Super Jacob Snow Angel and BowGirl

Last week, we had "Super Hero" night in our Wednesday AWANA program at church. When we asked Jacob whom he wanted to be, he said "Super Jacob Snow Angel", who goes out in the cold and rescues people from the cold and brings them inside and sits them by a warm fire. It is quite impressive as he thought of this totally on his own, back story and all, without any suggestion from us.

Shannon made him his costume, and she went as BowGirl, capable of making a perfect bow in one twist. The pictures display the creativity of them both.

I replaced my sink faucet

Others may not be particularly impressed, but I am quite proud of myself that I was able to replace my leaking faucet from the kitchen sink. Thanks to some encouragement from my Dad I felt I could do it, and it was not too hard. Feel free to call me for all your simple plumbing needs. Here are the before and after photos.

Ava is walking

Ava took her first steps a few weeks back, but these past few days she has literally and figuratively taken the next step and can make it 4-5 feet on her own. Her preferred method is still crawling, but that phase will soon be ending. The other day she came walking to me, and it made me a little sad. It was evidence of the truth all parents know but at some level always struggle with: my baby girl is growing up.

Happy Birthday Shannon!

Today is my beautiful wife's birthday. I love her so much.

Christmas 2008

Here is ALL of our Christmas photos from this year. It has pictures of Jacob and his preschool teacher Ms Jodi at their Christmas party, several of our family before Christmas day, Meadors family Christmas get together, our family's Christmas eve time with the Advent wreath and our worship time, Christmas morning with our family and Varden family Christmas at our home. If the format below is not to your liking, you can also view them online here. Enjoy

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