wow

Oh my goodness. It has been over a year since I have last posted on this site. Honestly, it has been so long, when I went to log in I was afraid that it would no longer be available. But, thankfully, after about a zillion attempts with different e-mail accounts and passwords, I finally hit the jackpot. (think I will write it down this time)
A lot has changed in the past 15 months. My parents are back on the mission field, this time in Poland, and my brother is on the field as well, serving our Lord in East Asia. It has been nearly a year since we have seen grandpa and Uncle Mikey, but grandma came home for a short visit this spring. Yep, she had to come to Michigan... to have her taxes done. Hey, that's as good a reason as any!
This week my baby, okay, he isnt a baby any more but still... anyway, my precious little Ryan is on his very first mission trip. He went with our youth group to work with a church outside of Albany, NY. This fall Ry will be starting high school and has some major goals for his career, and he knows it will be hard work. This past year he has started attending CAP (civil air patrol) and he has decided that he wants to go to a college like West Point or the Air Force Academy when he graduates. He looks adorable when he puts on his BDU's (or camies, as I call them) but the other day he put on his dress blues for the first time and my heart just skipped a beat. He looked so handsome! I just cannot believe that my little Ryan is growing up so quickly.
Ian and Zane will be starting middle school this year. Yippeeee! They are 6th graders now. This fall they will be moving into our Sunday School class. Poor Jim, he is going to have 6 very rowdy boys to deal with, while I will have 6 girls in my class. Anyway, the twins are growing up so fast, and are becoming little men. Ian has his first little girlfriend. I told him they cant date until much later because I want him to still like her when he is old enough to marry. (yep, I have already picked out his future wife. Ryan's too)
Well, I think this is enough for now. After all these months, I think we will start slow, and who knows. I might even post again sometime soon.
Lora