A King, His Queen and Two Little Princesses
Do you like our new picture up there?!? We were at Caerphilly Castle (it's about 10-15 minutes from our house) the other day and in the great dining hall they have this HUGE table. The room is still used, mainly for weddings I think, but we just love the big chairs and the girls love running around in the hall. Anyway, we thought it would be fun to take a family picture and we couldn't believe that the girls were actually still enough for it turn out this cute! We are trying to get the picture larger to go across as our header, but Marc is still working on that.In other news, only about 5 weeks till our visit to DFW area to see family and friends! We will celebrate Cerys' 3rd birthday there (her Gigi is making her a Snow White cake, as per Cerys' request! Right Gigi?) and celebrate Thanksgiving!!! I'm particularly excited about Thanksgiving dinner. I haven't been going to Legs, Bums and Tums or running in the mornings for NOTHING! If I could lose some more weight, then I could afford to gain some during those 2 weeks. :) But then I would just have to work extra hard when I come back, so that may not be such a good idea. It will be a fun time to catch with friends too, and we are very excited to see some of you! Then for Christmas, we will be flying to Senegal to see Marc's parents! I know Marc is excited about it, but I am particularly excited to see where Marc grew up- I've never been! He wants to show me all the things he did and where he went as a kid, you know, all the cliffs he jumped off, where he went spear fishing, where he played football (soccer) etc. And I'm being serious about the cliff jumping. :) Good times!Things are going fairly smooth around here. Marc is busy with the gap year program and some other student activities. I'm busy at home with the girls, but do get out and about some which is nice. I've struggled lately with my attitude about our work here. I love that our schedule is so flexible, but I also feel resentful sometimes that Marc can come and go while I'm here at home most of the day. God has really been giving me lots of opportunities to work on my attitude. :) Marc is working hard and I so appreciate that and I love that he is loving what he is doing. But there are days when I don't just totally love being a mommy...sorry, but there you have it. Just being honest. The girls are so sweet and I love them dearly, but they are very challenging right now. Just when I think I have them figured out, it all changes and I feel like we are back on square one again. But God is faithful and has brought us through each day!The weather has turned cooler, although we have had some sunny days! Thank you Jesus. I love that you can actually tell the seasons are changing here, unlike Dallas. The trees are starting to turn colors and there's a coolness in the air! I love it! I went shopping to get the girls some winter things- little onesies for under Bailey's clothes to keep her warm, a fleece pull over for the girls, tights for wearing dresses, and "vests" for Cerys to wear under her shirts. We would call them tank tops or undershirts, but they are called "vests" here. So, if you ever visit please don't say you are going to wear your new vest and new pants...because you would be saying that you are going to wear your new undershirt and new underwear and we really don't need to know that much. :)