fun at Heritage Park

Josiah had so much fun playing at Heritage Park with the Brooks boys and Daddy too! Owen is 4, Josiah almost 4, Isaac 5 and Karsten 2 1/2

Evie Joy LOVES being apart of MIchelle's Wedding!!!!

these are all kinda coming up placed randomly but um, i am not sure how to switch them around and i'm currently "borrowing" someone else's internet in good ole' America to even put up a post so ...we are just gonna go with what came up! Evie Joy loved getting her nails done- haha- she was half asleep but still very much enjoyed girl time with MiMi and Michelle getting her nails done for Wedding prep stuff and shopping with MiMi- see new Princess umbrella! very excited about that! And which obviously shows She absolutely loved, adored, felt like a true Princess herself- getting her picture taken with the Bride Michelle! EJ was all big smiles and so super excited as you can see!

happy birthday time at mimi & poppes!

Since we were in the states right after EJ's bday and 2 months before Jo's bday we decided to have a small family celebration at MiMi and Poppe's!

Evie Joy was very excited about the potty for her baby doll! She really loves the potty!
Josiah was really into opening presents! This was fun! Evie Joy would open one and just play with that one forever, but Josiah was like okay, here's one, great...where's the next?!


he's pretty excited about getting some new cars :) he is loving them these days!
Aunt Pam got him some kind of toy mouse- mommy is not really a big fan, haha!


we had a Dora/Diego theme! Poppe was pretty excited about Dora! ha!


Dora is trying out the potty!
love these of them blowing out their candles
2 VERY EXCITED kids!
love this sweet picture!

EJ needed a little help from Daddy with her candle!

pandas...

we live near a cool panda reserve/park/zoo...not sure what you call it, we finally made it for a visit after living here for over a year! they were really gentle and playful :) and we of course got these cool souvenirs so we can be pandas on cold days too :)

playdate friends!

this was day 2 in the states :) with our sweet friends- Lindsey 2, Evie Joy 2, Karlee 4, James 6, Isaac 5, Charis 4 months, Josiah almost 4, Karsten 2 and Owen 4! These are our sweet friends who send us packages with love and pray for us when we live so far away! WE are so super thankful for fun play times with them while in America!

love this one with Granddaddy & Betty!

recent family pictures

it's kinda hard to get all the kiddos lookin and smilin at one time...but these are pretty good considering!!!! we are very thankful to have a few days all together! Denise drove 15 hours both ways by herself just to spend time with us! What a Blessing! Denise is 26, Jo almost 4 and Evie Joy a fresh 2 :)