Cali wedding

Last weekend I the third Nysewander kid got married! I had the privledge to see my bro get married to a long time family Janna Anderson. It was a quaint little spot overlooking the Pacific, in Big Sur California. There were maybe 12 people as witnesses, but it was a fabulous, laid back Cali wedding. Dad got to officiate the wedding, and he had a great word for them about their life ahead. Dwight and Janna are finishing up their 2 month road trip in this next week, heading back to Minneapolis. There they will plan for their PART---AY at the end of September where more people (who couldn't come out west) will be able to celebrate the wedding with them.


I also was able to see the Hearst Castle out there which was pretty sweet. These are his two pools at his pad. Yes the gold you see in the first one is 24k gold, and the landing at the top of the pic? Diving board. It was very cool to learn about his life in detail, as he was quite the entertainer dude. I will leave pictures of both events to update our blog, and some of the highly requested new Isaiah Grace pics. This first one of her might just be my favorite of all her pics. I mean look how excited she is!!!

Are you my mother?

I think I feel as confused sometimes as that poor baby bird in that book. I mean everyone around the poor guy is like 'what kind of dumb ass are you? no, i'm not your mother!' Sometimes in the midst of trying to figure things out you have to ask the dumb questions because you truely have no idea where to start. Meanwhile those around you can see plain as day that your questions are dumb but they're to polite to say so. How come things can be so clear to other people and so foggy for me? Well, I guess my plans for tomorrow involve me asking a snort if its my mother and maybe I'll get lucky and get picked up and put down right where I belong and in the face of what I've been seeking all along. Dang Dr. Seuss rocks.

The real reason I post:



spag. night

























Have you seen a prettier face?!












Uh! My heart hurts.











yea!!! Tatum and B are coming to swim tomorrow! I love friends!

You don't know how we roll....

So, anyone who knows us knows that the Nysewanders roll around in some pimpin' cars. I mean if we were to sell them today we would get some serious coin for em. However we decided when we were dealt these cars, that we would drive them until they could drive no more. Well in the last 48 hours we have had both of them come in for a landing...seemingly for good. We thought we could hold out till the end of the year, but our cars are thinking differently. It stinks that it happened to both at the same time, but such it has. So, here is the deal, we uh kinda need to get some different rides. We have prayed about it and felt stongly that we don't want to go into debt to finance a car, so we are looking for a deal. This is where you can help. Please keep your eyes open for us. We need to make some changes like this weekend with our rides. (Bekah and Isaiah almost got stranded at Target today) If you know of anyone who is selling their car, or if you have one for sale, please, please, please let us know. We just don't have the loot to replace the two cars that we need now, so if you know anyone that has what we need please don't hesitate to holla. Thanks. Now for a little automobile comedy for ya...I love this movie.

Morrison6 update

Our friend Brianna had another successful Ultrasound, and she and Ryan were on the local news again in Minneapolis. All six babies are healthy, and the doc told em they are having 4 boys and 2 girls!!! I mean can you even imagine? At least now they can get by with 3 or 4 bedrooms in their home. Its all about the bunkbeds for the boys. As you can imagine they need your prayers for countless things, as Brianna needs to try to make it to the end of July. The news link is here, I wanted to post this to keep ya'll up to date on them so you can pray. If can help them by giving you can log onto their website here.

Roll Call

Alright everyone. Saturday night. Who is in? We will be at the playhouse at 7.30 sharp. You don't want to miss seeing Martin perform live. If your on the fence about going this should help you decide...



Get your tickets!!!

Oh what a blessing!!!!

Ok, so when I was not a mom I knew what kind of mom I would be and how I would do things. I knew I would be independent, my child would be "organic", and she would never pitch a fit because she would be so well disciplined from birth. Ok, so now for the mom that I AM: I am in need of fellowship and companionship, I let Isaiah eat almost whatever she wants and clothe her in what is handed down, gifted or cheap. The girl loves to yell and gets mad when she doesn't get fed as quickly as she thinks she should. Yep, its a little different than my lofty expectations but it is wonderful and she is my little treasure! A new part of my life is a play group that I go to a Mari Helm's house and I never thought I would enjoy something so much. It is a great time of fellowship and hanging out and it is a huge blessing to have a group to share with. Everyone who comes is so different from the next but we all share a wonderful bond of motherhood and the love of Jesus. Mari, who hosts us is a warm, fun, outgoing, soul winner who

actually LOOKS for opportunities to draw people into community. That is so rare!!! Laura is a wonderful woman who is so open and candid and makes everyone feel welcome. She has a great excitement about her that can make the most 'bla' of days feel like something special is about to happen. Jessica is more of an introvert and a newer acquaintance of mine but she is kind and loves her family and children. She is the mother of three very young kids who are as kind and sweet as she is. I look forward to getting to know her more. Erica is from Peru and is so much fun. She
has a great laugh and when I talk to her I feel like we have been friends forever. Yuki (sorry, I don't know how to spell Japanese names!) is a beautiful girl from Japan. SHe is amazingly gentle and comforting. Today was her first time with us but she brought SO much to our little group. You know how there are people who you can just feel their sweet spirit? Well, Yuki is one of those people, another one is Jamie. She is AWESOME and the kind of person you would just pour your heart out to because she is so warm and makes everyone feel so important. Another joy is Ruth Allen who is young and energetic and so very happy. She is very interested in what is going on with everyone and always is encouraging. She is the kind of person who always knows what to say to make me feel like a great mom. Today we had the pleasure of Jenny joining us and I LOVED it! She always blesses me by her presence. Since I've known her, I've always wanted to be just like her. If you don't know my sister-in-law, all I can say is, I'm sorry and you are missing out! Anyway thats our little group and I love it and can't wait for mondays. I love this life God has blessed me with and there are SO many people that make it the blessing that it is, so thank you all and thank you God!

Things Isaiah loves

I am back ruling this blogdom! I let JM have his fun but now I'm back and better than ever!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA (imagine a wicked laugh) I figured more pictures of Isaiah need to be floating around this world so here I am to post:) I love my life and I love my husband and my girl. There is alot going on right now and we're praying about where God is taking us and what the next step in our lives may be... India? Marietta? Nepal? Minneapolis? Kansas City? Aruba???!!!! Haahaa J/k about the aruba. No, we are just in a place where we feel God could logistically move us easily and we're greatful to be in this position and we really just want what is best for our relationship with God, this world, Isaiah Grace and our marriage, so if our location has an effect on any of those things, we're ready and willing to go where ever. So please pray with us if you hAve a sec... we'd REALLY appreciate it! Anyway, here are some cute photos!








She is very modest... note her use of the alphabet to prevent future inappropriate photos being leaked onto the internet.












She loves playin' with her daddy:)










She loves the computer and likes to see how much saliva it can actually handle! (Amy, do you recognize the table in the back ground? Yep, its yours, painted it black!)







She loves her P. (He's not going to love me for posting this!)






PS-thank you to everyone who helped make yesterday a million times easier! I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU!