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Spring Break this year was quite different with a baby, but so memorable! Luke, David, and I spent part of the week in San Juan del Sur.  We had never been there together and it was the perfect little family get-away.  It was actually our first vacation as a new family of three!  One of [...]

This year, Luke and I wanted to have a sunrise service on Easter Sunday to celebrate our risen Lord!   One of the things we LOVE about our house is the amazing view.  So, we invited friends to join us in our back yard early on Easter Sunday, 5 am!  The few and the brave came [...]

What is one of the things we do in Nicaragua to beat the heat? Go to the air-conditioned grocery store and buy a baby pool! It helps a lot that David loves the water and he doesn’t need any entertaining. Pool + swimmer diaper + water + rubber ducky = lots of fun! Luke has [...]

Even though we live about an hour away from the Pacific Ocean, we don’t actually get out there very often. It’s usually about 3 or 4 times a year. We have taken our dog Bella there several times and she loves it! David has only been to the beach when he was less than a [...]

David turned 8 months last week! He weighed in at 17 1/2 pounds. His current interests include: babbling (dadada, mamama) swinging in the hammock sitting up in his crib crawling for short distances hitting or throwing anything in sight the sound of Daddy getting his bath water ready birds tags boxes feet and toes anything [...]

Although David is 7 1/2 months old now, I really have needed to post these 6 month pictures! He is growing and changing every day. “My little bug” is not so little anymore! Praising God for precious moments with him and these cutie pictures taken by a friend!

Dear Friends and Family, This Christmas, may you rejoice in God’s many blessings, especially in the birth of Jesus Christ. Having a baby has put the manger scene in a whole different perspective for us as new parents. Wow! If we were excited about the coming of our little David Luke, how much more celebration [...]

Here’s a picture of David and our good friend Dave, randomly matching! Although we did not name our David after Dave, we liked his name. Read below to find out why. Our journey to pick our first baby’s name began at least a year before we were even expecting. Thankfully, Luke and I have very [...]