In Christ Alone our Hope is Found

So we are moving back to Ontario on June 24. The process of deciding which path to take was not an easy one. We had 4 options (ministry and education) on the table and one was especially heart wrenching to decline. I am wondering if it may be that the Lord is giving us a not yet, instead of a no. The Lord knows and we will leave it with Him. Ken has signed a contract at Providence Reformed Collegiate in Komoka. It is a community that Ken taught in for 8 years (1999-2007). It feels like going home in a way. Our hearts have always had such a soft spot for them. After we moved on from that school, I had trouble reading the newsletter that came in our church mailbox for a while because it made me ache a little. We loved them and are excited to go back. Ken will continue to preach. That chapter is not closed, it just looks different than we had imagined 4 years ago. It took some time, but we are very much at peace. We are exactly where the Lord wants us right now. We will follow Him and

Today is the first day of almost done school. We finished the homeschool building on Friday and now it's time to relax a bit. Josh and Ken left for Washington DC for a class trip for the week, so I was up super early and my first thought was -BLOG! (: I have so many pictures to share.  Tessa was born on Tuesday and this was the Sunday before. I have never had such a big baby belly. I didn't really gain any weight. It was all in the baby. It's no wonder people asked at church that morning if I was still hanging in there. I was huge and didn't realize. My face has that ready to deliver look. Boy was I ready.  Smitten is the only appropriate word.  No so sure about this... Another Daddy's girl. He looks as tired as I was! (: First picture of the six.  Josh met her for the first time when we came home the next day.  This will always be one of my favouites. It shows her peanut size.  I left some stuff in my hospital

I am sitting here typing with a little squishy baby in a sling. We had our Tessa Jayne on Tuesday, March 29 at 11:40 am. The time has flown by and I have been meaning to do a 'great huge post', but it's just not going to happen. It will have to be a 'short ok post'! Some of these pics are cell phone pictures and not that great. But it gives you an idea of who she is. My friend Joni came to visit yesterday and shot some super sweet pics of Tessa. I can't wait to see them and share them with you.  (: This is super fuzzy cell phone picture just after she was born. I love it even though it's fuzzy because of her nose. She does have a big nose (just like my brother haha), but it's so swollen here and I love the wrinkles on the bridge It makes me smile.   Hours after birth in our room. All dressed in clothes and cuddled up. Already at a few hours old she knew that she hated socks, hats and her arms swaddled. She must be a Van Dyk! (: Labor was good