Welcome to our family blog!

We hope you all had a great Christmas and holiday season and that your new year is off to a great start. We wanted to share a Christmas card collage we put together that is currently hanging on our pantry door. Click on the image to zoom in and see it at a higher resolution.

As the end of the year approaches, if you are looking for some avenues for your year-end giving, Bridget and I wanted to invite you to consider making a donation to ServLife. I have been on staff with ServLife for almost 3 years, and it is a great organization that is doing some amazing work around the world.

Bridget and I are setting a goal to raise $500 by the year’s end. You can make a donation through our fund raising page. Thank you in advance for your help and considering making a donation to this cause.

Your support serves the mission of ServLife to restore hope to children and the global poor through:

• Training Indigenous Leaders to share Christ and start churches
• Rescuing and Caring for Children at Risk through orphanages and sponsorships
• Starting Small businesses among the poor

Lean more at: www.servlife.org

We all made it out for Halloween (Ethan’s third and Evelyn’s first, surpassed last year’s total of 2 houses!). Ethan had a dragon costume that he didn’t wear, so we ended up carrying it the whole evening and Evelyn was a bear, cute as ever. Be sure to check out the full album of pictures from the evening below.

We went out with Mike, Kari, and Eli Kuebler, good friends that live in our neighbor. Ethan was introduced to the “world of candy.” Though he was reluctant at first, once he took a bite of the first M & M, there was no turning back as went house to house,… “more candy”

This is a riot. Ethan hip shakin while over at  Eli’s house (Ethan’s best neighborhood buddy)..so funny. Watch the little hip shake at the end, hilarious

(video from the Keubler Web site)

No, we’re not really coming to your neighborhood, well, not any time soon. Our neighbors are in the Indianapolis Symphony, and Tony and I decided to have a little fun and showcase our tuba and didgeridoo skills for the children on our block. As you can imagine, it was quite the draw. I then hopped on and played some Tuba and Tony taught me how to play Amazing Grace, good times.. If you know anyone looking for a Tuba Didg duet, we’re your guys!

A few weeks back, Ethan and I were playing in the backyard and we had some fun with the big bubble maker. Got some cool shots of him “through the bubbles” and of other backyard adventures.

Evelyn’s baby dedication was last week, and for family and friends that couldn’t make it, we wanted to share it with you.