Preschool Christmas Party

So eveyone knows how much I have loved our preschool this year. It has been amazing! God has brought together such an amazing group of women with so many varying talents to add to the mix. Erin and Kate have been the experts regarding curiculum. Lauren and I have been in charge of Bible. LB of course in charge of art (no surprise there). And Melissa who joined us later in the year got stuck with snack (obviously she adds much more to the group than just bringing us food!).

We had our last meeting for 2010 and celebrated Jesus's birth. We sang Happy Birthday to Jesus and enjoyed some muffins that Erin made us. Then we went downstairs for the book exchange. We had the books under chairs and had the kids walk around until the music stopped. Wherever they landed determined what book they recieved.

My favorite part was the nativity play. Lauren and I had an idea to use old sheets to make the nativity costumes. My mom happened to be in town when we were planning on making them. She convienently made them all for us. They worked out perfectly! The kids were adorable. Squeeze played Mary, Natalie was our angel, Rory was the wiseman, Jamie was the Shepard and Peyton played Joseph. I really can't explain in words how precious it was. The pictures don't do it justice.

So we are breaking for about a month an a half. I am super sad about that and will miss the weekly interaction with the moms. Looking forward to February!

I'm Back!

So, it has been a long time! But I have been convicted to start blogging again. Life changes so quickly, and I easily forget so many of the little things that happen in my families lives. I want to be able to remember the small, seemingly insignificant things that go on in our everyday lives. And in order for that to happen (since I have such a horrible memory), I need to record them. So let's see how long I last.There is no way I can catch up on the last two years, so I will just give a few highlights.

Obviously, Cheyenne was added to our family! She is so wonderful and so different from Sequoia! She has endless energy and wants our attention pretty much every waking moment. So that has been challenging. She got pretty sick this past summer and went into the hospital for about a week. It was an extremely tough week to say the least. There were many tests and many sleepless nights, but they really couldn't find out what happened. We are still going through some genetic testing so we will see if they can find anything. She is almost 18 months old now. She just finally reached 20lbs! She is still not on the growth charts, but at least we were able to turn her car seat around. She is just starting to really walk which is so exciting. She has taken her time but I think she is really wanting to do it now. She has a smile that lights up her face.

Sequoia is amazing! I cannot believe how much fun I have with her. She can sit for such long periods of time coloring, drawing and doing art things. She is very friendly and so easy going. We started a preschool with a group of families (which I will blog about later) and Sequoia has really been loving it. This past summer she did so amazing in the water. She loved to swim and jump off the back of the boat. She would name each jump. They almost always started with "American". Examples: American boat, American face, and so on.

There have been ups and downs for Dave and I the past few years. But it is amazing to see how God has provided. I feel like lately within in our group of friends, there have been so many hard things going on. It has been overwhelming lately. But I do know that God is faithful and he does have a plan. I have been blessed to be a part of their lives and them in mine. The struggles in life are made so much more bearable when we have others to share them with. As much as I miss my family and friends back home in CA, I have really been blessed with the friends that God has given me here. They have enhanced my life richly.