Christmas with Mommy's Family

Gammy with Aubrianna, Annaliese, Isaac and Carson

Gammy and Aunt Crystal with all the kids!
Daddy and Isaac...I LOVE this picture!
At the Toledo Zoo Lights

Christmas Pictures

At the Lights Before Christmas (although we went after) at the Toledo Zoo...it was a COLD night, but we still had lots of fun with Aunt Amber, Aubrianna, Annaliese, Uncle Jamie, Aunt Crystal, Christian, Carson, Chloe, Gammy and Papa. (Uncle Ed went back to Chicago for church the next day, and we missed him a lot.)

Christmas morning breakfast

In front of all my gifts
My new toothpaste was my favorite
Not to be outdone by my Cheerios
Are there more???
Opening Christmas Eve PJs with Daddy

So he's not a fan of clothing gifts
But once he put them on, he was excited!
Our little man in his Christmas Eve PJs Granny gave Isaac a sit and stride car...he LOVES it!

some cute pix...

At about 10 months old
Naked...still cute!!!
This is when Isaac had the two bottom middle teeth and the two top side teeth...it made for an interesting grin!
No, he didn't just stick his finger in a socket!
Such a handsome little man!

TRINIDAD TRIP

Hey to all of you!!! I know that I am not much of a messenger or blogger on MySpace, but I wanted to let you all know about our upcoming school mission trip to Trinidad. We will be leaving April 11 and returning April 21. There is a group of twelve; six are students, three are chaperones, and three are people outside of our school who also wanted to participate. We will be flying into Port-of-Spain, and we will be staying in a local pastor's guesthouse. There will be the opportunity for a variety of ministries, including door-to-door evangelism, kid crusades, meals on wheels, homeless shelter visitation, prison visitation, and much more. One of the opportunities that the students are very excited about is taking a hike to a waterfall on our first day with the youth group from the church we will be working with; this will allow them to get to know the teens in Trinidad really well. The total cost of this trip is $14,000; if you would be interested in being a part of this trip by financially supporting my team, please send your donation to the following address:

Fountain City Christian School
P.O. Box 150
Bryan, OH 43506

Be sure to write Missions on the memo line, and include a note indicating that you are sending a donation in response to my letter. All donations are tax-deductible, and you will receive the necessary paperwork to that end.

Thank you all for your consideration in this. Please keep my team in your prayers between now and the time of the trip.

Crystal

OK, so I am a little late on this...as always. At 10 months, Isaac measured in at the same height, but he gained about half a pound. He had lots of fun in Christmas preparations. He was a trooper going in and out of all the stores with me, and he LOVED trying new foods (especially cookies).

Christmas was so cool with him. I have always loved both giving and receiving gifts, but this year my biggest delight was found in watching Isaac's reaction to each gift he received. I will upload some pix later. He loved everything, and now that he has had these new toys for a couple of weeks, he has figured out how to work them all, and it is a blast to watch him play with everything.

On Christmas Eve, David and I sat down with Isaac and sang Happy Birthday to Jesus, and we talked about the true meaning of Christmas. Of course, Isaac didn't understand this (though he did clap his hands to the song), but we want to start a tradition of making focus on Jesus the main idea at this time of year (as it should be all year long). He got to open his PJ's (a tradition my parents have had since I was a kid) and his ornament for this year. He wasn't super-thrilled, but that's okay. It was throughout the next week as he received all kinds of toys that he started to LOVE opening anything that was wrapped. I will post pix soon...so cute!