Day at the Park

As usual, I didn't post as many pictures last month as I would have hoped, so I'm playing catch up now. In early February we took the girls to our community park and snapped a few pictures. They love it and always have a good time.

We're Home: More Pictures of Knox

We arrived home with Daniel Knox today! He was greeted with much joy by both his sisters and granny.

For those of you who don't know, he weighed in at 6lbs. 8oz. and was 19" long. Despite being almost three weeks early, Knox is doing very well. The doctors said he was a perfect, "10 out of 10." We are thankful to all of you for your support and prayer, and we look forward to sharing more pictures of him in the weeks to come--and we hope all of you can meet him soon! 

Daniel Knox Has Arrived!

Shaking the System: A Book Review

Nate wrote a new book review for reformation21, and I thought a few of you might want to read it. Check it out!

Unbelievable!

Pictures from January

We got a little behind this month on our blog so I'm just putting up several pics of our times througout January.

Fun times with Cousin Marty and her dog

Me and Nate - Rosalyn took this pic!! I thought she did very good!

You can see my big belly here. 7 more weeks to go!!!

Driving in the snow

Trying to stay warm after playing in the snow

Playing in SNOW!!!!

What a special day we had today! We were awoken this morning by phone calls from our parents saying we had snow outside. Nate looked out and he said that we only had a dusting. So we saw that my parents, farther south, would have more snow than we would for the day so we drove down to their house to play in it. Rosalyn loved playing in the snow but Katie was unsure of it and preferred to stay inside where it was warm and dry! Here are a few pics of our surprising day!

(Re)Thinking Worldview

Nate wrote a new book review for reformation21. Here is the link for those of you who want to check it out .

A BIG Family Picture

Nate has a big family, and when they all get together during the holidays, it's a big fun time. Here's a picture of a good many of them, and I'm fairly sure I can't tell you who's missing (though I know some are). We had the hardest time rounding everyone up for this, but in the end we pulled it off. It's a motley crew, but we love them so.

I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas holiday and a very happy New Year. We've been on the road a good bit visiting family but we were thankful for the opportunity to rest over the New Year's holiday. In fact, I think we were in bed hours before the New Year. The older I get the more I like it that way. Nothing like bringing in the New Year asleep!

A Few Christmas Day Pictures!

Christmas with Papa & Granny

Well, like all of you, we've had a wonderful Christmas holiday! We got way to many great things, ate way too much, and enjoyed a lots of laughs and good tears with our family. Here's a few pictures of our Christmas with Papa and Granny (Nate's parents).

Christmas Baking

In celebration of stirring day, the girls and I whipped up some of Aunt Andrea's special Christmas cookies. My little helpers did a wonderful job icing the cookies--and had a great time too!

Is that icing good, Rosalyn?

Wait, is that icing on your cheek, Katie?

Rosalyn in Christmas Fancy

Somehow the girls received (or either we bought!) too many Christmas dresses this year. To be sure each dress got at least a wear or two, we would try them on during the week around the house and sometimes show up "over dressed" to everyday activities. Here's a picture of Rosalyn showing off her fancy Christmas dress. Isn't it cute?

Blogging at FPC, Luci Shaw, and the Incarnation

Nate is a contributor to the FPC Jackson blog, and though I don't think he writes very often, he put up something today on the modern Christian poet Luci Shaw and one of her poems on the incarnation. I thought some of you might enjoy reading it.

Check it out!

http://fpcj.blogspot.com/

BTW: Hope you all are having a wonderful Christmas season! We've enjoyed receiving bunches of your Christmas cards in the mail. Keep them coming. Some of you will hopefully get ours soon, if you haven't already.

Decorating the Christmas Tree

The girls had a great time decorating the tree this year. Rosalyn knew exactly what to do and Katie thought it was just easier to place the ornaments inside the tree instead of on the branch. What a fun time of year it is!

Belhaven College Singing Christmas Tree

It was a perfect night for the Singing Christmas Tree this year. We were all bundled up, drinking hot apple cider, and enjoying beautiful Christmas music with great friends. Cindy Mercer, one of the pastors wives at FPC, is holding Katie in the picture.

Matching dresses!

I know one day the girls will look back on all their pictures and ask me why I dressed them alike so much but I think it's precious right now. We have matching Christmas dresses for each week of December and here was the one from the first week.

Thanksgiving!

Sorry we've been away from our blog for so long. We've been swamped with church work and the holidays. Sadly, something had to go, and it was the blog that took the hit! We're back though, and ready to post. We'll try and clue you in on all that's been going on this past month...

Here's a few pictures of Thanksgiving. What a great time we had!