our life in the aloha state
Thanks to a nasty stomach bug, we’ve been stuck at home for an eternity the past few days which has given me some time to plan some of our trip to Michigan this summer. Aaaand go through my photos from last summer.
71 days and counting!
Back in November we spent the weekend at White Plains with some of our best friends. Since we have another weekend planned at the end of next month, I figured it was time to get this video done 😉
Since we got our Disneyland Annual Passes last November, the kids have been dying to bring Alex. Thanks to my sweet friend, Lisa, we were able to make that happen last week.
We had a lot of fun together. Family time is so precious.
Thanks, Lisa!
“Time just keeps slippin’, slippin’, slippin’ into the future”
Our oldest girl is FOUR. Not sure how that happened so fast.
She is kind, thoughtful, charming, endearing, agreeable, musical, funny, playful, smart, talented, empathetic, inspiring, cheerful, gracious, pleasing, animated, bright, joyful, light hearted, merry, lively, gleeful, and carefree.
I can’t remember the world without Lyla in it – nor would I want to.
Happy birthday, my girl. Thank you for making me a mama.
Last Saturday the Byrd fam hopped on the California Surfliner and rode up the coast to Santa Barbara.
We visited the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Sea Center, ate good food and caught a performance of Paw Patrol Live!
Love doing life with this crew.
Back again with another old video. I can’t believe this was TWO years ago.
I could use a trip to Aulani right about now, how about you?
When we were in Michigan, we had the opportunity to get all three of our babies baptized at a place that is very special to our family – Fortune Lake Lutheran Camp.
If you know me even a little bit, I’m sure you’ve heard me talk about this camp. It’s been in our family’s lives for a long time (ask, and my Grandpa will proudly tell you of the year he was given the “best boy camper” award – with a pencil to prove it).
It’s truly my happy place and, even though I’m too old to be a camper, I make sure to visit every summer and I look forward to sending our kids there too!
We had a sweet little ceremony down at the lake. The pastor had asked the summer staff to join us as well and they sang a couple of songs (which just so happened to be my two favorite camp songs – woo hoo!)
It was such a beautiful day that I will cherish forever.
To my three sweet babies,
In a small ceremony at Fortune Lake, we welcomed you into a community of faith that, we feel, is so needed in this broken world.
Daddy and I pray that you all learn to know Christ and follow Him. While we wish we could just make that decision for you, all we can do is promise to love and teach you to the best of our ability.
Your individual faith journeys will look different. You will all experience love and loss. You will question and explore. You will be frustrated and you will be exhilarated. Just always know that you are special, unique and created by God and that before you were our children, you were His.
You wont remember this special day, but that’s OK. Just always remember you are loved. Loved by your family. Loved by the church community. Loved by each other. Loved by God.
May Jesus bless you and keep you always. May he make his face shine upon you and give you peace. You are the lights of the world.
Love,
Mom