Noah's Crawling

Noah's been crawling for a bit but we finally recorded it.

2012 Reading List

Happy New Year! I had a goal for 2012 to read two books a month; one around following Jesus and another just for fun. Here's the list I completed (not in order though):

• The Pastor, Eugene Peterson
• Saving God's Green Earth, Tri Robinson
• UnChristian, Kinnaman & Lyons
• The Power of Ugly, Jamie Stilson
• Empowered Evangelicals, Rich Nathan and Ken Wilson
• Spiritual Leadership, J. Oswald Sanders
• Speaking of Jesus, Carl Medearis
• Simply Christian, N.T. Wright
• The Cost of Discipleship, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
• Buck Naked Faith, Eric Sandras
• Discerning the Spirits, Plantinga and Rozeboom
• The Millennials, Rainer and Rainer
• Revolutionary Leadership, Tri Robinson
• Power Healing, John Wimber
• Winning on Purpose, John Kaiser
• The 5 Levels of Leadership, John C. Maxwell
• The Contemplative Pastor, Eugene Peterson
• The Art of Neighboring, Jay Pathak and Dave Runyon 
• The Good and Beautiful Life, James Bryan Smith
• Sustainable Youth Ministry, Mark DeVries
• The Good and Beautiful God, James Bryan Smith
• Posers, Fakers & Wannabes, Brennan Manning
• Destiny of the Republic, Candice Millard
• The River of Doubt, Candice Millard
• The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
• Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins
• Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins
• Harry Potter and the Scorcers Stone, J.K. Rowling
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
• Lord of the Flies, William Golding

*bolded denotes my favorites

Merry Christmas!

We loved spending time with family this Christmas. Here are a couple shots with the grandparents.

Here are Grandma and Grandpa Ayres (along with cousin Mary):

And here are Mimi and Papa Welch:

Santa Baby

Christina played dress up with Noah and I took pictures.

And my favorite pose...

Carissa's Christmas Program

Carissa's preschool has an annual Christmas program. They sing nursery rhymes and holiday songs.

With her teacher, Ms. Tammy.