phone number problems

We have had a horrible time with our phone number so if you call us and it is disconnected, don't worry - we know. Call our cellular phone instead until we get it fixed.

Happy New Year! Nate's parents are coming in for the weekend... photos to come!

Christmas Morning

Christmas Eve in new jammies... We had a wonderful Christmas Eve service at our church.

Sam's big gift: a wooden train set.
Grace opening her gift.
Rita was very excited too!
Ellen's gift was such a hit! She loved this little scooter and she can be pushed around on it.
Happy Birthday Jesus!

Christmas Eve Service...

A casual family shot from our Christmas Eve Service. Soon after this, things went downhill in the sickness department... everyone got sick between Christmas Eve and tonight. One visit to the ER, one visit to the peditrician and one visit from Santa! The morning after Christmas, we found real deer poop in our backyard.

Not your typical family party...

Classic

You better watch out...

Click here to see our visitor from last night....

VISITOR <--------- click on that

1st Birthday Girl

She got her own cake and was so sweet when eating it. She didn't know if she was "allowed" to dive in so she did it slowly. She kept licking the cake and then we ended up giving her a fork.

" Can I Mama?"

Delicious!
Happy after a bath and her new toys and jammies.

Don't Ask, Don't Tell (Volume 18)

Around the new house...

Here are some shots around our new house... we are working on getting it together!

Hard to do with four kids but fun!

Our Moving Day!

I have to get caught up here! In the past month, we have had a lot of activity! Here are some photos from the move that I hope you enjoy. You can see... we had a lot of help! Thank you to all our friends and family!

Last photo on our front steps of our old home.

Pile of stuff in our new front yard... my dad moving things.
Our friend Becky moved Ellen's closet.

Nate and Brett moving our dresser into our new house!

Unloading the truck in our new neighborhood - beautiful day!

Dave (Cedarville : ) )and Dwight discussing something...

At our old home finishing up last minute details and CLEANING! The new people came in two hours later.

Last things coming out of the old house... dress up box.

Cammie and Jenn... Jenn came in from NJ 2 times to help. Cammie stayed the whole day and helped decorate and redecorate.

Dave, Stephen and Brett... a few friends at chuch provided lunch for about 25 people!

We had so much food.

New dining room - so fun! Nate's dad is on the right. We had a fun day.

FIVE!

Don't Ask, Don't Tell (Volume 17)

Home Sweet Home

We are settling into our new home. We love the space! We love the neighborhood! We love the yard! We are starting to hang things up and ready for Christmas. We have had terrible trouble with the phone and computer lines (at my moms right now), shower heads (too MUCH pressure) and a toliet leaking into basement. We are going to redo the main bathroom soon b/c of the leak and damage to the floors and wood under the floors. Photos will come soon. Thank you to all who have helped. My friend Jen came out for two weekends straight - made us food, watched the kids, helped me decorate and we had a great shop at Nordstroms. I have a new neighbor that is helping with carpooling. Things couldn't be better!!!

Surprise!

Grandpa Verwys surprised us and came out to help us move last Saturday!

What a blessing!

He fixed many things in our house - we love our new home!

First Grade Journaling (Volume 4)

Don't Ask, Don't Tell (Volume 16)

"Sammy & Papa Day"

My dad has decided to start taking Sam to get haircuts. It is really fun for Sam to be one-on-one with someone. My dad has been at this hairdresser for years. Afterwards, Sam and Papa went to McDonalds for a happy meal!

Soccer Party

Heavy Box

PACKING!

Yes, we ARE moving!

I am sorry that I haven't been too good about posting about our move. We are in the middle of boxes and potty training and packing and decluttering and planning! I am so excited - everyday I get more and more giddy thinking about it. I am so grateful and thankful to the Lord for everythign he has and continues to bless us with... like four healthy children wasn't enough! We just told the kids and they know as much as they can understand. We have not told Adidas yet... she is going to have a hard time.

I have a lot of photos and don't know what you all want to see so here are five to start with. The house has all new refinished hardwood floors -throughout the entire home except the family room. The family room has new carpet. There is a lot of deep closets for this type of 1963 house. There is five bedrooms upstairs and a master with a bathroom. The backyard is shaped like a piece of pie and goes to a point.

Some really neat things have happened with this process. For starters, it is simply unreal that there is a family on the street that attends Grace's school. And... it is only a walk through the woods to my parent's house. We are praying for patience with each other, health, and wisdom in the next two months.

This is the room on the left - living room when you walk in the door.

This is the windows in that room. This is the laundry room and the door outside. This is the kitchen. This is the dining room! I can't wait to have a dining room!