It was anything but seamless

but the hoops were jumped through, and all kinds of banking/faxing/electronic obstacles were overcome…. and Stewart bought a house!

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2.9 acres of wonderful!  I am so excited for him and Noelle!

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I was in a hurry…

I was trying to back into a spot and get into the building before the meeting started.  I let the girls out and continued to maneuver the van… and went backwards instead of forward.  Zero sense.  No idea how after a decade+ of big van driving I managed this mess.

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Thankfully, the best place to be with a car issue is in a building filled with homeschooled young men.

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I won’t pretend I wasn’t scared.

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But the car was freed and no one was hurt.  There was a lot of prayer!

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Stormy skies…

No sooner did we get to the pool than the sky got dark…

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and then there was lightning.

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And then we called Daddy to come pick us up, because it was raining buckets!

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Summer memories!

 

After the storm passed, we decided to visit the Ice Cream Station for a lot of sugar…

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Victorious is 3

We were three for three celebrating with Victorious.  Marie met us later while the rest of the family was scattered or working.

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Nigel’s baptism, 2023

While I was driving home from NY and John was in Italy, and Stewart was in NC, Nigel was baptized.  Thankfully, friends were there to take photos and support him.  He was baptized in 2018 at 15 years old, but made this profession of faith today.

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Honduras 2023

I don’t have a lot of info to go with the photos, but Nigel went to Honduras again with a missions team from church. 

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