Family Time

My family came down here to P.V to visit for a week. This was the first time they all were able to come at the same time. It was SO great to have them here during Christmas. We went non-stop while they were here.
We....
*visited the taco stand
*watched several sunsets on the beach
*went downtown for lunch and the boardwalk
*went on many beach runs/swims (oh wait that was just my brother and dad)
*stayed home and cooked lots of yummy food (that would be the other 3 who weren't out running :)
*went to a beach to surf
*went to the beach to build a sandman
*went on a hike (that would be the guys only)
*mom went to the Dr. visit with me so, she was able to meet my Dr. and see the baby again.
*celebrated the birth of Jesus together
*played lots of Aggravation
*laughed A LOT!!!

Pictures will be coming for some of those activities!! But, I wanted to leave you with a taste of our goofiness. This is an ice cream run we made one night to a local plaza.

The Bobs

Trying to take a family pic and my mom knocks off P's hat!

Some people only enjoy art; we take art and make art!!

What great memories we had. I will cherish every second I had with them. We are definitely one crazy little family. The new addition should be interesting ;) I can't wait for her to meet and love her family.

Decorating for Christmas

Since it is January and the Christmas decorations have been packed back up for a few weeks now; what better time to share how we decorated for Christmas this year :) Alright truth is, I am a little behind. Since I am so far behind these posts are going to be short, sweet and to the point!!

We did decorate for Christmas this year with our fake tree and LOTS of penguins. This year the pictures look a little different. Quite the belly I have!!!

The new place!!

Sunday was our first service in the new place. We now meet at 12:00 noon on Sundays. We are meeting in a classroom/conference room at a local school that is downtown.

Here is a picture of the space

We have lots of room to grow! Pray God starts filling all those chairs.

There is also a separate room for the kids.

Thanks for praying for the church here in P.V. God is answering our prayers!!

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Good-bye 2009, Hello 2010

Last night we thought back on 2009. It was a great year filled with many adventures. We both agree our anniversary was the best day of the year. Celebrating 5 years of marriage together and learning of our 5 week old baby who was growing inside of me.

In 2009 we have seen lives changed and people learn about God's saving grace.
Baby Cooper was born and made it out healthy and strong.
We were able to see our families several times throughout the year.
We celebrated the marriage of two dear couples: Betsy & Barron and Jonathan & Andrea.
We have spent 8 months letting God prepare us for the next adventure a head.
We have seen the church here form more and take more ownership.

Looking forward to 2010.
We have NO clue what the future has in store. We do know one thing. It will be filled with LOTS of new adventures and LOTS of learning. We anxiously await to see our daughter's beautiful face and be able to hold and love on her. Past that, we are ready to be willing vessels to go and do whatever God has for us!!

We pray the best for each of you and your family. We are so thankful for our families, our friends, both our church families and to all who support us with your prayers. 2009 wouldn't have been the same without each of you. We look forward to what 2010 entails!!!

We love you all.

Women's Scrap Night

On December 11th we held a Women's Scrap night here at the house. We had coffee, mochas, cookies, Christmas music, friends, scraping and lots of fun!!! Thanks for all your prayers for that night. Here are some pictures and faces from that night.





Throughout the night we had 13 women come by. Some new faces and some familiar faces. Keep praying for all these women and for the work God is doing in each of them.

Cool Dude Elliott

Check out this cool dude on my brother's motorcycle.





Hopefully this desire is not in his near future, Stephanie!!

More Pics from SDC

Here are some more pictures from our exciting night at SDC with family and friends.

I would say the highlight for Preston was riding all the rides with our nephew, Elliott. Preston had so much fun with him and he really felt like they were able to bond some more, which is so important to us since we only see him a few times a year.

Here they are about to ride Powder Keg

After the ride

Checking out their picture

Here are the ladies passing on Fire in the hole.

Here are Elliott and Maddy trying to wake Preston up on the big rocking chair.

We had such a great time that night. It was fun to be with our nephew and the Arthur girls. It really made us look forward to a trip to SDC with them again but next time with our little girl.

Kids say the sweetest things: That next Sunday at church Maddy came up to me to say good-bye. She informed me that she would be praying for our little baby girl. I hugged her and thanked her. Then she said, "I think your little girl is going to wrestle with her Daddy just like my Daddy wrestles with me." My response: yeah, I think she will have a great Daddy!!!...don't you? She smiled and agreed.