Congratulations Shane and Julie!!!!

We now have a new sister-in-law!! Shane and Julie were married yesterday in FL! We wish them many happy years and are excited to welcome Julie into our family!!!

Tree Lighting ---

We went to the tree lighting at Jordan Creek mall last Friday night with our friends, the Lamberts. There is a big tree outside of the mall and they count-down and light it and then Santa arrives and they do fireworks. It's kind of turned into a tradition to go every year now and it's always a lot of fun!

All the kids outside waiting for the fireworks (Colby really was happy, but he just didn't want to hold still for the picture):


Maddy and Elise just skipping around ;-):


Looking down from above to see Santa in his chair inside the mall:


Maddy, Elise and Evan:

Colby's Newest Obsession.....

The Vacuum!!!!! I can't keep him away from it! We even have a play vacuum that he can use, but no, he HAS to have the real thing! The funny part is that it's a really heavy vacuum, but he still manages to push it around --- It was getting so bad one day that we decided to put it out in the garage so he wouldn't be messing with it all day. Well, that back-fired as anytime I tried to take him somewhere, he would see the vacuum as we were coming back into the house and wouldn't want to go in! Agghhh!!! So, now it's back in the hall closet and he gets it out every morning!
I must say, that he does seem to have a good attention span as he can focus on one thing for hours, days, weeks at a time!!!!

Secret Hiding Spot ---

Maddy and Colby now have a "secret hiding spot" where they like to go and read books. It is not so "secret" to me as it's just behind the chair in the office, but hey, whatever works! They will both get a bunch of books and put them back there and then go back and sit and read. It's pretty funny.....

Baby Olivia --

My good friend Beth came over today with her new 6 week old baby, Olivia. It was great to catch up! She lives in Wisconsin now, so we don't get to see each other very often. She was in DSM today, so we got some time to visit and I got to meet her new baby.

Colby LOVED the baby!! It was so cute! I thought he might get jealous when I was holding her, but he didn't seem to mind --- He just kept getting up real close to the baby and looking at her and smiling and laughing!!

I told Jeremy that Colby really enjoyed having a baby around so maybe he should think about that a little, but I didn't get much of a response!! Ha!!

STABLE ---

We heard from Wendy today that Elise's tumor is stable. It has not grown, nor has it shrunk. We were hoping for news that it had shrunk, although, it is still great to hear that it is stable. The doctors were happy about the results. She is feeling good and that is something to be thankful for!!

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Thinking about Elise Today ----

Our friend Elise is having her MRI done at St. Jude's today to check on her brain tumor --- We are praying that it has shrunk!!!!! Wendy and Brian (her parents) will find out the results tomorrow morning. THINKING OF YOU ELISE!!!!!! YOU ARE SO BRAVE AND WE ARE PRAYING FOR THE BEST!!!!!!