December rolls on!

This week we helped get Grandma Joan further settled in her new cozy apartment near us.  This means we get to see her often and she came to church and lunch at Fazoli's with us.  This also means we get to spend more time with other family members such as Aunt Dawn and Uncle Tim Troup from Michigan.

The kids will start Upwards basketball in January and Josh had evaluations on Saturday.  He is a great athlete and we love watching him in sports. 

Another interesting funny milestone this week was Josh felt sure he needed to shave.  I kind of agree with him so he tried out Daddy's razor.  What he likes most about shaving is putting on the aftershave cologne.  Josh loves to smell good!

We purchased a train set for around the tree.  We have had one that my grandma gave our older kids about 25 years ago and it has been lots of fun.  Last year the motor in the engine quit working so we thought maybe it was time to get a new train.  Cate is pictured below with the older set and the newer one.  We opened the new set and the kids helped Jeff put it together.  We were all excited for the big moment and it wouldn't work right.  It would run 3 seconds and stop or maybe not run at all..  It seemed like there was a short in the track somewhere.  So it has to go back to the store.  Everyone was disappointed.  I guess they don't make things like they used too.  Hopefully we will get a new train that is great for the next 25 years!

We are having lots of fun this Christmas season but trying super hard to keep Jesus as our focus amidst all the excitement.  We love and know Jesus and our hope is you do too!  Thanks for praying for us and reading the blog. 

Choosing joy,
Chris & crew