Alive and Well

Sorry, no pics this post. :( My laptop is being operated on and won't be back for a while.

Our Christmas was a relaxing one with my family. Settlers of Catan was the game of choice and, believe me, we played a lot of it. We also spent time pondering the real meaning of the peace Christ gives to those with whom He is pleased. Without Christ in our hearts, Christmas would be such an empty, disappointing time of year.

Thirteen days and counting until Aria Hope's due date...although I'm praying she comes a little sooner. :) We'll keep you updated if anything happens.

Santa Hats

Two of my stellar siblings getting into the spirit of things. How composed they are. ;)

Me and Charity just doing a smiley pic.


Yes, they were in rare form yesterday...quite high on hilarity.


Our new camera has a sweet panoramic feature that my sisters were playing with.


Pretending there's mistltoe over our heads.


My sweet santa.



Charity and TJ had way too much fun wearing the hats.

Daddy's First

Yesterday after church, we did our traditional Walmart run. I was getting a few must-haves for our hospital stay whenever Aria decides to come. Shopping didn't take long, and we were kinda excited to get out of the crowded store.

TJ, like the gentleman he is, took charge at the self-checkout, but he stopped suddenly when a large yellow package was the last item on the conveyor belt. Monumental moment - his first diaper purchase as a daddy. :) I couldn't resist getting the camera out and taking a picture.

A Time to Break

Yay! The semester is over and we can finally breathe a bit. :) This past week was very busy for both of us - TJ had a lot of grad work to finish (the above picture is him working on his big New Testament Introduction paper). God gave lots of grace, and all the reading, papers, test, etc. got done.

We are just going to hang around here for Christmas break - cleaning the house, ebaying, spending time with family and prepping for Aria's arrival. If anything interesting happens, we'll keep you posted. :)

Only 5 weeks to go...

Well, it hardly seems possible to be so close! Lord willing, only 5 more weeks until we get to hold our sweet baby girl. We are getting very excited and impatient - I'm looking forward to getting her room ready after school dismisses for Christmas. We still have a lot of things to get before she comes, but we do have a few essentials so far. We are very excited to grow and learn in this new season of our lives together and are very grateful that God has blessed us with the opportunity to bring a new life into the world for the glory of God.

Oh, haha, and about the picture...the other night we went to the Daily Grind to celebrate "A Couple's Christmas" and afterwards decided to have a little fun goofing off with our new camera. We couldn't resist taking a sunglasses picture. :) TJ LOVES sunglasses.

Slumber Party

In light of the nasty weather headed our way this weekend, we decided to head over to mom and dad's to chill with them and handle any possible extension emergencies conglomerately. Needless to say, there was no lack of fun.

The snow version of Minas Tirith.
Charity's prize snowman. :) I can't remember his name.


Hmmm...where's TJ?


This is the girls with our game faces on for a smashing round of Cranium against the boys.


"I don't know, I've never made a pie crust before!"

Checking the vitals of the latest addition to the snow fort.