Visiting Friends

A few days ago we had a visit with the Lungs. The kids had a great time together. The girls were very excited to see that Jonas had a shirt with snails on it, so we played him our song "Sammy the Snail".

Happy Thanksgiving

We had some friends over to do Thanksgiving crafts last Thursday. Melissa brought the supplies to make turkeys out of cups. The finished products were very cute. Pictured above: Hudson, Ethan, Ella, and Juliette. Ethan is 18 months old and he is the son of our friend Juliet. Ella calls Juliet by her full name, "Juliet Teeter", this way we aren't confused over which Juliet / Juliette she is referring to.

On Saturday we went out to visit Great Grandpa. We met "cousin Alex" and Steve there. Ever since we've explained to Ella that Alex is Dadda's cousin, she calls her "cousin Alex". Karis was very happy to have a snuggle with cousin Alex.

Ella and Juliette were very excited to get new backpacks! Great Auntie Jan left these backpacks at GGrandpa's for the girls. Ella has worn hers every day since receiving it. Thank-you Auntie Jan!

Ella was happy to give her turkey to Great Grandpa as a Thanksgiving / birthday gift. Ella said "happy birthday thanksgiving" to him as she gave it. (Juliette gave her turkey to Grandpa Rob on Sunday).

The girls enjoyed trying out G. Grandpa's green chair.

On Monday evening we had our own turkey dinner at our place. It was a nice thanksgiving!

Musical Juju

Juliette loves music. Anytime there is a song on, she either tries to sing along or dance to the music.

Ella's Verses

Ella has been working on some memory verses. She has done very well at memorizing a paraphrase of John 1:12-13. Here she is reciting them, very enthusiastically!

"For anyone who says yes to Jesus
For anyone who believes what Jesus says
For anyone who will just reach out and take it
Then God will give them this wonderful gift

To be born into a whole new life
To be who they really are
Who God always made them to be
Their own true selves
God's dear child"

-John 1 :12-13

An Interview with Juju

3 on a Playmat

There is no lack of attention and love for Karis...

Last Week

Karis loves her bouncy seat / rocking chair. She kicks her legs and gets it rocking, she seems to have really good rhythm!

Last Friday, Keith and Melissa went on a date and Hudson spent the evening with us. Hudson, Ella, and Juliette were laughing hysterically at dinner time. Hudson would say "thank-you Mr. Ferfer" to Spencer and they almost fell off their chairs laughing. The same joke was repeated several times and each time it was just as funny.

Momma's helper. Now when company comes over and the carpets don't look clean, Ella was responsible for this.

The other morning Juliette picked her apple shirt to wear and said that she would like to be "matching with the computer" (we own a Mac). We had a good laugh about this!

Yesterday, Karis had her debut in the Jolly Jumper. She was very sturdy in there and Ella and Juju were impressed with her! Video coming soon.