Three Generations of Goodness

Today Nathan and I drove up to Lincoln City to visit yet another online friend of mine. Jaci is another friend from a homeschooling group I am in, and as I shared with her today she really helped me to feel welcomed when I first started writing to the group and she helped me to feel comfortable to stick around. She is one of the coolest people I know personally because she knows all kinds of things about all kinds of things and she is an artist. You can go to her blog here to find out more about here.Because she's been so sweet and she's so interesting, I was super excited to meet her in person. As Nathan will tell you since I said it about ten times this morning. She brought along her gorgeous daughter Arwen (made me want to be young again) and two out of her three grandsons-Zephan and Javan. Pay attention to the heartbreaker on the bench with us because I'll share more about him later. I just noticed that Jaci looks almost the same age as her daughter. Not sure how she managed that. Aren't they one nice looking family? I kept thinking how neat it was to experience three generations of goodness!

This is the youngest of the bunch, Javan. I completely relate to what he is sharing with us here. I have the same thought most mornings!

He looks like a wise, old soul already, doesn't he? Perfection! I got to hold him, which made my day! Thanks, Arwen, for sharing him.

Then there is this guy. From the time I first saw him, I thought to myself, "he looks like a Gap baby". I also thought Grandma must be really good with the camera (and she is).

Today I saw firsthand that there is more to it than that. He helps this process because he poses when he sees the camera on him.

See! Gap Baby!

I could have easily spent the whole day just snapping shots of him. He is as good as it gets when it comes to things I want to capture with my camera. I was already in love with this precious one and I think I feel even harder for him after meeting him in person.

I so appreciated them driving down to meet us, especially with the two little ones. I always think I am biased because I think the women in the group are so bright, kind and interesting. Meeting them in person makes it even more clear that they are all that and more. I really hope I can meet up with Jaci if we pass by this way again!

Living the life in Oregon with friends and their families!