Although Gloria has mastered the art of crawling, she is still getting some pointers from her cousin, Lily, as well as a tips on standing and walking:
Don’t these girls remind you of their big sisters, Martha and Annie, a year and half ago?
Continue reading about Crawling Camp with another Cute Coach
We had such fun last month when our relatives came!
The girls were together with all of their cousins. In one place. Crazy fun!
The Newark Iversons stayed at our home for several days. What a treat to have so much time together.
The kiddos camped out together in the girls’ room each night.
We went to the Sugar Mill Pancake House
Kimberly and I spent many hours talking, cleaning, herding, and playing with our six kids in tow. It was a far cry from only six years ago when we were roommates in college and it was just the two of us in our living space. Yes, our homes and lives and hearts are so much fuller now!
We played outside.
We listened intently to Bible stories.
We ate together.
And smiled a lot.
We love it when our relatives come. Can’t wait till their next visit!
On a warm and rainy Monday in June we found ourselves at Tokyo Disneyland with Mark, Hannah, Micah, Seth, Martha, and Ian. God has blessed me with many wonderful memories at Tokyo Disneyland, so I was thrilled to finally get to share this special place with my kids. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to Mieko and Toshi who gave us this special gift and such a fun day!
Here are some photos:
the Robinsons at the top of their tree house... heeehee!
And my two favorites from our day:
There were some fairies who came too!
*more photos to come soon!
Continue reading about Sneak Peek: Our weekend away in the mountains
UPDATE: Danny posted this video that he took of the kids playing outside on Youtube:
Original Post:
Noa and Martha were super blessed to get to visit with many many cousins in our travels the first month we were back in the States. Twenty-five, in fact. Twenty-five first, second, and once-removed cousins. And that doesn’t even count all the aunts, uncles, grandparents, great grandparents, and so-close-they’re-practically-family friends that we got to see in our many travels. What a treat!
Sadly, I don’t have photos of everyone but here are a few to start off, until I can collect pictures from other people of these special visits:
Seeing Liam and meeting Baby Hudson for the first time at Grandma and Grandpa’s house in Virginia. Aunt Carly was so sweet to be the potty-book reader to these two two-year-olds.
Grandpa and Grandma were so sweet to invite us to join their already full house. They had 2 grandkids, 2 grandkids-in-law, and 4 great grandkids over-running their home for almost two weeks. They, as always, were super gracious and just loved on all of us so sweetly. We love that special time. Here is Grandma with 4 of her 12 greats.
There are a ton more of these munchkins together, but I am waiting for Carly to send them to me (hint hint!).
In our time in Pennsylvania, we got to see A TON of cousins. One special treat was that Danny and Kimberly drove down for a day with their kids and we got to meet Katy-Grace for the first time. What a precious girl, added to a precious family. We were so thankful for an afternoon/evening with them.
Noa and Daniel Josiah... picking up the fun right where they left off almost a year ago. These two oldest of the Iverson grandchildren are SO fun to watch together.
we spent a few hours out in the yard enjoying the hose and kiddie pool.
breaking for a little snack. Notice the ever cute/happy/content Miss Katy-Grace. This girl has learned early in life to roll with anything, and is thus super laid-back and sweet as can be.
Eating ice cream on Grammy's kitchen floor. Please note the secret giggle shared between Daniel Josiah and Noa. love it!
Saying goodbye until next time. I love being with my big brother and his family!
We stopped in Atlanta on our way down and got to visit with the Mason cousins on Eric’s side. This family is particularly fun for ours, as there are FOUR very girly girls who our girls REALLY enjoy playing with. (There is also a very cool Philip who we enjoy as well 
).
It was a really fun day. Noa loved eating with the big girls Tiffany, Amanda, and Charlotte.
And finally, we arrived in Florida to be welcomed so sweetly by cousins Annie and Lily (our newest cousin, at only 5 weeks old!). We have loved these last few weeks of living close to Jonathan and Maggie. They have been such a blessing to us as we have settled and each member of our family has loved growing closer to their sweet family. We are looking forward to many many wonderful times together.
Beautiful Lillian
Annie-Pie
Sharing a boat ride in Annie's GiiGii's pool.
Annie taught our girls the importance of going shirtless at a meal. I love it because it saves me laundry
giggling girls. They LOVE being together.
That’s it for now. I am hoping to get caught up on back-blogging, but no promises.
Thanks for reading!
We are totally thrilled to announce the birth of our newest niece and one more girl cousin for the girls. Katy-Grace Elizabeth Iverson was born last Sunday (March 1) and is just as sweet as can be. We can’t wait to meet her in person and are just so thankful to God for her life and that she is in our family! Noa has been asking to “hold baby Katy” ever since we heard she was born. I guess she’ll have to wait a few months yet, but until then we’ll just keep talking about her, and praying for her, and imagining what her life must be like with two of our other favorite people: big brother Daniel Josiah and big sister Trinity.
We love you already, sweet girl, and pray for the Lord’s richest and sweetest blessings on your life! Congratulations, Danny, Kimberly, Daniel Josiah, and Trinity on your newest family member!
