[Why does God] bother to speak to us? The truly staggering answer that the Bible gives to this question is that God's purpose in revelation is to make friends with us. It was to this end that he created us rational beings. bearing his image, able to think and hear and speak and love; he wanted there to be genuine personal affection and friendship, two-sided, between himself and us-a relation, not like that between a man and his dog, but like that of a father to his child, or a husband to his wife, Loving friendship between two persons had no ulterior motive; it is an end in itself. And this is God's end in revelations. He speaks to us, and we to him, he finding his joy in giving us gifts and we finding ours in giving him thanks.
J. I. Packer, God Has Spoken
All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall not have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall not have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.John 6:37-40
The kids were so excited to meet Daniel.
It was an amazing feeling for me to be on the other side this time. 
We made posters with the boys.
Sam and Ben waiting.
family together
Welcome home Daniel
Say:" TRI- BOT!"
If you have been following our blog for a while you know this was not Emma's first trip. We visited the American Girl store in New York City twice already on our trips.
Even Jo loves dolls and we had a fun time with the girls.
Just in case you were wondering we did get some dolls but they will have to wait until Christmas. I cannot wait to see the girls faces on Christmas day.
All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance. And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth. People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. Instead, they were longing for a better country - a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
It was a beautiful day today and we all spent the entire afternoon working in the garden and playing around.
Emma decided to sweep the backyard.
Even Jo loved the leaves.
Boys will be boys. Here they are stuffing their sweatshirts with leaves and having sumo fights.
Sam lost another tooth the other day.
Happy fall everybody.