Teething and learning

Hi friends and family. Sorry for the long wait between posts. I have started back at work and so things have been a bit full on. Since the last post we have only taken about 20 photos and only a hand full of them are decent, hence the small number here. Evelyn is loving learning the alphabet on line and colouring in on line. It is amazing to find so many tools for teaching babies on the internet I am not sure how much she takes in but she certainly likes bashing the keys on my laptop. She also loves her teether and food time. Her hands and face get a bit messy when we feed her but thats because she tries to help us. Its very cute. There are a couple of pictures here of all the babies from our antenatal group at 5-6 months old. We hope you are all doing well and making the most of the start of the year.

Brook, Katie, and Evelyn

I love eating things

Hello family and friends. We hope all of you are doing well and seeing the God side of life in your circumstances. Katie, Evelyn and I have just been to Palmerston North for the weekend to visit grandparents. We had a lot of fun with Evelyn being the centre of attention most of the time. Evelyn loves eating things! From her feet and fingers to spoons, books and toys, everything goes in her mouth. There are a couple of examples here. She also loves playing on her swing horse and gets reallly excited when we read to her.

Tonight is a bit sad for us though because I start back at work tomorrow. The three week break has been really good for me but leaving Evelyn and Katie in the mornings is one of the hardest things I have to do. Nevertheless, "if a man doesnt work he shouldnt eat" goes the saying so I better get my a into g and get back into it.

Katie starts teaching again on the 30th of this month and so Granma Stiles will be our Tawa nanny for the little one. God has blessed us so much to have Neil and Sue in Tawa and hopefully with Sue's help this year will work out ok. Any prayers you can fire out our way would be appreciated.

God bless you all

Brook, Evelyn and Katie

A day at home with Evelyn

Hi everyone. Katie, Evelyn and I had a wonderful day at home together yesterday spring cleaning. Theres nothing like cleaning the house with the doors open, the washing waving on the line, eighties music blasting from the radio, and the summer breeze drifting through the hallways. In the middle of our crazy cleaning session we paused to take a few shots of the family. Here they are.

Bless you all

Brook, Evelyn and Katie

Farewell Sarah and Russell

Well, the wonderful holiday with Sarah and Russell has come to an end. It was too short but Katie, Evelyn and I are very grateful for the time we did have with S & R. Here are some photos of us all together at the airport. We hope to see S & R in 2010 but its all up in the air from here on. I guess thats why God asks us to trust him. his timing is perfect. we are just priveleged to have such a close knit family that loves one another.

Katie and I hope you are all doing well.

Blessings