It Is Well With My Soul

Here's a video from the party. I tried to upload a different one but it was too long. As you can see, I'm multitasking during this one and thus the video is pretty sloppy. Oh well.

Celebrate John

Well, once we made the long journey home from Guam I vowed not to do any more long trips for a while. However, for someone as important as John Austin we decided to journey to Syracuse, New York for a celebration that his family held at a beautiful lake park near to their home. I literally woke up the morning of, decided we were going, found a sitter for the puppy, threw clothes in a basket and off we went. The kids were up for it and so was I. Tom thought we were nuts but we did it! After living in Guam anything is possible. John Austin is doing so incredibly well and still there is still so much more progress to be made over coming months. Praise God! It's had to believe it's been 4 months since his car accident. The day started with pouring rain but the weather was absolutely beautiful when the picnic began. We enjoyed time with family and friends and it was great fun to watch the many cousins and second cousins playing together on the playground. Haven was actually born within minutes of my cousin Jessie's twins (Jonah and Elijah)! After everyone ate Uncle John gave a short speech and then we sang a few hymns that were important to John and his family during his recovery. What a wonderful day. The next morning Jessie and her gang, Uncle John, and my cousin Owen joined us for breakfast at the hotel and then we had to make the long journey home. On the way out of Syracuse we stopped at Aunt Evelyn's grave site. We all felt her absence at the picnic. I stood by my mom and was comforted knowing that though her body rests here, she is in heaven now. Here are a few pictures from the day. I have had trouble uploading the video so I'll have to try it again in a separate post.


As you can see, twins run in our family! The twins on the right (Jonah and Elijah) were born minutes before Haven. The twins on the left are Molly and Lauren, my sister Annie's kids.


This is only a portion of the Davies and Ferguson gang. I can't imagine what a family reunion would be like. We're thinking towards a Harrison reunion next summer to coincide with my grandfather's 90th birthday.
The happy couple, John and Laura. Wish I could have gotten their three little ones in the picture too but they were either on the playground or in someone's arms.

Cole lost his front tooth on the car ride home. The matching one is loose too and I can't wait to get a picture of that one!