Our turn!!

Hey everybody! So fun to hear from everyone...at once! I thought I would post for us. Joel left about 5 this morning for a conference in Czech until next Sat. We are really going to miss having Dada this week. He took the laptop though, so we'll be able to chat over skype, so that will be fun. He was asked to teach a break-out session again this year! He'll be talking about making your youth group feel like a family and how to get everyone involved. He's really gifted at that, it comes really naturally to him, so I'm excited that he gets to share that with others.

So the kiddos...

Abigail got one of her two year molars the other day. She's sleeping a twin size bed now and going down the stairs as well as up now. Whew! She's finally wearing barrette's and pony tail holders now too!

Elijah is cruising everywhere he wants to go, constantly getting into places where he needs help getting out, pulling himself up on things--sometimes things not so stable, loves his sister and wants to be or do whatever she is doing.

Right now, they're both playing at the (locked) gate at the top of the stairs,waiting for me to finish so we can go down and start our day.

But first! A little about me! : ) I've been scrapbooking lately and that's been fun. I'll be getting in many hours this week after the kids are in bed and Joel being gone. It'll be fun to have something fulfilling to occupy my hours before bed. Our fireplace was finished on Saturday and we've had a couple fires already. It's going to be such a blessing to have that this winter! It really makes a difference! The wood should be delivered sometime soon...hopefully this week!

We are really, really looking forward to coming back for Christmas to be with everyone!!

Abigail loved the sweet corn this summer! She kept calling it "beans" at first. Funny girl!
We just replaced this swing with one that buckles for Elijah.
Oops!