Joshua 24:15

...as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. ~Joshua 24:15

May 3, 2012

A bunch of blessings!

Lyla Jane (2), Elijah (7), Nathaniel (6), Ethan (4), Judah (2), Josiah (2), Joshua (4)
Abigail Sconyers and baby Miller coming this summer


I just love this picture !  This is the Miller and Sconyers bunch.  Seven of 'em.  And you can add two more this summer.  We met the Sconyers about 8 and a half years ago.  A couple months before Thomas and I got married.  They were weird(they didn't want kids and Adam had this really long thing growing off his chin).  So were we(we wanted a dozen kids and well, you all know Thomas !).  Notice they now have more kids than we do ?!  Yep that was God.  Anyway, we were fast friends, hanging out almost nightly playing nascar(the guys) and eating ice cream.  An occasional outburst of "You can go to bed now." or "You're obnoxious !" would enter into conversation with enough heat you think someone would be hurting, but it always rolled off every ones shoulders.  Since then, the Lord has given us Millers four sweet babies, three into this world and one in Heaven.  And He has given them Sconyers four.  We Millers also moved to the other side of the state.  We stopped hanging out every night after babies came into the picture.  We have had the best times and the worst times.  And by God giving us each mercy and grace and love and forgiveness for one another, we have made it through with a friendship that is stronger than most.  And I love that no matter how long it has been since the last time, we can always pick up right where we left off.  Now if the Lord would just call the Sconyers over to eastern WA or even ID....Well, I can dream can't I ?!  Anyway, ever wonder what the term "best friends" means?  Well, we are so blessed to have a couple of those, and these Sconyers definitely fit the bill !  Can't wait to see what the Lord has in store for both of our families.    

3 comments:

Brandi said...

That is a true blessing from the Lord. Friendship like that doesn't come around very often!! Praise the Lord!!

Sunny Jane said...

I love this post! Good friends are the best.

Karen said...

True friends with a good foundation in Christ makes for lots of good memories.
And may I add that Brandi's profile pic really cracks me up!!!