X-MAS THANK YOUS

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Just wanted to write a small note and thank everybody for gifts, cards, e-mails, notes and prayrs this holiday season.

2007 was a different year for us. It started out great with the birth of Elizabeth and Anna, but Jake lost his job so that made it a hard year.

We hope that 2008 will be a better year, starting with a job for Jake.

So again THANK YOU

And we hope you will all have a blessed 2008.








Picture 1 is Anna with the gifts.
Picture 2 is Anna and Elizabeth getting ready to open gifts.
Picture 3 is Elizabeth opening a gift!

The dresses was a Christmas gift to the girls from one of my clients. Thank you S....

Our First Christmas

We got to celebrate our first Christmas in Somonauk on Great Grandmas farm. We had a lot of fun with the family..... and we got a lot of gifts! The sad thing is that Uncle Bubba (Dan) and Brad was home sick. The days following Christmas Bryan, Great Great Uncle Art and mormor (grandma Diane) got sick.........

Elizabeth

Anna

Elizabeth and Anna with Great Grandma Shirley

Elizabeth with Great great uncle Art.

Christmas dinner.

Yum yum.....
mum mums (rice crackers for babys)

ALL THE GIFTS!

(Do you think our family loves us?)

Anna with Great Great Uncle Art.

Anna whants to play with Bryan.

GIFTS...... FUN!
Look what I got.... Great grandma gave us twin dolls.




Paper is fun.....

I got a teddy!

Elizabeth

Anna

The girls first visit with Santa!

Yesterday we all had to go in to Grand Rapids, so Anna could see Dr. Mann. He said she is doing great and set up the next appointment a year from now. So since we were in GR a week before Christmas, we decided to go to the mall. We had a great time. The best thing was that Santa’s helpers was really nice to us (and other kids) they let the girls see him, and mom take 2 pictures for free. (If you live in US - you know that getting a picture taken with Santa cost a lot of money - it's a long ride from the North Pole) So here are the pictures!

With this we would like to wish all our blogg-readers!

Merry Chistmas and a Happy New Year

God Jul og Godt Nytt År

Elizabeth, Anna, Elin and Jake

Anna playing with the ball and Elizabeth crawling!

Family dinner at the Frietsch Ranch!

So I found out today that I forgot to publish this post last summer..... It's been sitting around as a draft. We are alle at Donna and Larrys for dinner. Donnas parents are visiting from Florida. We had a great time on the new deck......

Hannah

The day after the Wedding of Jakes cousin Sarah we got a phone call from his friend Jason. His wife Jennifer had given birth to their second child a girl. Hannah Lynn Bevans was born September 2nd 2007 at 10.31 am. She weighed 6lbs and 13oz and was 19 inches long. But then came the bad news - they were in Grand Rapids. The hospital in Muskegon had found something wrong with Hannah’s heart (discovered this while doing an ultra sound)

So they got sent to GR. On the way back we stopped by the hospital to visit. Jake and I got to see Hannah, but the girls were not allowed. So we did not get a picture of them with there new friend.We later found out that Hannah as Tuberous Sclerosis (TS). TS is a diseases that makes your body grow cells rapidly and it creates tumors. We know that Hannah has tumors in several organs, the heart being one of them.

So please pray for her and her family.

Hannah

Jake and Jen

Hannah

3/4 of the Bevans Family.

Jennifer, Hannah and Jason.

ABC's by Skyler and Pumking Carving!

Right before Halloween we all went to Holland to visit Skyler and Kody. We had a lot of fun!

Jake, Missy, Donna, Tanya and Elizabeth

Aunt Tanay and Skyler

Missy, Kody, Eric

Skyler carving Pumkins with Uncle Jake

Jonathon and Anna

Jonathon and Uncle Jake

Aunt Missy feeding Elizabeth, and Kody having quiet time with Aunt Tanya.

Anna with Grandma Donna.

Uncle Jake and Skyler showing off the pumkin they carved.



Skyler wanted Uncle Jake to take some fun pictures with the pumkin!

Skyler playing with Elizabeth and Anna.

Kody was not feeling to good that day.

Missy (mom) and Skyler making Candy Apples!

Kody wants in on the fun!

Missy (mom) and Kody making candy apples!

Mmmmm - Good!

Who said a baby can't help with carving pumkins!

Kody and Grandma Donna!

Uncle Eric and Elizabeth!

Skyler, Grandma and Kody!

Skyler and Kody!

So I discoverd how to put video clips on the blog.
Here is one of Skyler (our nepew) singing ABC. We all went down to Holland to spend some time with him and his brother Kody. Kody did not have to much fun - he was sich. I will add pictures one day soon!