10 MONTHS

 I think we blinked and this guy is now 10 months old.

I know I say it often, but wow-it has gone by so quickly.

He is eating a lot of solids, while still nursing throughout the day.

As you can see he is standing and cruising..he has only taken about 1 step at a time solo-

I'm sure he will be running before we know it.  

I would be really surprised if he wasn't walking by the end of this month.

We've got at least 5 teeth and EVERYTHING goes in the mouth..

Mr. Independent wants to keep right up with the big kids and does a lot of copying.

We love you big boy!

CRAZY CAT LADY

 

One of Missy's friends made this shark hat for the kitty.

Our crazy cat lady loved it.

SEASON ENDING

 

Basketball came to an end in early March.

The boys really enjoyed themselves.

They both had great coaches and teammates and overall had a winning season.

I think that each team only lost one game for the duration of the season.

At the end, they gave each of the players a new basketball.

The younger boys are excited because now they can each have "their own" to practice with too.

I did not take the following video, it was another parent-but I'm so glad they did.  It was definitely exciting!

WINTER FORMAL

 One of our co-ops held a Winter Formal at David's Country Inn in February.

They were having a line dancing instructor, so all the kids asked for boots..

and MJ wanted a hat. 

(He actually wears the hat all the time!)

We carpooled with a friend!

They had a great time and they had allergy-friendly food options, which was amazing!

BLUE MOUNTAIN

 The end of January brought the big kids to Blue Mountain for snow tubing with one of our co-ops!

It was cold, but not too cold and there was a good time had by all!

PRETTY BIG DEAL

 Back in 2018, we got word that there was going to be an outreach started in the Pocono region of P.A. that was looking for support/attendees.  The efforts have been blessed and in the beginning on 2023 the outreach became incorporated into the URC and we had an installation service for our first office bearers.

Check us out!

Pocono Reformed Bible Church

We pray the Lord's blessing on this new venture as an established church.

May we truly be a "light in the Poconos"

NYE

 

Happy New Year!

2023.

Mike and MJ both had to work on NYE and the next day was Sunday, so it did put a bit of a damper on our celebrating, but we managed to get a bit in.  

Attempting a family photo

Gifts

His favorite thing was a homemade noise maker-made out of a plastic water bottle.

Some afternoon festivities:

Levi was thrilled that his team won!

Wishing you and yours a blessed, healthy, prosperous New Year!