August - Family Time

In August, we got together for our 5th (I think?) annual Kuhl beach trip.  We meet up with Ben's parents and siblings and families in Ft. Walton for a week of fun and family time!  We LOVE this trip and look forward to it every year - and hopefully will continue to do so for years to come!  We always say how lucky we are to have a family that we love to be with and make the time to be with even though all Ben's siblings live in different states.  We are so blessed!

The end of August ended with a different sort of family reunion.  Karen Sorota, our brother-in-law Noah's mother, passed away from cancer.  While it's hard to say goodbye, we are so thankful that Karen knew the Lord and that she is now united with him in heaven!  I've been going to Karen monthly for years for chiropractic care.  I will always remember her cheery voice saying "Hey gal!" when I walked through the door; her continual concern for me and always telling me to slow down; always wanting to know about my life and Ben and how things were going; her excitement in telling me the latest about her son Nathan (one of Ben's close friends) and his experience as a cop; her joy in hearing that we'd had another game night with her daughter and son-in-law, Hannah and Dan (more close friends) and her delight in seeing their chiropractic business doing well; her joy in her son Noah's music (always playing his latest scores in the office) and in her daughter-in-law Ellie's (Ben's sister) hostess abilities from their latest visit with them in LA ("she is just the cutest thing!"); her kind and caring heart and sincere love and concern for all her patients.

Only picture I have with her - this is from Christmas day 2009 - we went with her and Phil and Nathan to see Sherlock Holmes (so excited to hear Noah's music!) in theaters and then to Waffle House afterward.

'Til we meet again!