The Kjelshus Update

11.24.2011

Baby Eden is Here

The girls have a new baby to adore. Cyndie and Dale welcomed Eden Joanne into the world way back in October! But, here she is on Thanksgiving! Baby Eden!

I have pictures from when the girls held her in the hospital but...well....the process to get them from my phone to here isn't as easy for me as one might think. So, for now, this pic will have to do. She is about 4 weeks old in this picture. Cutie!

Happy Thanksgiving

Here are a few pictures from our time with family!

And...the Santa Bears.....can't forget those guys!

11.21.2011

Let it Snow

11.18.2011

Happy Thanksgiving from Ella

Ella's 1st grade class put on a Thanksgiving show. It was quite cute. Each child had some speaking and the whole class sang lots of songs.

11.11.2011

11.11.11.11mos.

Today is 11/11/11 and Sawyer is 11months old. I posted this on Facebook and 11 people gave it the thumbs up! Funny!

11.05.2011

The leaves are falling one by one. Hurrah! Hurrah!

10.31.2011

Halloween

We did halloween a bit more traditionally this year....mostly because our church Harvest Festival was randomly cancelled last minute. I won't go into details but we weren't too happy about that....

So, anyhoo....we did get some super cute pics.....

Just so you know...Ella is NOT Pochahantas. She is NOT an Indian Princess. She is NOT a squaw. She is NOT an Indian for that matter....she is simply (in her words) a Native American girl. Sawyer is a cutie pie dinosaur and McKenna is Hannah Montanna. Her costume was on super sale clearance and that kinda sealed the deal for me!

10.30.2011

Sawyer's Dedication

This was a very special day. All of our children have been publicly dedicated at our church. Some people, baptize, others christen, some do nothing....We believe that our children need to come to their own decision of faith with Jesus. We also believe that if we seek to teach them and parent them according to God's Word they WILL choose Christ and pursue a personal relationship with Him. So....the dedication is really more for us, as parents...We are "dedicating" and committing to teaching our children the foundations of Christ, the love of Jesus, the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and ultimately the Gospel. The congregation serves as our witness.

During the ceremony, Sawyer kept grabbing and pulling my hair. Finally, I switched positions with Arthur to prevent excessive hair loss. Pastor Todd discussed the things I mentioned above and said a prayer over Sawyer.

Joining us for their own dedication were the Madison's and little Riley. What a blessing to have close friends up on stage with us!

After the church service we all went to Chilis to celebrateand of course eat some yummy food.

Is it me, or does Ella actually resemble my side of the family in this picture? I see my sister and a liitle bit of me....anyone else?

Here are Sawyer's Godparents, John and Meghann. They joined us for the the service and for lunch. John went to New Life with Arthur and they were roommates in college.