ISAIAH 41:10

Do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be afraid, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you; I will help you;
I will hold on to you
with My righteous right hand.

Friday, December 31, 2010

December Updates

Merry Christmas. This was on Christmas morning. Both of our kids were sick during the Christmas break, and to make matters worse, Lori Got sick too. Despite all the sickness in our home, it was the best Christmas ever! Avery is so appreciative of every single gift, and she loves watching others open gifts. Garrett and Avery love each other so much. It is so amazing to watch them. Avery is so concerned about her little brother. She always wants to help in any way possible, and Garrett's joy when he sees his sister is priceless.





Kids at Papi and Nana's house.

Avery and Garrett with their Great Grandmother.

On a side note, Thank you so much for all the prayers that you have said for our family this last year. We found out a year ago about Garrett's Spina Bifida on December 22nd. We decided that we would make December 22nd a positive day for us, and call it family day. Unfortunately this year on family day both kids were sick, so we all hung out at the house together. The important thing was that we were together. Lori and I are so grateful of all the thoughts and prayers that were said for us and more specifically Garrett.

Garrett is such an amazing boy! He is right on track developmentally. We think that he will start crawling soon. He gets up on all fours and rocks. His PT believes he is doing well too. Garrett can also lock his legs and stand too!

As always thanks for all you thoughts and prayers for Garrett.


November Happenings


November was a great month. Who doesn't love Thanksgiving? Aunt Heather and Uncle Will came over to visit from Wales. Aunt Heather brought over Dr. Pepper Zero. For some reason we don't have that here. She also came with us to Avery's Thanksgiving Feast at her school. Thanksgiving was great we had Thanksgiving at Uncle Keith and Aunt Meghan's new house, and then we went over to my Dad's house for Thanksgiving.

October Updates


Thank you so much to Aaron and Kathryn for running in The Washington D.C. Marine Corp Marathon (Aaron) and the Portland Marathon (Kathryn). Kathryn and Aaron raised over $2500 for the national Spina Bifida Association.

Thank you Lori for taking me to Austin for my birthday. Lori surprised me with Longhorn tickets to see Iowa State play Texas. I guess the real surprise was how crappy Texas played this year. Anyway it was a great weekend in Austin we stayed with Kathryn and Chance. They were excellant hosts. We went to an excellant Italian restarunt Friday night, and we had a room all to ourselves in the restuarant. There were also chicken bones on the ground.

For Halloween, Avery was Minney Mouse and Garrett was a Cheeky Monkey.

Garrett and his Papa. G-Man didn't actually get to go Trick or Treating he hung out at the house and passed out candy with Mama, Nana, Papa, Uncle Kee Kee, and Aunt Meghan.

Avery helping me carve the Jack O Lantern. Didn't realize how cute this pic was until now.

Avery right before her Trick or Treating started.