Christmas is a time to remember!

Christmas is such a fun time. We have so many photos we can't possibly share them all, but here are a few for you to enjoy.

Anthony Ruetz sporting a new fashion statement.

Brady was not amused with his reindeer hat, but we thought it was adorable.

We had our friends the Junkers over. We had a fun time.

Junkers and Feketes. Timmy, Katie, Ashlyn, Micah, and Abby.

I love Braeden.

Braeden was dedicated at the Christmas Eve service in front of 300+. It was a nice turnout despite the freezing rain. Pastor Mac has dedicated all 3 of our kids.

Christmas at the Walkers. Katie enjoys a gift.

Jenna loves her gift.

Ben got some new books. He loves to read and is doing great with the alphabet. He will also be a big brother by next Christmas. That was a nice Christmas surprise.

Jacob showing off the MSU attire. Too many MSU gifts this year. We have got to find some balance in this family between MSU and UM. I intend to balance this out somehow.

New jammys. Love the warm kind.

Nice shirt.

Molly loves her new Vera Bradley bag and is already putting it to good use.

All the excitement put Brady to sleep. Papa loves to hold Brady.

I love my shirt and my brother-in-law behind me.

Molly was REALLY happy this Christmas.

Katie and Abby got a nice matching outfit from Mia and Papa. They wore it to church and it was a hit with the congregation. They got lots of compliments.

Brady laying on his new thingy.

He is so cute I can hardly stand it.

Everyday it gets cooler and cooler to have a son. I thank God for blessing us with Braeden. Sometimes the greatest gifts seem so undeserved, but somehow God wanted this for us and we couldn't be happier.

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

I am sorry I haven't posted in a while. New baby, sold our house, looking for new house, thinking about packing our stuff, Molly starting back to work soon, officiating basketball games, school functions, Christmas parties, and on and on. You can understand and relate to that perhaps. I am very stressed about moving, but excited, too. There doesn't seem to be much to choose from this time of year and I don't really feel like renting until we find something we really want at the right price. God will have to work this one out because I can't handle it. Here are some recent pictures.

Katie and Abby couldn't wait to help get the tree up. They are getting really good at helping with this kind of stuff.

Making progress.

Complete and happy.

This is so cute. I just had to post it. Brady had his shots on Thursday and wasn't feeling too good. He has a bit of reflux so we now have med for that. He also has trachea mylasia. Same thing Katie had. He is in the 75th percentile for height and weight. I love him.

I love them all very much.

Molly has really enjoyed being the mom of an infant again. She is dog tired all the time and very rarely complains about it. She is a trooper and I love her very much.

Abby played a piano duet with Patricia in church on Sunday at Assembly of God. She did fantastic.

The girls both performed wonderfully at the Christmas musical on Thursday.

Love it.

Thanksgiving Weekend

The girls worked hard on the seating arrangement decoration. It was very neat and they had a lot of fun doing that with mom.

I'm dreaming of a white Thanksgiving?
Girls had fun playing in the snow with Macy.

Molly and Char made us a wonderful feast. It was delicious and we all enjoyed it very much.

Brady had fun, too.

Great Grandma Walker came and spent the day with us. She loved holding Braeden.

We went to Lansing for the weekend for a much bigger feast. We had a lot of fun eating and catching up with our family. The kids got lots of exercise to burn all the calories they ate. They usually do get a lot of exercise when we visit with the cousins.

CHEESE!

It was as good as it looks.

The 2 foot platter of turkey.

We all had so much to be thankful for.

Rolling Along

Uncle Ben has his first up close look. Brady likes Uncle Ben.

The mohawk is coming along nicely.

Kris had a cold and was sad she couldn't hold Brady.

Katie made a girl out of shredded cheese. She is pretty creative.

Some quiet time.

Family Update

It has been very busy around here lately. I went to deer camp. It was fun, but came home a day early. I always enjoy going, but this year felt I needed to cut it a little short. Molly is doing well. Incision finally stopped bleeding, but she still has numbness in her fingers. I am a little worried about that. She is not getting as much sleep as she would like. Abby and Katie are continuing to adjust nicely to our new life. Katie is missing the attention a bit, but we try to reassure her. Brady is growing quickly. He loves to play football, baseball, golf, and basketball. At least in my mind he does. I will begin officiating basketball games again soon. I will have about 30 games or so. It takes me away from home a bit, but we need the extra cash right now. The trees are bare outside and the money won't grow again until spring.

I went to hunt last Thursday and came across this print. It was about the size of my hand. Black bear and cougars have a very similar print. The diffence is hard to distinguish sometimes. Bear will have 5 fingers and cougars 4. This print appeared to have 4, but after photographing it, taking it to the DNR, and going back to look again I concluded it was a bear. The 5th finger was hard to detect. Also, if you look close you will see small holes above the bear's fingers. That is his claw mark. You normally will not see a claw mark, but because he buried in the mud a little more than an inch it forced his claws into the mud a bit. Cougars nail are retracted so they would not leave that. I am relieved it is not a cougar. I had an encounter there in the past and don't want to relive it. On a side note that bear left a pile for me the next day right were I park. It is right where I walk in by the corn. I guess he is hanging around there. I also saw a bobcat last night. It is cool to be experiencing God's creation so close.

Filling out.

Happy, yet tired.

Tired.

Tiny feet.

What can I say.

So cool. God is GOOD!

Molly has been through a lot. I love seeing this picture because she tells me it was all worth it just by looking into her eyes.

He is tired, too.

Uncle Bill and Aunt Liz came for a visit. It is always nice to visit with them.

While we were visiting my aunt and uncle, Katie grabbed the camera and had a little fun. She does this slyly so that we won't take it from her. We will sometimes grab the camera to view photos and see some of her surprises. She either takes pictures of Macy or herself or in this case both. We thought this would be a cute one to share.