These last several weeks have been quite full! We have had a wonderful time with family and preparing for the Holidays.
Michael took Noah on an adventure in the woods, off our nearby Monticello trail.
Noah and Ethan are having so much fun being brothers.
We had the joy of hosting a bunch of our teammates from Peru before Thanksgiving! Amanda and Jeremy Ross and their girls, Kayla, Bella, and Janna visited for a couple days along with Susan Crenshaw and Anne Langhorne. It was so much fun to reminisce about our time together in Lima and great for Noah to see old friends!
Noah and Bella are 3 weeks apart in age and Janna and Ethan only 10 days!
After our Peru reunion, we left for North Carolina to have Thanksgiving with Baba and Papa.
Cindy, Marlea, and Harmony joined us too!!
We all explored my uncle John's boat that Dad is helping to refinish. They're making good progress!
Proud Papa on his tractor. Now every time Ethan sees a tractor, he says, "Papa!"
Cousins!
There were 13 of us altogether!
Harmony read to Noah before bed.
Noah got his ride with Papa too.
We had a great visit with Michael's parents and Matthew & Kerry after being in NC.
We picked out a Canaan Fir from Stonehearth Tree Farm, near Culpepper, VA.
Noah and Gray got to decorate sugar cookies this week.
Michael and Noah went to NOVA this past weekend and got to visit Union Station with Grandma and Grandpa. It's fun to see a similar picture if you look back to December 2006's blog posts.
And today was our first Snow Day!
We're lucky enough to have Grandma snowed-in with us!!
We ventured out altogether this morning and walked to Noah's eye doctor's appointment. His eyes continue to improve with his glasses and patching one eye a couple hours a day.
Now we are eagerly anticipating Christmas and even more time to be with family, dear friends, and neighbors. We love this season and all the hope and joy it brings to the darkest days of the year.
