We are living with my parents and will be until Christmas. They were kind of hesitant for us to stay... not. Pretty sure Chelsea is welcome indefinitely and currently we are a package deal. We have had so many family visits. I miss New Zealand everyday, so it is really nice to be around family and appreciate the reasons we are back.
Keith and Cheryl came a few weekends ago and we had a jolly good time. Chelsea warmed to them quickly and enjoyed playing and laughing and getting undivided attention. Unfortunately I was hopeless about taking pictures with them. (Will do better next weekend when we see them again).
(Wow- Chelsea is already such a poser!)
(Wow- Chelsea is already such a poser!)
My sister Hayli (who now lives in Austin) has been here 3 weekends in a row. Last weekend when Chelsea saw her she definitely recognized her and gave a huge smile and squeal. It was priceless.
We had a reunion with our Australia mission team. Travis and Kiala, Jordan and Rachel just returned from India, Kayla is back from 10months in China, Melody went to the Philipines this summer and visited Austin in Japan- he's beginning his 2nd year, and Hayli was back from her 3rd trip to Ghana at the Village of Hope. Luke, Heather and Leise have all been here in OKC; Heather is a legal consultant for migrants, Leise is a family counsellor and Luke is working at Oklahoma Christian. So all of us kiddos have followed in our mission/ministry patrents footsteps. It was so cool to hear everyone's stories. (Luke and Kate, Heather, Leise and Michael had left before this photo- sorry guys).
Pick's sister Cassidi was here for 5 days on her way back to Harding for the Fall. We played with Chelsea, shopped, swam and watched copious amounts of the Olympics. It was so fun for me to have Cassidi to hang out with and needless to say Chelsea was loving her cool aunt too.
Pick's sister Cassidi was here for 5 days on her way back to Harding for the Fall. We played with Chelsea, shopped, swam and watched copious amounts of the Olympics. It was so fun for me to have Cassidi to hang out with and needless to say Chelsea was loving her cool aunt too.
Heath came home from a summer of roadtripping across the West Coast. He was gone about 10 weeks and has some wild stories about hippies, pirates, camping and festivals. He's moved back in with my parents too. My parents went from emptinesters to having 3 adult children and a grandchild move in...so we have a full house!
This week was my grandads 82nd birthday. We had a family get together and it was lovely to catch up with all the Hartmans.
We have visited my Grandpa Bob twice in Cordell. It has been great for me to see him, especially since he loves Chelsea. He is delighted with her and that makes me very proud and is really healing for my relationship with him.
Okay- I think that'll do for now. That basically covers the last few weeks. Picks grandma and great aunt arrived tonight for the weekend. Next weekend we are off to Searcy for a family wedding. Needless to say will really love seeing all of them.
