Three thorns and a rose

How is it that these four children get sweeter and cuter with each passing day?  I like to joke that we have "three thorns and a rose," referring, of course, to the fact that I have three boys and a girl.  Of course, my boys are not thorns by any means unless that just translates to the fact that they are the protectors of their one and only sister.  In that case, being a thorn is not a bad thing at all!

 

 

These pictures were actually taken last summer, in July, not long before our departure from Ukraine.  We were in the midst of teen camp preparations, finishing up a semester of school, and packing up our suitcases for furlough.  As the veteran missionary we work for likes to say, uploading these pictures to this blog was on my to-do list, it was just written "at the bottom of the fold."  Have you ever heard that thought?  In other words, if you had a list written on a piece of paper and folded that paper in half, where on the paper would something come in order of importance - the top half or the bottom half?  Great concept, right?

Apparently, it has taken me awhile to reach the bottom half of my to-do list!  But, I have been busy taking care of the precious ones IN the pictures, so I am not going to beat myself up for just now getting around to this project.

I never posted teen camp pictures either.  Hmmm.... now that I think about it, that was written at the "bottom of the fold" too!  Now to start working on the list at the bottom of that fold...