May 13, 2017
Beautiful Marcie is pregnant with (had) TWINS! 
Marcie has had a hard pregnancy both physically and mentally. Because we had put our mission papers in we would only be able to spend a week with the new babies before we left. I am writing
this blog 8 months after the twins were born and it is crazy how the Lords hand has been seen in this whole process. I do not know the rhyme or reason for how and why everything happened the way
it did or understand it completely but we've seen many blessings and miracles in every step of the way. The weirdest of all is that I never felt like we should postpone our mission. I felt that that in itself was odd because it wouldn't be a hardship to wait a couple weeks or months to go to India and I wanted to be there to see those new babies and to help Marcie, but neither Bill nor I ever felt like we should change things (and thank goodness for that ~ although at the time it was more than strange in every way). So Marcie and Jamis planned and organized the delivery and had church members, school friends and neighbors lined up to help them when the babies were born. The closer it got to us coming home from Cambodia we figured out that we could go into the MTC then take a week to go to Marcie's then head off to India from CA where we would have a day to meet with the couple we were replacing and go over the schedule and introductions of those we would be working with. Well, low and behold, it was more than a blessing that this was our plan because when my eye went all haywire 3 weeks before the twins were born and I was unable to travel for months after, we could see how, by Marcie not counting on us for help when the twins were born, she already had all her ducks in a row so that her little family were all set for the twins arrival without my help. It is crazy how it all transpired. We have had to withdrawal our mission papers indefinitely as I still do not have a lens in my left eye; I'm not sure when I will have surgery #5 to replace it, as I still have inflammation in my eye which has not subsided since the last couple surgeries. Fortunately, I can travel and we were able to go out to CA twice to be with Marcie and family and they have come to Utah twice as well! Feeling Blessed!
Born May 13, 2017 - Mary and Miles are perfect and healthy in every way!
Such adorable babies - and those big, bright eyes!
Here they are at their first Thanksgiving ~ 6 mos old ~ Cutie Patooties!
Here are the 2 big sisters and big brother ready to scare and dazzle all the neighbors!
Batgirl, Bat-Daddy & Batman- 5 mos old.
"Mary had a little Lamb" - Sooooooo ADORABLE!The cutest outfits ever - I'm pretty sure Marcie sewed them!
Could they be any cuter???
Seeing Santa for the first time (7 mos), the twins did very well - piece of cake for the big kids!
