Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year!! It has been over a month since my last post. On January 3rd I started getting back into a schedule and have been focusing on that before getting on the web. It seemed to take a bit, especially to get back into the swing of things for homeschooling after a three week Christmas break. But I think we are back into a rhythm again. I have also been running/exercising for an hour three times a week. I've been getting up at 5:30 to feed the baby and then get out of the door by 6. It has been a fight but I think I am finally winning! It does feel great to be working out again and finally getting rid of those baby pounds (you're so worth it though Jordan :). I have also been making sure I get personal devos in everyday and not skip when things get hectic. So the year is starting out great, praise the Lord.

Here are some photos from December. My folks were here for Christmas, it was so nice. We had a lovely time together (it had been almost two years!).

Our Seth turned 8 on December 20th. He wanted a rocket cake (phew, not too hard).

Seth was poorly for his birthday. We were planning on going to the nice hotel in town to go swimming but he just wasn't up to it. At least he was all better for Christmas.

It turned out pretty good. Notice the little blemish in the sky on the left side. I balanced it on cups in a cookie sheet full of water so the ants and roaches wouldn't get to it in the night. But that was no problem for the mouse that had a little nibble on the icing. Oh well, it still tasted good :D.

We found Seth a nice bike for his birthday. He can keep up with Josh now.

We had a great Christmas party at church, it was a lot of fun and three children asked Jesus into their hearts. It was our first children's outreach at the church.

Seth was a wise man and Jude was a shepherd (the other white boy is Noah, one of our missionary friends). I was amazed that Jude went up front as he is usually really shy.

Our little shepherd!

We have a tradition of giving our kids new PJs Christmas Eve. It's lovely for them to go to bed all cosy and feeling special.

Christmas morning around the tree (lots of presents from the grandparents!). We spent the morning at the Children's Home. We waited to open presents till we got back, the boys did so well not complaining, I'm very proud of them.  

We cooked breakfast for all the kids and staff. We all had plenty to eat.

Aruna taking a mouthful

My parents bought the blow up penguin with them. The kids loved it!

All the children got a present and some new shades! It was a lovely morning.

We had our co-workers, the Borns, over for Christmas dinner. We also had another missionary family, the Hams. We all ate way too much!

We had a staff dinner at a nice hotel in town. It was great just to hang out and enjoy good food. 

And of course I had to sneak one in of Jordan. She just turned 7 months and is crawling and is into everything! She is starting to pull herself up on furniture now. She is such a sweety!