Where do I come from?

Annie has been working on a project for school for a few weeks now. She is supposed to write about a country where some of her ancestors are from...

So, one of her first questions was..."What am I?" Had to laugh at that...

We told her she is a mix of many different ethnicities. There is some Irish, Swiss, German, Italian, Polish, and some others, too...

She decided to write about Switzerland. The Wyss family (my grandmother's family) came to America from Switzerland in the 1800's. We started reading a short history about their travels (Thanks, Dad, for the book!), and were surprised to see that they came right through Toledo, Ohio which is very close to where we live now.

As we continued to trace the history to my great great grandma, then great grandma, then grandma, then dad, then me, Annie asked if her name was in the "Family Tree" book. I pointed it out to her and her eyes got as wide as baseballs and she asked the funniest question: "Does that mean I'm Swittish?"

We laughed so hard!!!

I love that she is figuring out bits and pieces of where she came from... mostly, we know she came as a blessing from God!!!

Love you all!

The Inspiration of the Olympics

I don't know if any of you have been watching the olympics, but we have, and we are loving it!!

We have been inspired in many ways:

1. Matt and I agree that we would LOVE to visit Vancouver someday. It just looks amazing!

2. Annie and Kaitie decided they wanted to learn how to ice skate! So, they started lessons today. Who knows? Maybe we will have an olympian in the family!

3. I want to try to ski again! It has been years, and I didn't even get off the bunny hill, but after watching, I want to give it another shot!! Especially since we have good health insurance!

4. Nash has LOVED the winter sports...he keeps asking if the games are on...

As my kids watch the olympics, I hope they are inspired that they can become something great!! However, I hope we can instill in them a desire to be much more than a great athlete... I hope they are inspired to live a life of Spiritual significance, and run in a race far more important than any olympic race!!

Thanks for your prayers and love for our family!!