Nicole Turns 12!

Well, our baby girl is 12! Where has the time gone? It's cliche, but it is amazing that it seems like it was only yesterday that she became our precious daughter.

Her birthday celebration started with a greeting on the school's sign on Friday. Then on Sunday afternoon church & school friends joined Nicole for a party at the local roller skating rink. The photographer (Mom) wants to apologize for the quality of some of the pictures below. The rink was darkly lit and the photographer is but an amateur. The photographer also wants you to know that she didn't purposely try to take pictures of people falling. It just so happened that people fell a lot--especially since several of the birthday guests were first-time skaters.

The sign right before this one said, "Happy Birthday."

In other news, Jake the dog wants you to know that he is enjoying being an indoor dog--especially sleeping inside. Callie the cat thinks he's annoying, but she is tolerating him as long as she can bat him a time or two with her paws when he oversteps his bounds.

Callie is usually on guard on the couch when Jake's around

A favorite hang out of his is under the computer desk (especially when someone is using the computer)

Jane wants you to know that her maternity leave sub position is nearly over. She finishes on December 21 and is anxious to see what the Lord will provide beginning in January. There are some possibilities but it's too early to know for sure God's will in regards to them.

We hope our next post will be our annual year in review. This past year has been full of many changes but we praise God for His constancy and His blessings throughout.

Thank you for your prayers for us and for the ministry here.