December Catch up

Thanks to Tom and Sarah we got to go to a UM basketball game!

Abby's last lunch with Levi 

Christmas wrapping!

Bubba cuddles

Pencil cases I made for Sam and Elli

Bedtime books with daddy

what we do when Dad is at school

Orange marker drama...you eat the marker, mom takes it away.

She is advanced, writes her name

Mama cuddles

best PJ's ever

Yeah, this hat has lights on it.

aprons I made for christmas

Our small group in A2 got to bless a family with Christmas!

I would like to say this outfit ins't typical, but it is.

Happy banana

Last time seeing daddy before he drives to CO!

My phone captures memories.....Moving to the Boltons

Abby loves Alice's room...

Abby's first real sister experience...She loves Alice.

Got a little tuckered out on the way to COS.

Morning times with our family.

what M and I do when we get silly, teach jack to jump through hoops, literally.

New Years Eve dinner for the littles.

And the adults

Abby's favorite room in the house is Alice's room...Cool toys and an awesome desk.

Decade bday

On September 24 Sarah turns 20.

On August 24 I turn 30.

Since we are moving to CO, we celebrated a "little" early...

The day started off with 10 balloons..10 of my favorite memories with Sarah.  She did a great job popping them with a pair of scissors, it was dramatic and fun!

Then we went to paint pottery.  We got mugs and painted them blue with white snowflakes.  I can't wait until we can pick them up!

We've moved!

In case you haven't heard, we have moved to CO!  It was a bit crazy those past few weeks...waiting on orders, assignments, not being able to plan for movers, Steve finishing grad school, trying to find a house...It was one of the most unsure times of our life.  However, everything fell into place...We don't say that was by chance, the Lord definitely had/has a plan for us and we are still trusting in Him to work it out.  

  

Sitting on the stairs waiting for our final check out...The only thing left in that condo was the carpet cleaning stuff behind us.

An impromptu date to sweetwaters while waiting for Charles to come and give us our security deposit back.

A little girl who was a champ during the whole move out process.

She loves the new chair covers.

Lonely keys....Only one key left...

We have officially moved to CO and are waiting to hear back to see if the offer we put on a house is accepted.  So thankful for friends here who will house us and deal with all of our junk, medical appointments and pain in the butt needs.  

Elli Bday

For Elli's bday we took her out to lunch and to the Ann Arbor Hands On Museum.  It was so fun to have a date with our little girl..  

Elli and Steve have a civil engineering connection....They love to build together.

Overall it was a great day!  Jen makes these birthday days happen and I love it that she is so flexible in making these days happen!

Geoff's Wedding!

At the beginning of December we traveled to Austin TX to celebrate Geoff and Cassie. It was a great weekend reconnecting with some AFA friends!

some of the kiddos got tired at the wedding....

like I said, tired...

Our AFA clan....Minus Brian (he was having a baby!) and Geoff...he was getting married.

Felicity is the cutest!

Overall it was a great weekend.  We loved spending time and catching up with old friends, and can't wait till some of them move back to COS with us!

Kirsten Doll

For Christmas this year we gave abby my old American Girl doll.....Right now it is in storage with all of our stuff in Colorado Springs, but for the short time she got to play with it, she loved it!