Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Christmas Decor

Just a few pictures of some Christmas coziness around our home. My ornaments from Anne-Marie... :) All pretty. :) This is our table (from Cameron) in our entrance. :)
Grandma's cupboard with garland and lights.
My blocks on my fridge...
Our "Christmas" tree for now. :)
And our bedroom, with our own little mini Christmas tree - with little ball ornaments from Grandma Jost. :)

Monday, November 30, 2009

A Family Moment

Our little family of three.

A Father's Love


"I loved her first and I held her first
And a place in my heart will always be hers
From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
And I prayed that she'd find you someday
But it still hard to give her away
I loved her first "
- I Loved Her First-

Julie and Jerrit's Wedding!

On Saturday we went to Julie and Jerrit's wedding up in Walkerton - northwest of here by 2 1/2 hours. :) I did have the alarm set to get up at 6:30, but we slept through...and woke up 20 after 7 a.m. ....and we had to leave in 30 min. :) So we dashed, and I got ready on the way. We got lost a bit too, but we actually made it to the wedding early. :) It was a beautiful wedding - the ceremony was lovely, and the program was meaningful. Rarely do I leave a wedding reception/program uplifted - as silly, or unedifying comments/jokes are often made, but this one was wonderful...Congratulations to Julie and Jerrit.
These first three pictures are taken by my brother in law - Tim H. :)
The bridesmaids in red. :)
The married couple during the final prayer.
The entire wedding party.
Us two sisters. :)
A very fuzzy picture of the bridal party getting a quick indoor shot before they left for the outdoors. Just so you can get an idea of what it looked like. I loved the bridesmaid's dresses! So gorgeous!!!! With their hair the way it was it reminded me of a dress from a "Little Woman" era.
The cake - as you know, I like to look at cakes. :)
At the start of the program, all of Julie's nieces and nephews (she has 23, and all of them are under 6 or so. :) sang a song, recited a verse and said "let the program of Uncle Jerrit and Aunt Julie begin. :) Very cute.... :)
Julie in the middle with two of her sisters singing the old song "Sisters". Very cute. :)
Julie looked lovely. :)
Three girls, one already been a bride, one hoping to be a bride one day, and the other, a radiant bride. :)
Daddy and Kate eating the same plate.
Cutting of the cake...

Five Months!!!

Another month flew by...and here's the growth....
...still cute as ever!

Katelyn's Baby Dedication

At last we had our little girl publicly dedicated to the Lord at our home church in Brantford. The week before there were two other baby dedications - so it was really neat. It was more of a whole 'family' dedication than just for Katelyn. Our three elders led the time together.
Listening to some thoughts up front...
One of the elders reading some applicable verses for us.
And our last elder, praying for us as a family - Katelyn was so good up there, and even when he put his hand on our her head, she just stared the whole time. :)
Katelyn and her 'friend' - Avia. :) They are a month apart.
Almost look like they're holding hands... :)

First Bites!

I'm sitting up now and oh so big. :) (with hands on the ready to catch a falling baby) She is doing really well now, sitting up by herself and hardly ever falls over. So fun to watch these stages in her life
Our grown up dolly face. We gave her her first rice cereal a week ago, and she loved it right from the start! She couldn't get enough, and seemed to get the whole thing quickly. Opens her mouth wide, swallows pretty good, and spits some out too. :)
Miss Independant with her spoon.
Katelyn waiting for more. She is now in her own room and crib - it was kind of hard to let her go out of my reach :) but also good too. She is almost sleeping through the night again- still have to work on that part a bit, but there's progress.
The second night of feeding... :) With her favorite guy.
Daddyand Katelyn competely relaxed after a long day.