December

We are doing well. The tree is up and the house is decorated and we are bustling our way towards Christmas. The boys were super excited about putting up the tree. They were wound sooo tight. It was amazing! Last Saturday when we went out to cut our tree we drove past the bank it the thermometer said 25 !! yikes! We had fun though:) There was free hot chocolate:)

Anya is 3 months old now and keeping us all entertained. She has such special smiles. That is the latest. I will do a full update . . . sometime:)

looking for a tree

Anya bundled up and cozy

Our crew!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

We hope that everyone has a great Thanksgiving. We will be going to visit my parents and we are all looking forward to it:) We are counting down the days:)

Otherwise life is going well, although it passes by rather quickly. The boys are growing and happy. Hans is a definite 2 year old with all the curiosity and will fullness that goes with it. Ethan is 4 1/2 and really enjoys preschool. He is learning a lot and is starting to sounds out words and letter sounds. Anya continues to be happy baby. She is thirteen weeks old now and starting to show interest in sitting up and standing and seeing what is going on around her.

Jeremiah and I are doing well. We are looking forward to the time when we will once again get a full nights sleep every night:) But we are blessed, Anya is healthy and only really wakes up once during the night. I am keeping myself busy at home, I really am not involved in anything outside the home right now. Jeremiah still really enjoys his job and involvements there and at church. He just recently started a choir to lead worship at the chapels at work. He is really enjoying that.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone, especially those we will not get to see in our travels. We are grateful for all of our friends and family. Love you!

Ethan drinking hot chocolate

Hans peeking

Anya in her bumbo

hi

We are still around. I haven't posted in a while because we were all sick at once! Not fun!! But we have all recovered and life is good:) We certainly keep busy. Here are a few photos of what we are up to.

Hans in his new winter coat and snow pants.

Anya hanging out with us outside

Becky and Ethan baking cookies. Ethan scooped them all himself!

Anya at 11 1/2 weeks old. She is growing so much.

Anya is not so sure about this picture taking thing anymore:)

Hans is 2!

Hans turned 2 yesterday. We had a little party in the evening. It was fun. He thoroughly enjoyed his "happy birthday to you!" As he kept calling his cake.

Now I am working on recovering from a cold or something that has made me tired and given me a fever and headache and such. I hope to be able to thoroughly enjoy my "happy birthday to you!" tomorrow!!

The birthday man and his new tricycle!

Ethan had to try it out too.

of course you can always put two people on the trike!

Becky and Anya and the golden blur.

Jeremiah and Hans

The balloon cake

Hans very focused on what was happening to his cake

Opening presents

Wrestling! Our neighbor's daughter joined right into the fray.

the latest

Just a few photos to show you what we are up to and how everyone is doing.

Hans and Ethan playing in and raking all of the leaves that dumped off our black walnut tree in a couple of hours one morning.

Hans and I had coffee and a muffin the other morning while we were waiting to pick up Ethan from preschool. Hans makes a great model for the "moody" coffee shop style, doesn't he?:)

Anya Joy, who is 8 weeks old!! How time flies!

Oaks

A day at the races!

Yesterday we went to the Hunt Races. It was a cool, cloudy day to start. Kind of chilly for wandering around on a hillside. However, it cleared up and we had a great time. The boys got to go for pony rides and a wagon ride. We brought our picnic lunch along, which we ate in the van. In the afternoon we got to watch two races. It was lots of fun to watch the races. It does mama's heart proud to introduce my boys to the equestrian world:)

Ethan riding his pony

Hans hamming it up and smiling at everything. He wanted to try out ALL of the ponies and ALL of the helmets:)

Anya's thoughts on the day

Lunch in the van

A beautiful sight!

clearing the fences!!