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Happy Little Family

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We went on a hay ride at our churches Harvet Party. There are more pictures to see but I'm to tiered to put anymore on our blog. Today is Elizabeth's 4th birthday. It's so hard to believe our baby is 4 years old. She is such a special part of our family. We had a tea party with 5 of her friends (including Morgan). She had a blast. I set the table with a table cloth and my pretty snowman winter dishes.

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Breath of Fresh Air!

I didn't realize how much stress I was carrying until after our bankruptcy court date was over. We had it this past Thursday. Afterwards I felt like a ton of bricks were lifted off my back. I didn't realize I was carrying a ton of bricks. It feels so good to loose a ton of weight!

I also realized it when I heard Hans tell someone that he's seen me smile like I haven't for a long time. This past year...or it would probably more accurate to say the past two years has been very challenging for me. I've had seasons of peace and joy in the midst of the stress. But I've had to many seasons of anxiety. I'm learning...slowly but surly that God is in control and I don't have to be stressed or afraid. It will be so nice when I master that one.

I praise and thank my God for keeping His hand on us at all times. He is such a faithful and loving Father.

Enjoy the photos. You can see live video by clicking in the link below

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Our plan is still to move back to Washington as soon as God opens the door. It doesn't look like we'll make it there before Christmas unfortunately. We miss and love you all.

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We have an artist on our hands. I was so amazed when Elizabeth brought her drawing of a whale in. To see a better picture of her whale click on the picture and browse my flickr account.

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The girls enjoyed helping with the painting.

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Morgan got a hold of my glasses...these are my replacements. Hans calls them my birthcontrol glasses.

I didn't realize how much stress I was carrying until after our bankruptcy court date was over. We had it this past Thursday. Afterwards I felt like a ton of bricks were lifted off my back. I didn't realize I was carrying a ton of bricks. It feels so good to loose a ton of weight!
I also realized it when I heard Hans tell someone that he's seen me smile like I haven't for a long time. This past year...or it would probably more accurate to say the past two years has been very challenging for me. I've had seasons of peace and joy in the midst of the stress. But I've had to many seasons of anxiety. I'm learning...slowly but surly that God is in control and I don't have to be stressed or afraid. It will be so nice when I master that one.
I praise and thank my God for keeping His hand on us at all times. He is such a faithful and loving Father.

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First snow of the season! Lord please get me out of Michigan before it gets to be consistantly under 30 degrees.

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I spent the day painting (that's why my clothes are inside out) and my girls (all three of them) weren't feeling that great. So by the end of the day they were all wanting to be on me. So we spent so time on the couch so I could accomidate all of them.

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I have cute girls!

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Morgan's contribution.

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Haley wasn't thrilled with the idea of helping clean the pumpkin.

Pesenting Boofus!

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Look what I can do mom!

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Haley was so proud of herself. She was able to pull out 3/4 of the box before her momma cought her. This is a classic tradition for the Stol girls. I have similar pictures of Elizabeth and Morgan.

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My cute princess!

Tea Party!

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For an early birthday present I took Elizabeth to a vintage hat tea party. It was held at our local library, put on by the historical society. They had a vintage hat fashion show. It was very interesting. One hat was worth $1000.00. Another hat had a real stuffed bird on it. There were some very weired ones.

Elizabeth had a blast. She loves tea party's. They knew we were coming because you had to pre-register. It was so thoughtful of them to have hot chocolate available just for Elizabeth just incase she didn't like tea. Elizabeth had several little pieces of white chocolate that were on the table in a little dish. She also ate a TON of fruit dip (most of the time with out the fruit).

We did use real china and Elizabeth did great. I had talked to her before we went about the importance of being careful with the real china. She's not used to haveing to do that since her tea set is plastic.

My girls growing up. She'll be 4 years old November 11th. It just seems unreal.

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I think this is a fun picture!

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Haley's getting bigger!

Brendon is finding Mr. Hans' measuring tape quite useful! 

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All who attended Haley's b-day party. There are a lot more b-day pictures on my flickr account for your enjoyment.

Bubble Bath

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This isn't quit my dream bath tub but it comes pretty close. The girls absolutly love it. the Jets make a ton of bubbles.

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Ice cream treat from the loacal dairy! This only happens a few times a year so the girls really think it's a special treat.

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Haley turned one September 30th!

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My girls are going to be the best of friends. I'm not sure who got in first. I heard Morgan say "you're squishing me Haley Jean" and that is when I peeked in and saw this. I thought it was really funny that Morgan was the on that was complaining about the situation.

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I was trying to get a close up of Haley's teeth. It's a bit blurry but I think you can make them out. She has five teeth now. You'll probably only be able to see 4 though. The fifth one has just barly came through.

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Haley's climbing in action. She actually was walking behind the chair scooting it around. She ran into the cupboard with it and discovered it would be so useful to use to reach the shinny things with nobs on it.

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I just love this picture. Morgan got this apron when she went wih her daddy to Home Depot. I love Morgan in the background wondering why Daddy has her apron on.

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Haley is such a little sweetie! Her new found passion is climbing. Yes she has climbed into my file box. It was cute the first couple of times but then it got really inconvienant.