Happy Thanksgiving

"Give thanks to the Lord, call on His name; make known among the nations what He has done, and proclaim that His name is exalted. Sing to the Lord, for His has done glorious things; let this be known to all the world. Shout aloud and sing for joy, people of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel among you."

-Isaiah 12:4-6

This Thanksgiving Cal and I are especially thankful for our beautiful and loving mom/bride. She takes the best care of us and I don't know what we'd do without her. She is such a wonderful mom and wife because she is so wise, patient, helpful, nurturing, affectionate, gracious, hard-working, passionate, sacrificial, etc...

I am also thankful for our close friends and family members, and our church family from CITC (oh how we miss you) and Kirk of the Hills.

Most of all though, we are thankful to the Lord God for reuniting us to Him through Jesus Christ's atoning death on the cross!

Fun at Home (even though we've all been sick)

Cal gets to spend the morning in mom and dad's bed since he's been sick

Cal living up to his namesake and getting his Theological "grub on"

Learning to stand up (and fall) without mom or dad's help

Every rising film-star has to learn by studying his own work

Cal's first crawl and other epic films...

Cal 1st attempt at Cheerios


1st crawl - well, sort of

evening exercises... and you thought you train hard

Prunes anyone?

Happy 7th Month Birthday Cal!

Cal showing off his new tooth!

All bundled up and ready to go to church!

Cal at work in his office

Daddy caught his jail bird

Caterpillars... Calvin's 1st Halloween

I love prunes!

Halloween: Trick, Treat or Retreat?

I came across a pretty cool (and long) blog post tonight while doing research on the history of Halloween. If you think you'll read the whole thing, you may want to cut and paste it into a word doc. as the writing is small and will most likely give you a headache or fry your eyeballs.

Also, on the topic of jack-o-lanterns, you'll be happy to know that Cal's first tooth broke through today! Pictures to follow...