Dear Friends, As of March 8, we started digital learning again in public elementary schools. This time around Amy and Haley’s school uses Teams, and it works very well. Amy is a pro by now 🙂 and she does most everything on her own. Haley still needs a lot of help, which is to be expected at her age. 🙂 …

Dear Friends, Amy turned 10 years old last Monday! I can’t believe she reached double digits! She asked for an orange chocolate cake, and while I love baking (and I bake several times a week for a decade now), I’ve never made orange chocolate cake before. Well, I loved it so much, I already made a second one since then, …

Dear Friends, After a long winter break, the girls are back in school. They both missed their friends and teachers and are glad they can be back in school, but they did not miss having to wake up early to go to school. 🙂 The boys and I sure miss them very much!Amy and Haley are both doing very well …

Dear Friends, Christmas is almost here! I cannot wait to have Chris home for a couple of weeks and celebrate our Savior’s birth together. Joshua turned 3 at the end of last month, so now we have a 1-year-old, a 3-year-old, a 6-year-old, a 9-year-old, and I am turning 33 the end of this month. Lots of multiples of 3 …

Dear Friends, The girls had their fall break late October. It was so nice to have them home and just relax and spend time together. I love weekends for the same reason. 🙂 Amy lost another tooth (#11) recently. She is very excited. 😀 She still loves playing on the piano and helps teach Haley and Josh as well. I …

Dear Friends, Months are going by so fast these days. We have a 13 months old little guy, who started walking. 🙂 Other than Amy (who was 10 months old when she started walking) all the other kids started walking at 13 months. It’s so fun to see him walk and he knows it’s a big thing, because you can …

Dear Friends, Chris had some time off the end of August, so we went to several places with the kids to enjoy some family time together. It was really nice to be together after a very busy summer (and anticipating an even busier fall). September 1st, our girls started a new school year. It was Haley’s first day of school …

Dear Friends, It’s that month again, when half of the family celebrates their birthday. 😀 Jonathan is going to be 1 at the end of August, Haley is turning 6 tomorrow and Chris will be 32 in less than a week. Lots happened to the James family this past month. We completely redid the upstairs, we got a used car …

Dear Friends, The girls are home from camp, they had a wonderful week. I am so grateful they can go to camp and spend time with their friends. The boys are very glad to have their sisters home, and I am so happy to have all of the kids home. We spend a lot of time in our yard, working …

Dear Friends, We had a wonderful month! We finally saw some friends, had some people over (in our yard), and even had the pleasure of having a Bible School student over for a while. Jonathan turned 9 months old, so now we have a 9-year-old and a 9 months old. 🙂 Jonathan loves to eat and his favorite spot in …

Dear Friends, We hope you are all well! We are enjoying the weather, spending a lot of time together. I know I mention this a lot, but I am so thankful for this special time we have with our kids. It’s wonderful to get to know them better and spend all day with them. In April we started memorizing verses. …

Dear Friends, It’s been a month since the kids and I left our gate, and while we miss our family, our church family, our friends, and walking outside, it’s been really nice and we can’t complain. The only downside to living like this is the lack of face-to-face conversations. But we are so grateful for technology and for the opportunity …

Dear Friends, Starting tomorrow, our “normal” will change a bit, since Hungary closed schools for a period of time due to the coronavirus. Amy will continue school online, and Haley will be able to stay home with her siblings as well. Since I stay home with the boys anyway, I don’t expect this to drastically change our everyday lives, and …

Dear Friends, Our sweet Amy turned 9 this month and our cute little Jonathan will be 6 months old in 10 days! Amy asked for a burger for her birthday lunch and we knew just the place to order it from. 🙂 A block from our house is a street food restaurant where they serve HUGE burgers. It was her …

Dear Friends, It’s 2020! Happy New Year! The girls are back to school, Chris is back to work, and the little ones are growing. 🙂 Amy is doing really well at school, she enjoys going, she loves her teachers, and she has good friends at school. She has matured so much the past few weeks and we see a wonderful …

Dear Friends, We’ve had three very busy months, filled with wonderful people and blessed fellowships. Now that Chris is home for Christmas, we spend a lot of time together, have people over, and enjoy a little calm and quiet (well, calmer and quieter anyway). We got some new games from our church back home in America and we love playing …

Dear Friends, Our little guy is turning 2 in 10 days. He is a sweet, goofy boy, who doesn’t like to be alone. Thankfully, he almost never has to be alone. 🙂 He still loves Jonathan, but recently he misses his sisters more than usual during the day. He often asks where daddy, Amy, and Haley are, and is said …

Dear friends, Last year I remember it was a very cold beginning of October (went below freezing during the nights) and all we had were space heaters our dear friends lent us. No hot water either. Then on October 10 our furnace was installed and we had hot water and heat for the first time in our house. What a difference …

Dear Friends, In the middle of August I was admitted to the hospital with high blood pressure. I spent a week in and out of the hospital after which Jonathan was born. He was about 3 weeks early (we still don’t know what the due date should have been), and he was tiny. Since both him and I were healthy …

Dear Friends, We are excited to announce the birth of our youngest son, Jonathan. Full name: Jonathan Matthew James Date of birth: August 25, 2019 Weight: 5.8 lbs Length: 20.5″ Hair color: very dark brown Eye color: very dark blue Thank you so much for all the prayers, we couldn’t be happier!

Dear Friends, We are nearing the end of this pregnancy (or so I hope) :). As we prepare to be a family of 6, I remember each pregnancy and how wonderful it was to see our family grow with each child. Please pray for a smooth delivery, so far I am not a big fan of giving birth. 😀 The …

Dear Friends, A few weeks ago Chris was able to take a week off and the kids and us did something special each day. It was so nice to be able to go to places with the kids and do something we usually don’t get to do. Chris even bought a few new card games that we could play at …

Dear Friends, School is officially done, we are enjoying the first days of summer break. Amy finished 2nd grade very well, she is excited to go to 3rd grade in a few months. We are very proud of her and hope she keeps up the good work. I remember when we came – a little less than two years ago …

Dear Friends, What a busy month May is! We will say goodbye to a lot of our dear students as they graduate from the Bible School in a couple of weeks, Amy and Haley will be done with school and preschool by the time I write my next family post, and summer is just around the corner. It’s hard to …

Dear Friends, It is officially spring break at Amy’s school, so she and Haley are spending a few days at my parents house. This past Sunday my parents were watching all three kids so Chris and I could go out for the day. I think this was the first time we spent the whole day just the two of us …