precious family

we recently took advantage of homeschool life and took a quick trip in the middle of the week to catch a few hours with part of our India family passing through briefly.  we missed abe, char, and jeremiah, but it was so sweet to be with these ones who love each other and around whom we can be our realest selves (without pretense).  how they reflect God's love to me!  we stayed a night with my brother's fam and found the cousins at a stage of totally entertaining each other, while the adults sat around and sipped coffee.  i wondered if we would ever feel semi-relaxed at family gatherings!  what a blessing these people are to us!

bethany and caroline in the states for a week!  it was so good to see you.

we took some family photos for caroline's picture book so she knows who we are

she loved okie peaches!

owen loved auntie b!

we took a biking adventure with 7 kids

miles learned to ride without training wheels on this ride

home again with a broken ac, so we have been hanging like this.