The Reed Family's Adventures

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Mom and Dad

I can't begin to express how precious my parents are. God has truly blessed my siblings and I with two people who really want His best in life. Their lives have revolved around creating and nurturing a Godly home for us for the past 24 years. Thank you Mom and Dad for all that you did, do, and will do in the future. May the Lord continue to bless you with His vision and wisdom. Thank you for being willing to go against the flow in order to do what God has asked you to do. We love you so much!

Mom loves her little boys :-)

Dad and three of the boys looking at an Eye Spy book

Have you ever heard the saying "If momma ain't happy ain't nobody happy"? Well, we all have our weak moments, but there is nothing like a mom with a joyful spirit. Thank you for your cheerful smiles and words of encouragement Mom! They truly are a blessing.

Daddy's only girl left at home

Mom is a terrific teacher and especially enjoys teaching the young ones to read.

Dad is a very hard worker. He runs his own custom sawing business with his portable sawmill, as well as cutting and selling firewood.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Justin and Bethany

We were married on January 3rd. God blessed us with a gorgeous day and a beautiful wedding.

We spent our honeymoon touring New England.

I have thoroughly enjoyed living everyday life with my wonderful husband. We have so much fun together skiing, playing games, setting up house, and just being newlyweds!

Last week Justin took me to visit the Portland Head Lighthouse where we were engaged almost a year ago. It was a beautiful day and we had a wonderful time reminiscing.

We have spent the past three months house sitting for some relatives while they were in Florida. We are currently at Mom and Dad's for about 3 weeks while we get our next home ready. We had an uncle offer his summer camp to us but we had to wait for the ice to melt so that we could get the pipes in the lake. For now we are thoroughly enjoying our time with the family.

We have also found out that we are expecting Baby Horsman! We are very excited about this little one and look forward to it's arrival around October 25th.

Leigha Christine

Our Leigha came home for about a month and a half for the wedding. It was such a blessing to have her home.

She was a huge help getting ready for the wedding and did a beautiful job on my hair.

I was so blessed to have her as my maid of honor.

After Justin and I left for our honeymoon Leigha and the rest of the kids enjoyed some great ice skating with the bridesmaids who were still here for a few days.

On January 20th Leigha flew back to India and will be there until the first of June. This particular trip has been a lot more difficult for her than others in the past because she has had some major health struggles. There have been a lot of people praying for her and the Lord has graciously blessed her with complete healing. We miss our fun-loving sister, and friend but we have all been so excited to see what the Lord has been doing through her to further His work.

Zachary Isaac

So where is Zach these days? He is actually in India!

He is living just a few houses down from Leigha and working in the boys' hostel (a christian boarding school.) He left on March 20th and will be there until Leigha comes home in June. Leigha is thrilled to have him there and they are really enjoying working together.

Zach tends to be more on the quiet side, but he is a lot of fun. He has a real heart for animals and loves his cat Tigger.

He loves photography and is always looking for new things that he can learn to make his pictures better. He was quite disappointed that he couldn't take his big camera with him to India!