"The family is both the fundamental unit of society as well as the root of culture..."
"It is a perpetual source of encouragement, advocacy, assurance, and emotional refueling that empowers a child to venture with confidence into the greater world and to become all that he can be." ~ MARIANNE E. NEIFERT Our trip to Spain has come and gone leaving us packed full of wonderful sweet memories! I wish time would just stand still a moment or two just so I could soak up precious times that I want to last forever! When I get the photos (*cough* Ben *cough*) I'll post my journal entries along with most of the pictures that captured our adventures! But, for now I will try to update y'all on what has been going on in the McDonald household!! =) After coming home we have had PLENTY of events here and there. We had our first Good Friday service which went smoothly, Easter has come and gone, a conference or two has been attended, Lilyana turned 1 (crazy to think about that!!), William turned a whopping 7, Tiff and the bebe came out for a visit, the He