We Were a Church Plant

The Sunday after our we got back from our honeymoon, Brian and I visited Church of the Redeemer. Now, ten years later, this is our family. I wanted to share the video that was shown at our church's birthday celebration. It's absolutely beautiful. Praising God for Church of the Redeemer!!

Santa

Yesterday, we took the kids to the mall to see Santa. No one was interesting in sitting in his lap. Aaron wouldn't go anywhere near him. But the girls both talked to him. Then Aunt Marie took the kids to play. The mall looks so pretty at Christmas!  I love this time of year!

Christmas Play

Last night we had our Christmas play at church. Rayna was the sheep, Molly sang, and even Aaron got up on stage (with nana) and rang a bell. So thankful for our church!

Happy St. Nicholas Day!

Happy St Nocholas Day!  St Nicholas Day is one of my favorite holiday traditions. We had such a fun time getting together with our friends, reading the story of St. Nick, and eating a traditional Turkish dinner. This year, we felt like the kids were getting old enough to give to others the way St. Niccholas did. So we went caroling to a few of the McArthurs neighbors. The kids also left out their stockings for St Nick to leave gifts. Such a fun time!  Happy St Nicholas Day!! 

Uncle Will

Will surprised Nana with a visit yesterday.  We got to hang out with him today.  The kids had a good time playing with Uncle Will and their cousin, Isaiah.  

Precious Rayna

Praising God for the health of our sweet Rayna. She has now had an MRI and EEG and both were normal. I was really anxious when we found out there was an abnormality with one of her optic nerves. This can sometimes be a sign of pressure on the brain. I'm not going to lie. To be back at CMC at Christmastime was so hard. But Rayna did great, the doctors and nurses were great, and everything was normal. Praise God!!  Feeling do very, very blessed.

Raking Leaves

Today the kids "helped" me rake the leaves. Oh, well.... They had fun!