usually steps forward to save us when we least expect it, fulfilling His most glorious promises in a miraculous way.

He generally waits to send His help until the time of our greatest need, so that His hand will be plainly seen in our deliverance. He chooses this method so we will not trust anything that we may see or feel, as we are prone to do, but will place our trust solely on His Word - which we may always depend upon, no matter our circumstance.

Remember, the very time for faith to work is when our sight begins to fail. And the greater the difficulties, the easier it is for faith to work, for as long as we can see certain natural solutions to our problems, we will not have faith. Faith never works as easily as when our natural prospects fail.


(From Streams in the Desert.)