Some Updates

Hi all-
Sorry for my absense from the blogosphere lately...been busy. January was a packed month with birthdays (mine and Ryan's dad's), doctor's appointments, snow trips, Ryan starting school, watching my niece a couple of days a week, and other miscellaneous goings-on. Let's dive in with some pictures and updates!

Snow Day
Early in January we took the boys for a quick day trip to Mountain High Snow Resort to play in the snow. We found a little turn-off right off the highway where there was lots of fresh powder and hills to play on. In short, Jake loved it and Warren hated it! After all the recent storms here, we'd like to take Jake back (minus the littlest guy) and let him play again.

This is about how much fun Warren had

Quick Trip

Before Ryan started school (which I will talk about in a minute) we took a quick, last minute trip up to my parent's house because we knew it would be a while before we saw them again. We had a great time, but as usual, it was too short of a visit. One of the days we drove over to Half Moon Bay to enjoy the sun and ocean.

Sacked out on the couch after a long day

School/Church Update

As many of you know, Ryan finishes up with his Master's of Divinity degree this May. We have been in contact with a couple of churches talking about possible positions, but as of right now, the Lord has closed both doors. So, we have decided after much prayer and discussion with family and professors at school that Ryan will stay on another year and pursue the Master's of Theology degree with an emphasis in Bible Exposition (sounds so fancy!). He has already begun classes for that and is loving it. He'll finish up the program next May (2009), so as for now, we're here at least another year. We decided that if this is something he really wants to do, now is the time. We are both very excited to be staying at Grace Church for a while longer, learning as much as possible. We've started new ministries on Sunday mornings too. I'm helping out in the Children's Sunday School Resource Room and Ryan is serving in Special Ministries (for mentally handicapped). We love our new areas of service and are so thankful for our church where there are these opportunities. While I'm on the subject of church, I'll just mention that we've begun to take Jake with us to "big" church for 1st service, then he goes to his class for 2nd service. So far so good, he brings his Bible and sings with us and "takes notes" during the sermon. He really enjoys it and looks forward to going. What better way is there for a child to learn to worship than by watching his parents? We've both loved watching Jake grow in his love for and knowledge of God.

Goofiness

Here are just some goofy pictures of the cute little boys.

This is Jaina, our niece (9 months). I've been watching her a couple of days a week this month, and the boys love her! We've had lots of fun with her around.

That's about all for now...I will try to do better at posting in the future!