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Family.....oh so wonderful! :)

This past weekend, we made the trip to Columbia to spend time with Nate, Leah, Faithers and peanut. Peanut will soon become little brother or little sister! We cannot wait to find out. :)
This is a picture of Faithers at Sam's. We cannot get over how grown-up she is! She is talking, laughing and playing like a toddler......which is super fun for Uncle Bubba and Aunt DD. Some of our favorite Faith sayings..."OH YEAH!" "DEEEE-licious!" These little sayings have found there place at our house and make us think of her often!
A sweet family picture we snapped before church on Sunday.
Pretty sure this was an Aunt DD mistake.......camera still set on CLOSE-UP! However, turned out to be one of my favorites of the weekend. This is the cheesy little smile we have come to love SO much!Faith hanging out in her NEW van! She loves it!We also were very blessed to make a short trip to see Deid, Todd and Quincy in Osage Beach Saturday night. We took a mini road trip in the new van and had yummy Chinese thanks to Deid and Todd! Leah, Nate and Faithers had not seen Quincy in a long time and were surprised at how much he has grown already. The picuture above is what happens to Quincy with Uncle Dan holds him....hahaha. He's such a sweet little baby and we love him so much!
This is an older picture I found of baby Q, but thought I would share. As you can see, we are very proud of our littlest family members! :) We hope to post SPRING pictures soon......2-3 inches of snow in Glenwood last night....and today is the first day of Spring! WHAT?!?!?

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