Happy Birthday, Beniam...

Wednesday marked our nephew, Beniam's 7th birthday...

Big brother, Noah, helped decorate the cake...

A new DS game :)...

Tuesday evening all the girls watched "The Princess and the Frog"... Mercy is pictured below with her adorable new Princess Tiana attire...

Thursday morning, we said farewell until next time... It has been such a busy, blessed time as well as much too short... When it came time to say goodbye, I could feel the tears begin to make their way forward... what can you say, time flies... wish we lived closer to one another... what a blessing family is... God is so gracious to us...

Wednesday afternoon my mom flew in from Virginia to take care of the kids for us while Tony and I head out in separate directions on Friday... Tony will be flying to Ukraine to teach at Kyiv Theological Seminary for the week... I will be flying to Washington, D.C. to participate in the International Justice Mission's Global Prayer Gathering and Justice Advocacy Training for a few days... We covet your prayers as we are all away from each other, for the various things we will be involved with, and for my mother as she graciously takes care of our precious ones... We hope to keep you posted as we are away... We are grateful for your prayers and support... :)