Last Days in America...

Playing at Golf n Stuff with the Copeland fam

Eating the last dessert with super fine friends...

Swimming with the Verwyssss...

Grandma Teddie...we miss you!

This is how Eric would look at you... if he were your uncle :D

Last days photos...

Paul went around Grandma and Grandpa's house minutes before we left for Indo taking pictures of everything and everyone and saying, on the brink of tears, "i'm gonna miss this place, i'm really gonna miss this place."

Sweet Danica and Collin...we miss you friends...and your momma too...ok and chen too!

Good friends never really say good-bye...i am thankful to have so many!

House church...where kids outnumber adults! Blessings to all of you and the growing bellies!

the Denver zoo...good memories with Grandma and Aunt Teresa and Hannah and Noah

Bathtime tonight

ha! do i even have to say anything? we love our nightly bathtime here

of course ian cries! when we take him OUT of the water...

so we, having learned from our other 3 kids...put him BACK in the water if that is what he wants. we have opted for peace rather than control...we manage the chaos :D

ian loves to try to figure out that kid in the mirror. if we walk by a mirror he checks himself out all the time...often times a quick smile comes to him as he sees himself and likes "his friend"

conversation

Paul and Hazel talking over making snowflakes with green and purple paper.

Hazel: i like my snowflake
Paul: i don't like THAT snowflake. do you know why?
Hazel: yes
Paul: why?
Hazel: cuz it's purple and boys don't like purple
Paul: yes. but that's ok, right?
Hazel: no. that is a problem!
Paul: no, it's ok. why is it a problem?
Hazel: i don't know? but it IS a problem.
Paul: well, that is how it is.
Hazel: well, i am bigger than you... and i can lift you up.
Paul: no you can't! you are NOT bigger than me
Hazel: yes...i...am...i am strong
Paul: here hazel...here is your new snowflake...i made it for you
Hazel: oh thanks Paully, i like it. you are my best paul!

the parents...

Bear Trap Ranch Colrado Springs,CO

mr ian...gotsta have shades...