Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving this year we traveled to Indiana to be with my parents. My brother and his girlfriend Maegan came down from Michigan to join us. Right before we left on Tuesday Molly got sick with the flu. She did great on the drive and was really only sick the day before and the morning that we left. Nora then got the flu when we got to Indiana and was sick most of the day Wed. Everyone was fine on Thanksgiving, but of course my dad got it Friday night and then my mom was sick all day Sunday and Monday! It seems that whenever we travel to Indiana we are sick!!!

The actual Thanksgiving day was really fun we had my grandma, aunt and uncle, my great-aunt and her boyfriend, and my cousin for lunch. Then in the evening my dads side of the family came over to play Bingo and eat some more! It was fun to see everyone and laugh a lot.

On Friday we did our annual black Friday shopping. We left my parents house at 3 am in order to be in South Bend by 4! It was a long day when we got home that evening. I was able to get most of my shopping done in those 12 hours:) I always love black Friday.

Molly and I made a turkey cheese ball-I know hard to tell it is a turkey-look close!

Great Grandma, Nora, Sean, Molly and aunt Mary

Grandpa with Sean and Molly before bedtime.

4 months

Sean is officially four months old~

sean dedication

We had Sean dedicated at Grace Community Church on Sunday the 20th. We view dedication as our way of saying we as parents will raise Sean to honor the Lord. We had lots of family and friends come to support us. Following the service we had them all to our house for a brunch.

Here is a letter we wrote to Sean for his special day;

Dear Sean,

We love you and we are happy that God has given us the opportunity to raise you. You are and will always be God’s child and we are excited to have the responsibility of helping you grow and develop a relationship with Jesus. Your bright eyes and big smile bring us great joy each day.

In addition to the love and support that we pledge to you as parents, you are blessed to have family, friends and a church that will be there to support you in your walk with Jesus. Your two sisters already love and adore you and we are excited to see you grow alongside them as well.

As parents, we promise to love you unconditionally and pray for you always. We can’t wait to see what your personality becomes. The choice to believe is yours, and we will pray for you in your walk, that you may know the love and power of Jesus.

Love,

Dad, Mom, Nora and Molly

Sleep over

Nora had her first real sleepover with her two friends Mckayla and Syndey. It was a pretty tame sleepover since all girls went to bed by 10pm! We had a campfire and they got to roast hot dogs and smores. It was fun to see how excited Nora was to have them over!

Goo

Sean has been doing a lot of "gooing" and "cooing" lately. He smiles big whenever we look at him. The other day Nora came downstairs and said, "I think that we should change Sean's name to goo so that he will be able to say it." Nora loves her baby brother!

Kisses to Sean!

Happy Birthday Rachel

Rachel celebrated her 30th birthday on Wed. We celebrated after the game by going out to Orchard Green downtown and then out for some drinks after. Here is a photo of Rachel, Deah and I before the football game.

Homecoming Parade

We took the kids downtown to the homecoming parade on Friday night. We met up with our friends and had a great time!

Chloe and Molly..so cute!!

Nora with her bag for candy.

The gang of girls!

Sisters