okay...update on the lows!!

okay...so since my "blessed" post worked...here is an official update on the low family!!

will-just turned two...and he is finally talking! this boy really doesn't need to talk b/c of his sister who doesn't stop talking! but he is putting two words together and picking up things and calling them out by their name...so cool! he just had his first of many 'shiners' i'm am sure. we went out to lunch with some friends and he landed on the ground with a barstool pining him to the floor...sigh...so this week he had a shiner on his right eye (above and below)...i'll post photos of it soon. it was awesome this week watching him get all muddy and dirty and with that shiner he just looked soooo old and such a little boy. i love watching the world open up through his eyes....

em-is our imaginative story teller. her father tells her stories all the time for bed and she during the day tells us stories. currently she has a sister (is she trying to tell us something?!) named meg marian (aka...maid marian of robin hood) and she talks about her all the time. she just cracks us up each day with the stories she comes up with. her smile, laugh, even her cry is amazing. watching her love and care for will is also awesome! the fact that they dig each other and share and look out for one another is a gift and answer to prayer. i pray pray pray it continues.

me (alyssa)- am in my second year of grad school at talbot seminary. i'm studying spiritual formation and soul care. i don't have time at the moment to write about all that i'm going through and learning, but sum it up as the most amazingly transformative years of my life to date. as if birthing isn't life changing enough...this is certainly formative. and i wouldn't change a minute of it.

ry and i just celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary!! we went to the hollywood bowl (one of our favs) and watched a dave matthews band show. it rocked!!!!! 1/2 way through the set john mayer comes up and jamms with dave...it was perfect!!!

ry-we are still here at biola...6th or 7th year here now. we'll be here at least one more year so i can finish grad school (yeah for free tuition!!). he is the resident director of hart hall. we love it this year. our students are just awesome and welcoming, truly the spirit of family that we love about hart hall. he is also the worship director of the second service at our church, wilshire avenue in DT fullerton.

i'm sure there is much more i could type...but i need to get to work on my homework. i'll post photos soon.
take care y'all! thanks for visiting.
alyssa and the lows : )

blessed

i think i finally figured out how to post on my own blog-site! hopefully this works...

i was thinking about changing out the blog that ruth left for us...but for someone like me who appreciates words like a gift to their soul...i don't think there could be any greater gift than what she wrote! ruth, if you read this...thank you. you are my sister and we love you. we will always open our door/home to you and when you walk in, we'll call out your name and embrace you...always.