Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We have had a crazy last two weeks. We have moved into our new house, been to the doctor a couple of times, my parents came and went, and now we are getting ready to start school. We had a great Christmas. My parents came down and we were able to Skype with Marissa’s parents, as well as several of our grandparents. Thank God for technology. We then spent four days traveling with my parents, and enjoyed some fun time at the beach. They left Thursday night, and I spent the last two days building a swing set for Avalyn in our backyard. She helped me build it and now she loves it! As we put her to bed tonight, she told us, “Tomorrow, when we eat I’m going to eat, but all day I’m going to swing.” Here are a couple of pictures…

Avalyn “helped” me build and stain the wood. Sadly I have no power tools, so I had to cut everything by hand.

Here’s Avalyn trying out the finished product. Something tells me she is going to spend more time outside now.