New Baby!!!

Our baby boy was born on 12/20/12 weighing 6 pounds, 1 ounce.  His name is Braddax Keoni.  He is currently in Intensive Care with a feeding tube.  We hope that he will be able to come home by New Years Eve.  

• Please pray that Braddax will gain strength and learn to eat.
• Please pray that Braxton will remain flexible while he stays home with grandma (Braxton is not allowed to visit the baby because he is not yet 5 years old).
• Please pray for Brock and I that we keep our sanity until we can bring baby home.  

our christmas traditions

Our Christmas Traditions

• Take a treat to the neighbors 
• Bring gifts to school teachers with a "merry christmas kid-made picture"
• Dress up and take a family Christmas photo
• Send out Christmas cards to friends and family (envelopes decorated by the kids)
• Put up the manger scene and talk about the real meaning of Christmas
• Play Christmas music on the radio and dance!
• Make a snowman
• Go sledding
• Have a "no TV" night and light candles

Traditions to start in the future 

• Make a gingerbread house (or decorate trees using pointy ice cream cones)
• Drive to look at Christmas lights 
• Bring treats to local policemen/firemen
• have a pajama breakfast party (the day after Thanksgiving?) and invite friends over
• go to the holidazzle parade?
• make a meal and take it to a friend 
• send a Christmas card to a soldier overseas (a relative of someone at church?)

Sledding and Snowman

This week Brock and Braxton went sledding in the snow and made their first snowman together.   They had a blast!

 

Christmas Tree

Brock and Braxton put up the Christmas tree last night.  Braxton did help put ornaments on the tree but also took several breaks to dance to the Christmas music (video below).

braxton 4th birthday interview

1. What is your favorite color?  orange
2. What is your favorite toy?  race cars
3. What is your favorite thing to do outside?  Play with the stomp rocket and pick up sticks.
4. What is your favorite tv show?  M.A.S.H., Wipeout and cartoons
5. What is your favorite movie?  Lightening McQueen (Cars)
6. What is your favorite game?  Candyland
7. What is your favorite animal?  dogs
8. What is your favorite song?  Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
9. What is your favorite book?  Cat in the Hat
10. Who is your best friend?  Squeeky and Caleb from school
11. What is your favorite drink?  pop and chocolate milk
12. Favorite snack?  goldfish crackers and apples.
13. What is your favorite cereal?  bird cereal (froot loops)
14. What do you want to eat for your birthday dinner?  chicken nuggets, carrots, peanut butter bread
15. What do you want to be when you grow up?  an army man and then a fireman
16.  What is your favorite thing about school?  Going outside to play and playing with Caleb.
17.  Who is your favorite teacher?  Why?  Miss Amy because she is so, so, so, so nice.
18.  What is your favorite Bible verse?  "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son".
19.  What is your favorite thing about mommy?  She likes playing play-doh.
20.  What is your favorite thing about daddy? He plays get-you and horsey ride.

Videos - God Makes Beautiful Things

Braxton loves to sing! In this first video he sings "Beautiful things".

Lyrics: "God makes beautiful things, He makes beautiful things out of us.

God makes me new, He is making me new!"

This second video is Brax singing "The David and Goliath Song".

3 year old photo shoot

Last week Braxton had his 3 year old photos taken!  

 

3 year old Birthday Interview

3 year old Birthday Interview

§         My favorite color is: green

§         My favorite book is: Dr. Seuss

§         My favorite treat is:  suckers

§         My favorite food is: fish sticks, toast, banana

§         Favorite toy is: car toys

§         Favorite thing to do: color on papers and go to the park

§         My favorite song is: wheels on the bus

§         My favorite TV show is: Wipeout and Arthur

§         I like my Dad because: he plays “get you” with me

§         I like my Mom because: she takes me to Missouri to see Brittney, Devin and Konnor

3 year old birthday party

The Guests:  Avery with Travis & Lauren, Ruby with Erin, Uncle Brandon, and Grandma Debbie.

The Menu:

• Pizza, caesar salad, fruit salad, birthday cupcakes & ice cream
• Each child got a Cars lunch bag with goldfish crackers, a cheese stick, baby carrots, raisins, a banana, and juice    

The Snake Hunt:  We read a story about a family that played music every day to keep their snake happy.  After the story, we passed out recorders to play and we went downstairs for a snake hunt.

...and here is a short video of our snake hunt!