buddies

These two little buddies just love to play together. Hallel sticks up for her brother and tells people that his name is "Big Boy Sim" if they try and call him just Simeon.

And Simeon is now a proficient waver. If he is about to touch something that he is not supposed to and you tell him "no, no" he will look up with a grin and start waving. The other night Josh went in to check on the kids in bed and   Simeon still laying down, almost asleep put his hand in the air to say hello with a wave.

I tried to capture the wave on video but it is much better when he does it spontaneously.

We are on our party marathon right now as all of our brithdays and anniversary fall within 11 weeks of each other. It's kinda fun to just have one celebration after another.

This past weekend Josh found a great deal with Red Robin online (our favorite burger place). You can sign up for a free burger for your birthday. Then he read the fine print and it said that you can use two coupons if your birthday's are within two weeks of the other. So thank you Red Robin for burger's and fries on the house!

football fever

Go Seahawks and Ducks!

big boy

Just a couple of short videos to show Simeon's little budding personality. He actually crawled for the first time yesterday and then a couple of times today. But he still prefers the army crawl or just cruising around on furniture. He is working on tooth #4 and eating a few solid foods. He is almost never without a smile and is so affectionately called "big boy Sim" by his sister.

I love watching these two play together and make each other laugh. It is so awesome to see them bond and hopefully they will always be good friends. In this video Simeon was laughing so hard at Hallel and of course when i started filming he kept getting distracted by the camera. But it is still super cute!

festivities!

Josh and I are both suckers for the Christmas festivities. We love singing carols, reading advent, drinking peppermint mochas, family traditions, and anticipating opening presents!

This weekend we went to Sausalito and looked at gingerbread houses on display in the local businesses and then watched the parade of lighted boats and fireworks. Hallel loved it and especially the fireworks (in her words the lights that make noise).

Today we went to the Depot in Mill Valley to go down the man made snow hill but it broke a few minutes before we arrived. Kinda glad we weren't sledding when it collapsed. So we walked around the town and enjoyed the Christmas singers. 

One of my favorite memories growing up was when our friends would bring over a plate of Christmas treats and we would carefully pick out our favorites cookies and savor the peanut butter balls till the next year!

Well now it is my turn to try my hand at Christmas delectibles and share the moment. So for those of you whom we cannot deliver to this is our best try.

Enjoy the season...only 13 more days...

the last day of November

Well, its the 30th so I thought I would take this opportunity to share the November news before we embark on a new month!
The week before Thanksgiving Josh went to his annual ETS (Evangelical Theological Society) meetings this year in Atlanta. He presented a paper and caught up with old friends from all over the world. And put his resume (CV) out there for some schools. He had a great time and is in the midst of writing, job hunting, working and still giving his family priority. He is doing an amazing job and we all would appreciate your prayers.
The same time that Josh was gone two of my sisters came and stayed with the kids and me in Cali. We had a blast and the four cousins were able to meet for the first time!
We had a nice Thanksgiving with friends and ate way too much. Josh cooked a bird and I made pumpkin pies so we had plenty of leftovers. yummo!

ALL BUNDLED UP

HALLEL LOVES SCARVES THIS WINTER

COUSIN TIME

CYNTHIA AND SABRINA

ENJOYING THE SUN AT THE SPIT

READING BOOKS TOGETHER

JOSH PLAYING FLAG FOOTBALL
Then we had a few fun family days of Christmas shopping and of course getting a tree! I love the smell of pine and the kids are in love with the lights! It is so fun this year to talk about Jesus' birth and see Hallel beginning to understand.  She has been singing along to some of the Christmas songs. Yeah Christmas, here we come!

DECORATING THE TREE

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

boots

my 3 favs

This morning Josh, Simeon and I were sitting on one couch and Hallel was on the other couch drinking her milk. She got down with two blankets in one hand, her milk, and a pillow from the couch and said, "sit by you". It was sweet and a good family moment.