Mimi and Poppy Visit

Mimi and Poppy came this weekend to babysit and to spend some time with us. Poppy, Jake and Gracie went ice skating and had a blast. Later we enjoyed a Thanksgiving dinner which was sooo yummy! (I have a few other pics that I will post later. I still need to upload them.)
Thanks for coming Mimi and Poppy!

Friendship Banquet

Music Time

Each weekday, Grace diligently practices her piano and Abigail practices....well...umm...she practices being cute and funny.

Remembering Bert the Bunny

Our sweet little bunny died this past weekend. It was really sad to see Gracie's heart so broken but we used it as an opportunity to talk about Ecclesiastes 3:1&2 "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven; a time to be born and a time to die."

We talked about how thankful we were that the Lord gave us a bunny to love and we recalled all of our favorite memories with Bert. Just last Friday the girls were outside reading to him and singing "Jesus Loves Me" to little Bert. A special memory for his last day with us.

It was especially hard for Gracie, but she did a wonderful job of decorating the cross to put on his grave. She also wrote a note to bury him with.


Here are a few pictures of our time with Bert the Bunny.

January Teen Activity

Place: Snow Tubing Park/ Our Home for Food and Fellowship
Food: Amazing Chili, Mac and Cheese, Cobbler and much more
Games: Life Saver Race, Jellybean Spit/Catch, and Pictionary
Memories: The Church Bus breaking down two times
Praise: The Lord got everyone safely to tubing, to the Jones Home, and back to CT
Discovery: Jeremiah is quite talented at catching jellybeans

Shouldn't Everyone Have a Favorite Toe?

What a random title to this very random post.

Abs and I were hanging out in the window one day when she decided I should take pictures of her toes. She often will point to a toe and say "this one's my favorite".

What a crazy kid! She makes us laugh.

Catching Up

I haven't really been in a "blogging mood" lately, if there even is such a thing. So I will post a few things now, in hopes of catching up a bit.

I wanted to post this picture from our "Christmas Picture Photo Shoot" just because I love it. The girls just happened to walk together...in the tire tracks...holding hands....on opposite feet.

I really love this picture. And I just wanted to share it. Hope you are having a great week!

The Long Awaited Snow

The girls were beyond thrilled to wake up and see tons of snow outside. They quickly bundled up and made the joyous journey outside with Mom.

Grace was enjoying herself thoroughly while Abigail stood nearby with a frown on her face. Turns out, she said she didn't like the "snuffies"falling on her face. (That means the snowflakes.) She ended up trying with all her might to enjoy the snow from the shelter of the garage but somehow it just wasn't as much fun in there.
After coming inside, she attempted to love the snow once more later in the day...but alas, that love didn't last long either.

But this is New England, and so a few days later the snow melted in our 50 degree day of sunshine!