The Twins' First Birthday

We decided to have a big first birthday party for a number of reasons. The first reason being that since we weren't with them for their birth, we wanted to really celebrate this milestone.


We gathered with friends and family at New Friendship Baptist Church on Saturday, January 15th for the party.

Eden's first bite!

Gabe has now figured out that he doesn't like it on his hands!

My mom helped me make these posters for remembering how much they've changed each month. The picture I put for their birth is the only picture I have for January 2010. Those pictures were taken by our social worker, Angela, and emailed to us the day their tribe decided we could adopt Gabe and Eden.

Eden, at 11 months, started taking her first steps. She loves to dance to music and crawl all over the place. She has discovered how to shake her head "no" and she loves her juice cup. She babbles all the time and always has the last word.

Gabriel, is laid back but all boy. Gabe can spot a ball from across the room and loves to rock his body to music. He loves to drink milk and his favorite word is "Uh-oh." Gabe has learned how to clap his hands to "Patty Cake" and he's a snuggle bug,

Our Very Merry Christmas

The best part of Christmas? The gifts. I know that may sound worldly but our family chose to do something different this year. Instead of giving gifts to each other, we sponsored a family for Christmas. The twins received gifts but I was completely content with imagining this family open the gifts we bought for them. I hope our family keeps this a tradition for many years to come.

Mission Update

We are excited to have an update on our missions adventure. After much prayer and research we have decided to use the mission board, World Venture. We feel as though this mission board completely aligns with our beliefs and the vision God has given us to serve him.

We are currently pursuing two opportunities in South America and Daryl and I hope to take a short vision trip in the next few months. Please continue to pray for us as we are really digging into the application process and trying to decided where, specifically, God will have us go.

www.worldventure.com