{TWO.20}

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February, where oh where did February go?!
Ha, seems like I always say the month goes by too quickly, and maybe it's just because it was only 29 days instead of 31, but seriously, it was gone in a flash. 

Let's see... what did we do? 

Well, we took a trip to OH for a 3 day intensive training. The kids stayed with my folks in MI and we enjoyed learning and worshiping alongside new friends.
The older 2 boys caught the flu bug and were quarantined to their bedroom for 4 days.
Our pup caught some fleas and got a nice groom and bath! We called it his Spa Day. (and no worries, he is clean and clear of any buggy friends)
We spent some time as a family in the woods.
I spent a date morning with N at the nature center and library and got french fries at the end. 
We began helping a small group called Barn Church on Sunday evenings... and the view is gorgeous but the people are the BEST!
Tim & I had a date night "in" due to the flu running rampant in our community.
We kept going with our small group on Thursday evenings - when we could between sicknesses and travel! But we love our Thursday evenings with our church.
We ramped back up and went head first back into homeschooling. :) All of us seem to really be missing the consistency and the routine it brings to our home and we are all overjoyed to have it back!
And towards the end of the month we had some great company come stay a whole WEEK with us! MeeMaw & Papa visited!!!! :) Talk about some fun times! We took them to the library and relaxed at home. Enjoyed the time and peace with them. 

After his "spa treatment" 

silly boys ...

our date morning at Latta 

One of the churches we visited in February 

Thursday nights make my heart happy 

game night with the best of game night players! 

THANK YOU again Mr. Phil for working extra long and hard
 on our blower to get it back to working! 

Spring colors are coming!
Sunrises here are my favorite

Sweet girl!
She said she wanted to wait for me to wake up and was waiting for summer to come

after a long, crazy ride through tornadoes, sleet, downpours of rain, and snow -
We arrived in Ohio just in time for supper with my folks 

the awesome crew we trained with in Findlay, OH 

thankful for these two and how the help us out! 

IT'S PICNIC TABLE TIME AGAIN!
My heart couldn't be more happy to have a table full of kids for taco tuesday 

Into the woods we go ...

this man is the bomb! 

my heart is so full and at times a bit insane! haha

our romantic date night "in"

the FLU!!! (cue dramatic music) 

trying to keep life going among the medicine dealing out
and the fever checking and the washing of hands. 

the two healthy ones and I took an adventure 3 days in ... they were getting stir crazy  

i LOVE that they LOVE books 

back to the grind 

Barn Church has a spectacular view!

oh schafer the beast 

our morning riser now ... it's kinda fun when I can have breakfast with just one!
he has the silliest stories 

bedtime stories with Papa

I don't mind traffic jams when I have this to view ...

a rare moment of peace between these two....

could it be?!?! is it true?!! Spring is that you?!?!! 

we figured out in one week we had TEN appointments for our family!
that's right ... 10!!!
So grateful to have this man to take the ups and downs of life with.
And thankful to a God who is almighty and in control of it all! 

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