Happy New Years!!!

Nathan didn't quite make it this year!!

Thinking back over 2008 brings such joy and amazement over the blessings God has given our family. In all honesty, it was a little tougher than the previous few years with us learning how to parent 3 children, me having some health issues, as well as, the loss of my uncle and half-sister. But oh how faithful the Lord has been through every detail!! 2008 was an exciting year as we transitioned into raising THREE boys, Brandon surviving many layoffs and buyout with his job, us getting a new mini-van after 11yrs!, I began working for our church as Childrens's Ministry Director, Brady started kindergarten and I began "officially" homeschooling, the boys playing soccer and taking gymnastics, me learning all about thyroid issues and lifestyle changes, us going on vacation to my aunts/uncles in Atlanta, and most recently Brandon having his 1st surgery ever (on his ankle).

We are especially thankful for each other, our family and our dear friends who make life so sweet. I am personally thankful and humbled to be the wife of an amazing man and the mom to our 3 handsome and hilarious boys - 2 job roles I absolutely LOVE!! So tonight we are playing games, making fun hats, eating queso and having a blast with my family and some friends from high school. May the Lord bless each of you in 2009 as you draw nearer to Him!

Christmas and New Years pictures will be posted soon, so stay tuned. Brandon had ankle surgery the week before Christmas and is in a non-weight bearing cast. So I've been on my own handling things (and will be for about 3 more weeks!)....hence the delay of blogging! I'm trying to keep up - I really am! :) They will be here very soon!

Love,
Christi

ICE at the Gaylord

We were very blessed this year to attend the ICE sculpture exhibit at the Gaylord. It was an amazing and beautiful experience! The boys also got to visit Santa, Mrs. Clause and their reindeer (live!). They especially LOVED the slides in ICE and couldn't seem to get enough. We had a blast and even had a special treat getting to go with Grandma & Grandpa! Enjoy the slide show below!

Christmas Fun

Below are the pictures of the boys Christmas play at church. Brady was a shepherd and had a reading part this year. He read perfectly! and Nathan was a wiseman - again! :)(next year he gets to be Joseph!) and little Corban was a wandering sheep as you will see in one of the videos. They had alot of fun and had NO fear on stage. Such cuties! Be sure to check out the videos at the bottom of the pics!

Pilgrim Days end.

We had such an amazing experience during our pilgrim days. The simplicity of life is still being carried over and I am enjoying still cooking from scratch alot. We did venture into making a pumpkin pie from scratch that didn't go over so well. The pumpkin part was wonderful but our whole wheat crust tasted alot like a whole wheat cracker - ooops! The boys learned alot about life in the 1600's - things they are still talking about today. OH, and we even dressed up for the Thanksgiving Feast at Christi's parents. It was a memory we will not soon forget! (You can click on the slideshow under the picture to see all the pictures from our pilgrim adventures)