The Borings Leave Us:(

For the past 9 months we have been blessed by having Don, Renee, and Annie live with us. Don and Renee came to Pittsburgh to have their daughter Annie. They were living in Nepal doing international development work before they came to Pittsburgh. We met Renee at our neighbors house and learned that they needed a place to stay once Don and then soon Annie arrived. Since Andy is gone a lot we thought it would be a prefect fit, and it was! We will miss having this wonderful family live with us.

On New Years Eve we had a going away party for the Borings. Don got a job in San Francisco working for the Asia Foundation

Rock Band

A few of our neighbors joined together to start a Wii Rock Band co-op. Here we are at band practice:)

Christmas

Andy worked overnight, so when he got home we had breakfast, listenened to Christmas music, and opened presents. Aratahena loves Third Day:)

Thanksgiving

With Andy schedule it is hard to go away for the holidays, so we planned to have Thanksgiving with our neighbors and also have dinner with family friends where my parents were having Thanksgiving. However, when we woke up in the morning, Arathena had a fever so we planned to just lay low. It was our first holiday ever to just lay low and we didn't have anything in our fridge! Luckily our gracious neighbors let us come over for some food. I was a great day to relax and spend time together.

Arathena's First Birthday

On Arathena's Birthday we had dinner at our house with the Borings. She enjoyed her first cupcake (first 3!)

The next day we had a birthday party at the Pittsburgh Toy Lending Library. We are so blessed to have this precious little girl and we thank our Lord for her everyday.

Halloween

Our little pirate!

Arathena and Jack

First Race of Many

Well I started running thanks to my friend Sarah. Our first race was a 5k, now we are training for a 10k in December and 1/2 marathon in March. It has been a lot of fun!