Hope each of you had a very Merry Christmas!! We had a lovely day starting with our family tradition of apple dumplings for breakfast and opening gifts.                                    One gift was special matching aprons for Mom and Laura!                      Dad gave us a very special gift that was a complete surprise to everyone! He told us to get our coats on and come outside where he pushed this fourwheeler out of the trailer! We were so delighted!! Everyone took turns riding around even though it was freezing cold and very windy outside!    Mom's two brothers and their families came over for dinner and the rest of the day. We had a huge meal with more then enough food for everyone. Afterwards everyone settled in small groups to play games including Dutch Blitz, Probe, Rook, Boggle, and puzzles. Later on, some friends from church, the Hughes, came over and several of us young people gathered to play music together. There were three guitars played by Ezra, D

There's been huge changes in the air since the last time I've posted! We've once again changed our address and are now living in PA in the same general area as before! It came up much faster then we expected but we felt the Lord clearly leading us in this next step and we took the plunge, moving in just 6 weeks after deciding. We've now been here exactly two weeks and are starting to feel like we are "home".   Here are some pictures of our new house and farm. We have plenty of room and we love visitors so if you are in the area, please drop by!!  This picture is the most recent with the scattering of snow on the ground but the pictures below with the green grass are from a few weeks ago. =)        We did a little remodeling including tearing out some awful carpet and laying a solid floor as well as painting.  The boy cousins helped us tremendously whether putting in flooring, pulling staples or just playing the piano to cheer us on. =)