Thought you’d enjoy these glimpses of our last couple days- what?? You do whatcha gotta do!
So, maybe I didn’t notice Caleb, my FOUR year old, was wearing Elijah’s 18 MONTH pants until we got on the sidewalk headed to school- no big deal! Oh, maybe I couldn’t tell for the SNOW BOOTS he’s wearing! These are a trade from his buddy, Fede! And yes, this is how he went to school- this pic is after school- how funny!
Ok, so then Caleb was waiting for me to come back and watch a alphabet video with him for his “quiet time”- I was grabbing a quick bite to eat, checking the Internet for any word from “mi amor” (that’s John, by the way!), and this is what I found. Don’t worry, the blanket has holes so he wasn’t totally suffocating! He had actually been hiding from me, ohh, bless his heart, he just gave up and fell asleep! I then removed it from all wrapped around his head and he had a great nap!
Finally, the breakfast of champions, popcorn and bananas! Good times!!
We are having a really great time, but we are sure excited about seeing Daddy soon!!
Today, Caleb went home with Ana, my teacher and mom to Federico, “Fede,” Caleb’s buddy from school. How fun! She was so thoughtful in wanting to “take one off my hands!!” After Bible study, during a yelling contest between Luke and Elijah, not being ugly, in fact they were dying laughing, it was just excrutiatingly loud, Brian, from across the street, called and said, “I’m coming over to take one of your boys on a walk- which one do you want me to get?” Unbelievable! I feel like I could cry just writing about it- it’s pretty amazing how humbling it can be to just be flat out blessed, I would argue ’spoiled,’ by such a loving God! So, I stole a moment with sweet Lukey and we quickly popped some popcorn and climbed in my bed to watch Curious George! Sweet time! Look at his adorable head in his hand!! Good grief! What blessings! 
Well, thank you all for your prayers during and after John’s surgery! It has certainly been a whirlwind!
He left last night to go on a mission trip until the following Sunday! He will be translating for a team from the US!! I am so excited for him to get this experience! He is so ready for the task, I am thankful he will have a chance to prove that to himself!!
Well, the homefront is going well!! God is just ridiculously good, as always- we have a good day today! Even with it being our third day with no water!! Well, it has been on for a couple hours a day, and today it came on at 1:00 and hasn’t left again- I think they finally fixed the break!! Our sweet neighbors, Brian and Jenn, and their boys, have just been an unbelievable help to me and my boys in these past 2 weeks without John at 100% and they kicked right in today! I am so thankful for them!! So is John- he could leave with a lot more peace, knowing we’ll be looked after so well!!
Well, gotta go for now! Hopefully, I’ll get back sooner than later! Do you ever find yourself getting more done when your significant other is gone? Maybe I just enjoy John too much! Oh, also, we went ahead and let Adina take our tv on Friday- she’s buying it- so that probably helps in the “getting things done” realm, too!! Night Night, John, far far away in Costa Ricky somewhere!! Night Night world!
I promise this picture was not staged- look at those cherub-like hands!!
Happy 31st Birthday, Jumpin’ John!! Ha- now I’m not older anymore!! 
We love you so much, John Morgan! I hope you have a great birthday today and do well on your presentation on the link between missions and technology and have a good doctor’s appointment today at 5:30 PM- fun times!!
The pic is from John at La Carpio, hanging out with the kids!!
I love you so much! Yours, Jen
Here’s some of the reasons I think John is an amazing father:
1. He has patience forever with these sweet boys and their sometimes seemingly endless requests!
2. His eyes mist up when the boys do something really cute or special!
3. He will hold Elijah forever when he’s fussy!
4. He loves God and loves to worship Him!!
5. He created a family crest that he uses to teach the boys some amazing godly qualities!
6. He leads our family so well!
7. His sense of humor really makes parenting three little boys fun!
8. He is so competent, the boys are in completely good, able hands with Daddy!
9. Finally, he is a man I hope each one of our boys grows up to be just like!!!
I love you, John!!
31!!!!!!
Wow- that’s how many years I’ve got under my belt on this ol’ Earth as of today!! What blessings!! I have had a fun birthday so far- with my sweet family letting me sleep in until . . . 6:15 AM!!!! Caleb was so excited. He said, “Get out so we can see how big you are!!” So, I obliged and he said, “Wow! You have gotten so big!” Oh, be still my heart- just the sentence every 31-year-old-mama-of-3 wants to hear!! He said, “Can you touch the wall?” He meant the ceiling, and I can, so I stretched to the ceiling and he was astounded again at just how “big” I was!! My friend, Liesa, said I’ve got to teach him the word “TALL”!! I agree!! At school, I celebrated by taking a test on all 15 rules of the subjunctive!! Good times! John had bought me a yummy fruit and cream cake from Pricesmart and the crowd on the terraza all sang to me! Sweet! And now I’m packing to go to an overnight retreat for women at a nearby hotel! What a great birthday!! And what a wonderful husband to free me to go! He is a gem, for sure! So, thanks be to our sweet good God for my bunch of wonderful years and my bunch of wonderful men (1 big and 3 small)!!
I am so excited! I have been working on Elijah’s baby book and I have been cranking out some pages. I worked on it some today during naps and then tonight, I went back to it. John just smiled and said, “I knew you were going to work on it again. You’re obsessed!” I have totally used this obsession to complete most of the major projects in my life- including a lot of papers and projects in college! What a resource! I need to remember this power and get obsessed about things for God’s glory!
This is a pretty adorable thing to obsess about, huh?!
OK, so John got to see the ENT today and he is scheduled to have his tonsils out, which is a huge blessing, I think. Then, he can hopefully just be rid of this problem. We’re not 100% on the date of the surgery yet. He went to class today and is planning on going tomorrow, too! Oh, and the ENT gave him some stronger stuff to go ahead and knock this infection out- praise God! I have sure missed my man this week, bless his heart!
How handsome! Brenda was worried about Lukey’s curls being gone- no worries, they’re still here! So, here’s just a good recent, more up-close pic of the boys so you can get a good look at them! Elijah has a head full of curls, too, (see last pic) just like Lukey! Too cute!!
