Happy New Year!

Here's a few quick pics from Christmas. This is my sweet kids after the Christmas Eve Service. We got to open one present on Christmas Eve, and Caleb wasn't too sure about the one present thing, he really thought that meant it was time to open all of them. We had such a sweet Christmas this year!

Jonah got a Leapster game for Christmas. He was really excited about it, but I dont' think he's played with it but once! Go figure? He loved all the superhero costumes, as you can see he's dressed as a Transformer.

This was Caleb's absolute favorite present. Caleb is obsessed with keys and keyholes and we found the perfect gift for him. It's a little veterinarian shop that has a different keyhole and matching key for 6 little doors. He plays with this toy all the time! We love those time-consuming toys don't we moms?? Hannah loved all her diapers and wipes too - she's definitely getting good use out of them. The boys also gave her a glow worm, which stays in her bed with her. I guess I didn't get a picture of that though.

We went down to my parents house on Christmas day and had a lot of fun there too. Papa had made a tire swing for the grandkids, which was the hit of Christmas. We had fun seeing Papa John and Mama Gina's new parsonage that the church built for them! I'll have to post pictures later!

Adam's brothers and sisters came for a visit, along with Nona and Pop.

Laura Beth, Lee and Luke. The kids love to play with their Aunts and Uncles (that's sounds kind of strange?) Of course they brought toys and presents, so we had a little Christmas again.

This is Pop with his first granddaughter!
I'll have to fill you in on the rest of the holidays in a later blog. I took pictures on a throw away camera and I haven't had it developed yet. The picture above is of our Pukefest 2009 quarantine area. Well, the only ones who attended were Adam and Caleb, thank the Lord! They both got sick Saturday night, so they were quarantined to the back, while the rest of us tried to stay away as much as possible. Adam didn't even get to preach on Sunday. The picture shows the gate, and curtain I put up to try to keep the germs away from us! I don't know if that even works, but I was willing to try anything. There was lots of prayer, Clorox wipes, Lysol, and washing of hands, but I think the rest of us avoided it!
**Prayer Update - In a previous blog I was saying how I was just praying we would avoid the hospital this year during the holidays and Praise the Lord no one had to visit the hospital. We did have some illnesses, but we made it through! The Lord answers prayer.