Quick Trip to Montana

Here is a picture of Isaac taking a sled ride in Craig's canoe. Craig built this canoe several years ago and it has been at his parents house. They are moving now so we had to move to canoe to the family cabin until we can get there to pick it up. Here is Isaac with Grandpa Cecil, driving the van through the snow!
This is Great Northern Mountain. You see this from the kitchen window at Craig's parents house. Pretty spectacular if you ask me.

New Years Eve!

We celebrated New Year's Eve on a double date with my sister and her husband. We even dressed up. We had a nice dinner out without kids. Craig and I don't leave Isaac much so it was strange to not have him there but it was fun to talk as adults without getting interrupted.

Isaac and Faith

Isaac got reacquainted with his cousin from England, Faith, while her family was here for the holidays. They had a lot of fun together and got along most of the time. Isaac is quite affectionate. He loves to give hugs and kisses to everyone.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all of our family and friends. We have had a great year full of many blessings. Craig has worked the entire year for a company called "Out on a Limb Tree Service" where he climbs trees and thins them or takes them down. It has been a nice change of pace from previous jobs. I am blessed with the privilege of being a stay at home mom. So Isaac and I have spent this past year growing and learning all kinds of new things together. And believe me, the learning has been for both of us! It is amazing what we can learn from small children. Isaac has been such a joy in our life. Every day he makes us smile and laugh with something he does. He is very curious and loves to explore new things. He has taken after his dad and is quite the climber. There is nothing in the house that he can't get on if he wants to (Including the kitchen counter!). So he requires a watchful eye and that keeps me busy but I wouldn't change it for the world. Since he is such a climber we had to take him out of his crib. Actually, he kept getting out of the crib so we had to give him a mattress on the floor. Craig is in the process of making him a log bed from a tree that fell down in our back yard. I am really excited about that. We will post a picture of it when it is done! We have also been blessed with a great church family. From there we have gotten involved in a small group bible study that meets once a week. Also from those friends we are involved in a play group and go swimming every other week. So we are keeping busy and having fun!
We pray that your Christmas would not get lost in the hype of commercialism, but that you would spend time with family and friends sharing, loving and giving of yourselves. God gave us his son as the perfect example of sharing, loving, and giving!
"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace." Romans 15:13

Craig's 5k Race

Today Craig ran a 5k race with our brother-in-law Justin. The second picture also has Isaac's cousin Faith!

Christmas Fun!

Isaac had fun decorating the tree. The hard part was getting him to understand that we don't take decorations off the tree. We only put them on.
Later we went to a festival of lights and they had pony rides. Isaac loved it so much he rode the ponies three times!

First Snow of the Year!

Here are a couple pictures of our first snow. We got about 3 inches. Isaac was thrilled to put his hat and mittens on and go play (or eat) in the snow. We even built our first snowman. Unfortunately the next day it started raining and rained so hard for a couple days that our snowman was nearly gone 24 hrs later.