Come on Rainbow Bells

Aliya has been practicing for her upcoming preschool Christmas Performance at church. She's frequently heard singing "Come on Ring Those Bells" ~ although she is convinced the song is actually "Come on Rainbow Bells". Here's a sneak peek - for the actual performance, you'll need to be at church on Sunday! (Maybe between now and then I'll figure out how to rotate the video.)

Making Progress

It's amazing how much has happened in the past 1½ months with our house.

Stairs have been built

2nd story framing has gone up

Walls have been nailed on

Trusses set, rooflines reestablished and reroofed


Windows and Sliding Glass Door installed


Nursery Dismantled/Hallway Framed


Plumbing, Mechanical and Electrical installed



Interior framing done / windows removed or relocated

Insulation in place


All to prepare us for "Rockin' Out" next week! It's almost time to sheetrock - Yahoo!!!

Jonathan's Stridor

I wrote this on October 17th, but never posted it. Time for me to play catch up!

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I ran across this video last night. How quickly I had forgotten what it was like to hear Jonathan's rapid, stridorous breathing 24 hours a day...awake or asleep. He's actually breathing slowly in the video (which didn't happen often when he was younger).
I remember a nurse at Children's Hospital telling me that there would come a point when his noisy breathing would be less of a concern than when I couldn't hear him breathe at all. How true that was! And now, we are blessed to watch him breathe so easily that his Laryngomalacia is rarely even a thought. The only time we hear it these days is when he is very active or laughing really hard.

I am so grateful for our children...SO grateful. Thank you Jesus for your protection over each one of them!