Introducing....Mr. January 18, 2012!

Owen wants to hold and kiss Baby Mac often! They are going to be such good pals! We have been blessed by this new precious addition to our family!

Just a few more Christmas Pics ;)

We took Owen to see the "Chismas Yaights"...and of course he had to wear his new "boops!"

Just can't get enough of those "boops!" ;)

We have been blessed with 2 sons! What precious gifts!

Looking forward to our little Mac's arrival in 2012!

Overdue Update!

Well....our family has been busy packing, moving, and unpacking, enjoying the holidays with family, and anticipating the soon arrival of Baby Mac!

Daniel got a new job with Signature Fundraising in September. He is now the rep for the Inland Empire...commuting from Santa Clarita wasn't ideal (90 miles one way!) so we knew a move would be inevitable...mid-November we moved to Riverside into a beautiful little home! We quickly connected at our new church (Cornerstone Fellowship Bible Church) and are enjoying this new season where God has brought us. It was heart-wrenching to leave family and friends in SCV and at Grace Church but God always does what is best - and we have already seen some of His wisdom and love in action!

All that to say-I have not been taking pictures during the past 2 months which have been"full speed ahead!" Thanks to my parents coming down a couple weeks after we moved - we got all the pictures hung and our new home felt .... homey ;)

We visited Downtown Riverside for the Festival of Lights

Riverside and the surrounding areas continue to to amaze us - lots of similarities to the SFV and SCV valleys, etc...and yet still unique! For a girl who has spent 11 of my 12 SoCal years in SCV (the one year being when Daniel and I were in SFV), moving to a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT county and starting all over hasn't been as bad as I imagined it to be. We are especially grateful for our new church and the relationships God had prepared for us there!

We are closer to Owen's Gramy now - which is fun!

Owen and I have kept busy with much holiday baking during the last few weeks:

Merry Christmas 2011 from our house to yours!

Our visit to Georgia!

Owen loved exploring the airplane!
He was glued to the window and showed Mommy EVERY "airpay"
that pulled out to the runway... :)

soooo cute!

What a delightful 18 month old to travel with!

He did a great job obeying his daddy and mommy to and from GA in the tight quarters of the middle and aisle seating as well as Mommy's 6 month pregnant belly!

The stewardess' took a particular liking to this cutie pie and made sure he got his wings on his first memorable time flying! ;)

Auntie Anna with the Ian and Owen :)

Uncle Daniel with the bunch at bedtime

Anna and I got a special treat of 5+ hours all to ourselves!

Big thanks to our hubbies for this girls day out! :)

The 'cousins' held hands everytime they were in the car together!

Running wild and free...boys!

Owen loves sticks... he is such a boy! ;)

Enjoying our Scotch Eggs for lunch at the Scottish Highland Festival...we of the German decent joined right in with Tom's scottish heritage - Daniel couldn't stop talking about the food all day! Anybody know how to make Scotch Eggs?!?

observing the great Scottish cow... ;)

The kids favorite spot! They played while we adults enjoyed festive Scottish bands!

Pics with the Music Master

We had such a fun time at the Highland Games! At the closing ceremonies we enjoyed all the bagpipe players (100+?) playing "Amazing Grace!" It truly was amazing! Thank you, Tom and Anna for this special memory with y'all ;)

Owen and Emma

Wheeeee!

Kindred Spirits getting to watch our kiddies play together at the park!

Like ducks drawn to water...thankfully Daniel and Tom are watchful fathers!

Tom and Anna also treated us to a visit to the Coca-Cola Factory in Atlanta!

It was fun learning the history as well as tate testing the 60+ Coke products from around the world!

The taste testing room...

Owen and his daddy were the official taste testers for practically every drink! (I was busy filming reactions and sipping a few...didn't want to overwhelm Baby Mac with caffine!)

...some were not so great...

...others couldn't be resisted...

mmmmmm.....good!

Daniel likes Coke -you think?

The sign says "Coca-Cola Freestyle" :)

We had a fantastic trip to visit our dear friends! What a blessing to have such a friendship though so many miles away...we have so many more memories as families together now!

We love you guys!