Merry Christmas Eve

Hello from Thunder Bay. We arrived yesterday afternoon around 2:30. We had a good trip in that we arrived here safetly. We did drive through a lot of rain and some snow, but we made it! Isaiah did well also. Matt's arrived a few hours after we did yesterday and Brandon and Cindy flew into Minneapolis and are driving here as I type. Then we will all be here together for five days! Would you believe we came all the way to Canada for Christmas and they don't have any snow. :( We're hoping that once we're all here it will snow. We'll I think it's about time for a Settlers game so I'd better get off. I'd love to hear updates from the families in Red Lake. Rachel and Rhonda I'm thinking of you not being with your familes. I hope you still have a good day. Merry Christmas to you all!

On Saturday the guys helped their dad put in new cupboards in their mom's kitchen. Isaiah thought they made great hiding places.

I guess it's time for an update. Thanks for the all the 8 comments on the last post. I thought only Rachel ever got 8 comments! :) I don't use any "product" in my hair, so I can't really answer your question Robyn.

This past weekend we had "Christmas" with Jeremy's family. We enjoyed catching up with everyone and especially getting to know little Lydia. What a sweetie! Isaiah basically ignored her. :) Isaiah had a rather hard weekend. He slept great the first night, but didn't take very long naps on Saturday and then woke up crying at 6:00 am on Sunday morning. He never wakes up like that at home. We couldn't get him to calm down. He woke the whole house up. :( He just wasn't himself all day which made our day rather stressful. When we got home I realized he had a low fever. Not much, but it helped explain why he was having a rough day. He's not sick, but he's been working on cutting a tooth for a couple weeks now so I think that's what's bothering him. He slept much better last night and took good naps today. I can tell he's still not "normal", but at least he's sleeping! Don't get me wrong we still have a good weekend. We feel very blessed to have such wonderful families!

Tonight we had our family Christmas. Nothing too major, but it was special all the same. Isaiah got a pair of sunglasses (very cute!), a book and a box of duploo legos (guess who suggested those. :)) He is really getting into opening gifts. The only problem is that he thinks all gifts are for him!

This is turning into a book. I'll sign off and maybe post a picture. Have a great week!

Cheeks!

Christmas!

Sorry for the long silence. Thank you to all that left comments about gifts for neighbors! I think I'm going to give them Friendship bread since I have A LOT of it.

I still have a few Christmas presents to buy, but I'm getting close to being done. I still need something for my almost 2 year old niece. Any suggestions? I love shopping and I love Christmas, but I'm not enjoying all the crazy crowds you have to fight to do any shopping. Jeremy has kept Isaiah for me a couple of times and that has been a huge help.

Yesterday I spent part of the day at my Lehman Grandparents house. Robyn, we made your truffles! Wow, are they ever good! I keep reminding myself that I may not have many more years left to enjoy my Grandparents so I need to make the most of my time with them. Isaiah loves playing with their toys and also enjoys watching birds and squirrels in their backyard.

The biggest news in our family is the addition of a new niece! Congratulations to Jonathan and Lori on the birth of their daughter, Lydia Grace. We are very anxious to see her! Maybe next weekend.

I'm supposed to be cleaning my house today so I'd better get back to it. We leave 2 weeks from today for Thunder Bay! I'm very excited to be there, but I am a little nervous about the trip. We'll be traveling on the 22nd and 23rd so please pray for us. Matt and Heather will be traveling around the same time and Brandon and Cindy will get there on the 24th. We'd all love a white Christmas, but hopefully not until we all get there. :)

Happy simple, relaxing Christmas to you all!

Christmas and Neighbors

LaRonda, you have inspired this post! (you need to get yourself a blog!:)) I just read LaRonda's comment on Robyn's blog about taking fruit baskets to their neighbors for Christmas. I've been trying to think of something special we could do for our neighbors for Christmas this year. I'm looking for something that isn't too expensive. I know cookies, bread, or candy are always a big hit. What do the rest of you do, if anything, for your neighbors? I've also been feeling lately that I need a new passion for reaching out to those that don't know Christ. How can I reach out to those around me this Christmas with more than just a neighborly visit?