Look who's 1!!

My baby turned 1!! We had a pretty low-key day, since he was having a party on Saturday. God gave us a beautiful day, so when Daddy came home from work, we headed to the park! We wanted to get some good family time in before heading to YoungLife that evening. We ran into our friends Chanti & Sidonia at the park, so Mason got a bday pat from his friend Sidonia!! :-) He's been walking for a couple of weeks, but never outside, and never with shoes, so it took him awhile to actually take steps... he stood there in one place for a really long time, but once he got the hang of picking up his feet, he was off!!

Taking a quick break on Daddy's knee... walking in bark chips is hard work! :-)

Young Life is back!!

And what better way to start a new year, than by putting panty hose over your head with a tennis ball at the end and swing it madly at your peers? Did I mention that it was in the dark? It was HILARIOUS!!! And then to celebrate fall... we made a couple of them shuck corn with their feet! I can't say that I enjoy playing games, but they are sure fun to watch!! :-)

Praise Team!!

In September, our friend Kim took over as music director at church! SO EXCITED!!! She has an awesome heart for worship and a great vision for the direction of worship at our church! With this new change in leadership, we've added newer, more contemporary music, as well as 3 to 4 part harmonies, drums and guitars to our worship set!!! It's been amazing!!! And such a blessing for so many reasons... one, I love serving alongside my husband, Chris is playing the guitar and I'm singing. We're also good friends with everyone on the team, so it's fun to practice and worship together!! Plus, music has always been a passion of mine... from dancing, to piano, to band, to choir and show choir... I LOVE music!! Each month we have a hymn sing at our church, and I've always envisioned a monthly contemporary worship set... which is still a possibility for the future, but is also our reality each Sunday!! It's been 2 weeks... and it's been AWESOME!!!

Day before due date!!

Baby Shower!!

Half the time I can't believe I'm blessed enough to be married... so to be at my own baby shower... absolute CRAZINESS! My friend Lynn threw an awesome shower for me and I was so blessed by all my friends & family that were able to make it! :-) We had a great time playing games, eating yummy food, opening gifts and just plain chit-chattin' with friends!! It was awesome!!!

Lynn made Mason a cute little truck bank!!

A little game of "I Never" but instead of drinking... you had to put some coins in Baby Mason's new bank!

An entire package of diapers for Chris to use... these are ALL his!! LOL!!!

Moe's Baby Shower

I went to my friend Moe's baby shower today... it was actually her due date, however, baby Mallory ended up coming at 25 weeks, 4 days and has spent the last 3+ mos. in a Seattle hospital. She's had a tough road, but God is good and He is doing miracles in her life each and every day! She was born at 1 lb. 10 oz. (i believe) and she's still got a ways to go, but she weighed in at 5 lbs. 9 oz. on her 3 mo. birthday (9/2/10), and recently moved into a crib and after surgery on her intestines, she is able to eat now... which are all huge victories! There's still possibilities of disability in her future, due to earlier complications, but we are still praying for God's complete healing and hoping they can come home to Port Angeles in October. And although, she won't be able to be around people for possibly a year because of her weak immune system... she's a fighter, and we're just anxious for them to come home as a family! Moe's been staying in Seattle with Mallory, and Chris is working in PA Monday - Thursday and heads to Seattle on the weekends, so it's been pretty tough. So if you think of it... add Miss Mallory Ann to your prayers, along with her mommy and daddy!!!

Pizza Party!

Tonight was our last night of our "summer" youth group program! During the summer, we focus more on giving the kids a fun, safe place to goof around... including lake days, water games, root beer float nights, outdoor olympics... fun things like that to invite friends to!! And since school starts tomorrow, we decided to treat the kids and walk downtown to Westside Pizza for a little pizza party! The kids enjoyed it... and so did the leaders!! Haha!!! They have the BEST pizza!!!

The pics may all look the same, but trust me, they're all different... and equally funny in my eyes, so I had to post them all! Haha!!

But anyway, next week we're back to business, getting into the swing of another school year!! It's going to be a busy year, with numerous activities already scheduled on the youth calendar, we're starting small groups, plus we've got kids in football, band, and choir, so Chris and I will be just as busy with attending their extracurricular activities!! Not to mention, having a new addition to our family... it will be interesting to see how God works it all out!! We're also super excited to have James K. join us as another leader this year, which is such an answer to prayer!!! And we're still praying for another female leader!! :-) We're so excited for this year... and it will have to be all God making it happen... because there's no way Chris and I can do it on our own strength!!! But God is good... and we can't wait to see how He works in the lives of our kids and us this year!!!