When Jesus Was Born

I got the idea for this painting from a Christmas video. I used finger paint to make this picture.

Thanksgiving

We had a great time over the Thanksgiving holidays with lots of family and friends. We have much to be thankful for.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above-James 1:17

This photo was taken of Abigail yesterday (November 11). She's two months old now. She's smiling and cooing now. I'm trying to get caught up on things like thank-you notes. It's hard to believe Thanksgiving is almost here.

Luke Dickens has some exciting news. He and Holly are officially engaged now! The wedding is in April. God is good!

Yesterday Colt and I went to the Pottery Ranch to start a project to give to Daddy. Colt had such fun and we'll go back later to finish. We'll show you a picture after we give it to Daddy.

While we were there a friend called offering us symphony tickets, so Colt and I had a date to the symphony while Joel kept Abigail. Colt loved dressing up and paid close attention to the instruments, asking good questions. The performer was world-renowned violinist, Mariusz Patyra. I offered for us to leave at intermission but he wanted to stay for the entire program. Some friends found us during intermission that had front and center seats with extra spots, so Colt loved sitting there even more. We had a great night together.

Abigail is growing and changing so fast. She coos and smiles a lot. She's a good-natured baby just like Colt. We're all enjoying her so much.

Friday we all went to the LP ranch to visit newleyweds Jamie and Chad for dinner. They really fixed their house up cute. We had goat meat for dinner and it was delicious! Colt rode a horse and loved it! This was Colt's first time to ride without someone leading him. He's ridden one of Aunt Dana's before but that was awhile ago. He got up the next morning saying he wanted to ride again. He talked about it yet again today. We got to hear stories from the honeymoon, including how God used Jamie and Chad in the lives of another couple while on their trip. Thanks for a great evening, guys!

Can't believe it's already November. Abigail is close to two months old now. She continues to do great. She's sleeping 5-6 hours between feedings at night.

Colt and are are in a good rhythm with school again. He's almost through one of his readers. Whenever we're in the car or out somewhere he's reading signs like crazy! It's so fun to see it all coming together.

Not much going on. Joel's had a busy day and night. He and I are both bushed and going to bed soon.