I mentioned recently that I have just realized that several things have happened that I have not blogged about. One of these big things was getting to meet my new nephew, Liam! We left TX the week before Liam was born in August, and did not have another trip scheduled to go back. I was afraid that it would be next summer when Liam was nearly a year old before we would get to meet him. This living so far from family can be a bit yucky!
When we decided to come to TX for Vicky's surgery, we only had 1 day that we knew for sure we'd be in the Dallas area. So my brother & sister-in-law drove all the way from Fayetteville to see us that one day! It was such a gift! Fortunately, Mandy's family is in the DFW area too, so they didn't have to just turn around and head home after 1 day :-). This is me holding Liam for the 1st time, trying to hold back the tears of joy for getting to meet him while he is still small! But God knew that he wouldn't be that old when we 1st got to meet him. That is a good description of how our trip was, in fact: God bringing good things out of hard things.
Liam is so adorable and such a happy baby. I know it does not make any difference to him that Aunt Becca got to hold him, but we can show him pictures :-). Tim's been great about posting video and pics on their blog, partly for our benefit, but it was so precious to see his smiles in person!
It was also good for Katie (& us) to see her Casteel cousins and spend the day with them. In the 1st picture is Layton, 2 1/2, Lily, 7, Lacy, 4 1/2, and Katie.
It happened to be Halloween, so we also got to go trick-or-treating with them. (Also in the Halloween picture is Rylee, one of Lily & Lacy's cousins on Mandy's side) The time was too short, but it was very sweet.
I mentioned recently that I have just realized that several things have happened that I have not blogged about. One of these big things was getting to meet my new nephew, Liam! We left TX the week before Liam was born in August, and did not have another trip scheduled to go back. I was afraid that it would be next summer when Liam was nearly a year old before we would get to meet him. This living so far from family can be a bit yucky!
When we decided to come to TX for Vicky's surgery, we only had 1 day that we knew for sure we'd be in the Dallas area. So my brother & sister-in-law drove all the way from Fayetteville to see us that one day! It was such a gift! Fortunately, Mandy's family is in the DFW area too, so they didn't have to just turn around and head home after 1 day :-). This is me holding Liam for the 1st time, trying to hold back the tears of joy for getting to meet him while he is still small! But God knew that he wouldn't be that old when we 1st got to meet him. That is a good description of how our trip was, in fact: God bringing good things out of hard things.
Liam is so adorable and such a happy baby. I know it does not make any difference to him that Aunt Becca got to hold him, but we can show him pictures :-). Tim's been great about posting video and pics on their blog, partly for our benefit, but it was so precious to see his smiles in person!
It was also good for Katie (& us) to see her Casteel cousins and spend the day with them. In the 1st picture is Layton, 2 1/2, Lily, 7, Lacy, 4 1/2, and Katie. 
It happened to be Halloween, so we also got to go trick-or-treating with them. (Also in the Halloween picture is Rylee, one of Lily & Lacy's cousins on Mandy's side) The time was too short, but it was very sweet.
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