Fun Family Visit

So, this blog is a little late as I am blogging about something that happened at the end of March - but I'm trying!

My sister Lisa and her two girls (almost women now!) Haley and Bethany decided to come and visit on their spring break. They live in Eastern Washington, about 15 hours away. My sister has an amazing capacity to drive ridiculously long distances with no sleep, so they drove to our house and made it here in record time.

We had the best visit we have ever had and for the first time, I truly loved every minute we had together and was so sad to see them leave just a few days later. I wish we could see each other more often, but I am thankful for the visit that we had together. I am hopeful that this is the start of a closer relationship as we move forward in life (a.k.a. get older). My nieces are so terrific and any fears I had about them being dreaded teenagers vanished the first minute I saw them. They are so funny and smart and were really a joy to be around, I loved every minute with them. They are growing up to be phenomenal women.

Lisa and I and all four girls (Grace, Emma, Haley and Bethany) took a day and went to the Oakland Zoo and had a great time in spite of the cold and wet weather (what is up with that California!). And we got a lot of time to hang out and catch up since we saw each other last summer.


neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Romans 8:39