Career Paths?

It's fun to see the kiddos personalities and natural abilities already surface.  Makes me wonder, what does God have for them to do when they grow up?  I have just loved Ephesians 2:10 as I've gotten to work in Girls' Club and BSF the past couple years - brought clarity that it was God's work for me that He had already prepared!  It's on the heels of some amazing verses about what salvation truly is - a gift from God through belief in His Son Jesus, nothing we've earned!
  
"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do" (Ephesians 2:8-10).

Praying my kiddos would receive God's gift, and excited to see the work He has already planned for them.  

Micah may make a great engineer (here's yet another Lego set successfully completed).

And Joy, yikes, may be a high-powered CEO (here she is loving getting the lay of the exec land in Papa's office). :-) 

Joy's Babies

For Christmas Scott and Lisa got Joy two baby dolls, and she loves 'em. Just the other day I caught her trying to give water to one out of her sippy cup. Her baby doll collection recently grew with a new little girl from California (thanks Papa and Mama Sovilla). Joy's in love again...I found her in her crib hugging her baby Monday morning.

I'd say she's getting ready for being a big sister quite well!

One things for certain, she is still daddy's baby girl though. ;-)

PS - thanks for this birthday dress, Papa and Mama Sovilla - fit her perfectly for Easter!

26 Weeks!

Goodness me, I think I'm making a bigger baby this time around...I still have 3 months to go (and grow)!

Everyday Life

Here are just an assortment of photos documenting some of the things us Ruths do on a regular basis - school, walks, chillaxin, reading books, having family adventures and helping daddy with BraveBit work. ;-)  We're so thankful to God for giving us good health and a beautiful place to live to enjoy it all!  "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change" (James 1:17).