A Really Fun Play Date

I am hanging out with Andrew, Hannah, and Nate again this week. On Saturday, Nate and I spent the day with Sabrina, Elijah, Lydia, and Estie. It was such a fun day! The kids had a blast, and so did I! There were so many beautiful moments wrapped up in the day. I had my camera out for a little while, but I was in the middle of these moments. My favorite moment was when Bri and I were sitting next to each other and Nate and Estie were on my lap. Elijah and Lydia were huddled around me and the kids were passing kisses and hugs and giggling. It was so fun!
Estie is getting so big! She is 7 months old now. She is rolling all over the place.

The sunlight was dancing on those sweet cheeks! Look at those big eyes and her long eyelashes! Such a little beauty!

look at those two little toofers!

Nate loved Esther
tickling her

a kiss for Estie
look at that face! He made so many funny faces while he was playing with her.


A boy in a box. It's so funny how there were plenty of toys, but they kept playing with this box.
Super Why and his assistant

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Me n' My Lil' Buddy Nate

say cheese!

ohhhh!
sad face
silly

oh no!
kisses. my favorite. :)

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The Many Hats of Nate

I had so much fun with this little man this week!  He has a name for all of his immediate family.  If there is someone around consistently who isn't family, he calls them Gaga.  He is calling me Gaga and I have to say, I rather love it. :)  This boy is so good that he asks to go to sleep!  The other day when he got home from school, he was pretty tired and asked to take a nap.  I took his shoes off and he said 'tete, gaga'  which means 'thank you, molly.'  I picked him up and as I was carrying him up the stairs, he held his face to mine, patted my face, and gave me a kiss on the cheek.  It is moments like that that make my heart burst. There is such love, Such Love, SUCH LOVE!  There were so many beautiful moments wrapped up in this week.  This kid is silly and fun.  I get a whole other week with him, Hannah, and Andrew at the end of January!  That's right, folks!  Be jealous, Be VERY jealous!  Oh yeah, have I mentioned that I LOVE him?!

silly boy


almost a smile
cheese!
there is a smile and twinkle in his eyes. love it!

silly

oohhhhh!

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Nate

I am watching Nate, Hannah, and Andrew while their parents are out of town. I love these kids so much! Yesterday I was looking around the house for some props to take pics of Nathan. I found this hat and monkey. I put the hat on him and oh man, is he cute or what?!

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There's No Room For You

For the Christmas Eve service at Living Hope Church, we had a mini musical production called "There's No Room For You." James is the worship leader at Living Hope and he wrote all the songs and directed the show. James has the same kind of vision as Tony and Karol. They put all of themselves into what they are doing. They work hard and do the best job possible, and they expect others to do the same. Let's just say that it was A-MAZING! There were over a hundred people involved from singing and acting, to set and behind-the-scenes. Of course, I took pictures.
The little angels waiting before the performance started.
Tony, Karol, Tim, and the guys built the set. The whole Camp Daniel crew went in one day to help build it. Thankfully we had a lot of the props from Megarusalem.

The shepherds

Joseph and Mary on their journey
townspeople. A few of our members from The Able Church were townspeople. It was a great opportunity for them to be involved in ministry. I think they really enjoyed it.
the innkeeper
Joseph asking the innkeeper if there is any room in the inn
Joseph and Mary

Jesus is born!
Hannah was Mary. She had to sing a capella and she was right on! Good job Hannah! We are all so proud of you!


The little angels came out to sing praises to baby Jesus. It was awesome!

The shepherds on their journey
the shepherds worshiping at the feet of Jesus
DJ and Brian are two of the guys who live with Tony and Karol. They were both in the show.

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