Colt's Christmas Songs

Colt recorded songs with Tim Russo one night while at Tim and Elaine's house. What a great Christmas gift! The Russos are such a blessing to our family. Thanks, Tim, Elaine, and Colt! Click to listen.

Picture with Santa

We took Colt and Abigail to the mall today and got a picutre with Santa. We bought the cd so we could share it with you all! Colt had never done this before and was really wanting to so we thought it would be fun this year. This was the first photo taken-and it was the best! Merry Christmas to you all! Jesus is the reason for the season! We'd all be nowhere good without Him.

Bye-Bye Bassinet

Yesterday we moved Abigail out of the bassinet. She had started turning herself catty-corner (is that a real word?) when she slept and her feet were touching, so it was time for a change. We have her now in the pack-n-play in our room. I'm not ready to move the little cutie out of our room yet. Also, she and Colt have different sleep and wake schedules. She is sleeping great, though. She often goes 8 hours between feedings at night. She'll be 3 months old in 5 days. She's very cuddly and social. She loves talking to people!

I have a good bit of Christmas shopping done but do have quite a bit still to go. I've finished writing thank you notes. Yea! We're so blessed by so many and are thankful for that.

I've started the book of Isaiah in my Bible reading, a book I studied a couple of years ago in CBS (Community Bible Study). No, it's not a very fun book to read-gloom and doom prophecies. But it is the truth and does have the hope of Jesus in it, also. All of God's Word is powerful and doesn't return void.

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.