tradition

Each year before the kids are able to go to the stockings and gifts we take time to read from the Scriptures and the kids build the nativity. It is my most treasured time during the day. This year we used the nativity that my Grandpa Max gave to my parents years ago. It gave a special feel of those in our family who have gone before us and was a reminder me that the child we celebrate at Christmas will come again.

morning gift exchange & smiles

year after year boxes remain the best toy

snowboards in the making

homemade slopes

so much fun even with a dusting of white christmas

christmas eve w/ bodee

*can you guess what elliott was eating prior to this photo?

happy birthday jonathan

christmas pj's

friday night @ the nimrod house

adoption fund raiser

Our friends the Gibsons are adopting again from Ethiopia and are selling tees to help with the cost. Check them out HERE. There a place to order them on the right side of the page. ALSO, she has a fun contest going on for Christmas. You can enter that HERE. Help spread the word and bring another child to their forever family!

Back to School 2009

The boys are officially finished with their semester of homeschooling. So here is their back to school photo for the start of their public school year. No shorts and sunny sky's, but fuzzy jackets and Christmas green and red hanging on the door.

This morning the energy in the air as I dropped them off was that of anticipation; anticipation for 2 weeks off school. It was not the feel of "first day of schools" past. It didn't feel wrong, but pleasantly right. We know that the boys are right where they need to be at this very moment. When I dropped C at his class to meet his teacher he answered to me in kinyarwanda, not english, when I asked if he was ready and okay for me to leave. I knew at that moment that the decision to stay in Rwanda a bit longer was exactly what they needed.

So, E and C Happy first day of school and I can't wait until Christmas break. The house is pretty quiet.

momma has 3 quite handsome dates!

cheers w/ kiddie cocktails (roy rogers)

air hockey to pass the time before bride & groom arrive

jeremy & tiffany bacher