long-range plans and recent photos

So, for those of you who have been praying for our discernment in long-term plans, we are in the process of applying to be long-term missionaries. We may not be accepted, and there's still a lot of paperwork/classes/partnership-development to do before everything happens, but that's what we're pursuing now.

This is as close as she's gotten to having her hair fixed for more than 2 minutes. She saw pictures of cousin baby Elsie and was inspired for 10 minutes to wear a bow.





















Michael's getting closer to sitting up. Here he is in the chair that Moses the taxi driver gave Ruth for her first Christmas.

We had fun playing with the mirror

We got lots of fun clothes when Gpa Paul arrived!

Also I pulled out the 9 month clothes and they don't seem too big. When Michael was 1 1/2 months old I pulled out the 3-6 month stuff and NONE of the pants were big enough. :)