The trifecta

The trifecta
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Yeah, it's a blurry Blackberry picture taken the first time that Joey and Ian met Will. But it made me really proud to see all three of my children together and to realize how VERY blessed we are. God has been far better to us than we deserve!

Then there were five

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I won't make this post a long one, but it has been a long time since I posted anything at all. It just feels great to have a baby in the house again. I thought Ian was a little guy until we brought Will home from the hospital. Amazing how a baby changes your perspective on everything again. We are thankful for all of our blessings and really doing well with the baby home. Jenny is a GREAT mommy and the kids are all tolerating our new "normal" quite well. Thank God as well for a suportive and encouraging family. We are blessed in more ways than we can count! And here we go with number 3!

ultrasound pictures

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Today we "met" the baby for the first time via ultrasound pictures. The sonographer was really nice and took plenty of time to explain what we were seeing. Not that the sonographers for the other two kids were bad, but this woman just took lots of time to explain everything she was doing and seeing. She saw no problems with the baby and it looks like we are on track for a July 14th delivery just as we had been told all along. Pretty exciting days again for thelohr family! God has blessed us in amazing ways and we are looking very forward to meting the baby face to face ina few short months. What a miracle this whole thing is... just amazes us every time.

Christmas Play

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Last weekend, we had the christmas program at our church. Joey sang with the other kids in the pageant and Jenny's dad shot this video of it... thought I would post it here as well. Man, she is growing up way too fast!

yes, I know it has been a while

I am well aware that it has been months since I last blogged on here. There simply have been other things taking up my time and energy lately, but I hope to do more blogging in the future. We finally have gotten all of the issues with our house under control. All of the plumbing works now and the flooring is finished in all of the rooms we plan to do at present. As Advent is upon us and we are bearing down on Christmas, we are simply loving the time we have together with the kids. They are both growing and learning so much it is simply amazing. Joey amazes us every single day with the things she says and does and Ian is right there as well, although talking is not his strong point yet. He has a few words that he says, but mostly he runs around the house saying "ball" all day long. The kids have a whole playroom full of toys, but Ian is all about playing with balls of every shape and size. A litle vinyl soccer ball, a whole bucket of little plastic balls and even a couple of my practice golf balls keep him amused for hours. It's cute and his personality is blossoming as he is a really good natured kid and has a great smile just like his sister. The Christmas picture that many of you will be receiving soon will demonstrate that. Well, I appologize for my "blog-deficiency" and will try to do better as time goes on.

Peace and Joy to all,

Joel

The Fabulous Fox

On Monday of this past week, we went to the Fox Theater in St. Louis for Glenn Beck's "The Christmas Sweater" Jenny, had bought tickets for me for our anniversary. It was a beautiful evening and a wonderful way to really get the Christmas Season off to a wonderful start. No matter what a person thinks of Glenn, you just had to love the passion with which he delivered the performance and it was really uplifting to see the play after having read the book. Everyone has issues in their lives that stop them from living life to the fullest. But, there is encouragement to live life deliberately and with passion giving your all to those things that matter most. Family, Friends and Faith are the only things that matter in life and if you can keep those in proper balance, then you are living life as it was intended to be lived! See the show, my friends... and if you can't catch it live, then see the simulcast in a movie theater near you on the 17th of December. It will be worth your time and money!

my goofy daughter

Joey has a way of just cracking us up with her silliness sometimes. This evening after we got home from Vacation Bible School. Ian was in bed and Joey and I were sitting on the love seat in the living room. She invited mommy to sit with us and then proceeded to lay over on Jenny's lap. Then she instructed me to lay on top of her... I layed over on her and she said: "look, we're like a family hamburger" It was strange as she seemed to orchestrate the whole thing for the silly joke. I know others will read this, or hear me tell the story and think how silly it is. But it was one of those moments that just cracks us up... and they happen quite a bit around here. Ian is also developing his own sense of humor and as he is starting to walk now with greater confidence I am sure that clowning around will multiply with him as well.

I still am amazed with my children and love them more each day it seems!