merry christmas

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! WE HAD A VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR-NOT ONLY WAS IT GRAYSONS VERY FIRST CHRISTMAS, WE ALSO GOT TO SPEND IT WITH FAMILY(AND THERE WAS SNOW) IT JUST IS SO MUCH MORE SPECIAL WITH SNOW-IT FEELS MORE LIKE CHRISTMAS. GRAYSON WAS SO CUTE. THE SMART LITTLE BOGGER FIGURED OUT HOW TO OPENED HIS OWN PRESENTS. HE WASNT REALLY INTERESTED IN WHAT WAS INSIDE BUT HE THROUGHLY ENJOYED THE WRAPPING PAPER. MY FAVORITE PART WAS READING THE CHRISTMAS STORY(WHICH TRIED TO EAT-THAT SEEM TO BE THE THEME FOR GRAYSON) TO GRAYSON AND ALSO WHEN THE GIRLS WERE SINGING CHRISTMAS BELLS AND GRAYSON WAS LAUGHING AT THEM. WE BOUGHT GRAYSON ONE PRESENT(HIS JUMPEROO). THIS YEAR CHRISTMAS FOR US WAS ABOUT WHAT CHRISTMAS IS REALLY ABOUT. JESUS FIRST THEN FAMILY.

moving to maine

well as most everyone knows by now we have made the move back to maine. it has been a very interesting couple of weeks. i have not been able to do much blogging since i have been just a little busy:) we made it here and have finally found our necessities and setteled in at my moms. john has started his job hunting so please pray that God directs him where He wants him to be. this journey has been filled with a number of mixed emotions. while we are very excited to see our family, we miss the pikes and the girls so very much. we also miss our home we built together. john and i are both nervous and excited to see what God has planned for us. we ask for your prayers as this is a very challanging time for us as a family. grayson has adjusted great-he is just the happiest little guy! i will try and keep everyone updated. here are some picts of our moving that my mom took(i was running around trying to get the house packed up in just a week and a half while taking a 4 month old)

christmas with the girls

before moving back to maine john and i celebrated christmas with the girls. here are a few pitures.(boy do we miss them!)

short updatew/ weekly picts

well we made it to maine safely and have got to see plenty of snow! now i dont think it is ever going to stop snowing:) i am going to update his weekly picts and will have to do a more detailed update later.

VACATION

well we are back home. we all had a wonderful vacation. john and i so enjoyed taking grayson back to where mommy and daddy grew up and having him meet all the people we love so much. the first slid show is of christmas with our nieces and nephews since we will not see them for christmas.(except jillie and tucker-they were with daddy)

next is a slide show of some of my fav pict while we were home.

boy was it hard leaving-we miss everyone so much already. please continue to pray for us that God will open doors where He wants us.

HAPPY 7th BIRTHDAY HALEY!

haley turned 7 nov. 28. cant believe how time flies, seems like just yesterday she was a baby. we were not here on her birthday so we gave her a present when we came home from our thanksgiving vacation. here are a few pictures.

16 weeks old

15 week photos

here are graysons 15 week photos. i messed up and put the wrong sigh so the sign sayes 16 weeks old. i have many more updates and pict. to do so keep checking back!