Updating since Christmas....

Mid-January we took a spontaneous trip to California! The Master's college where Nate attended hosted their annual "Truth and Life" Conference. It was so encouraging to hear the excellent ministry, sing with the Getty's (http://www.gettymusic.com/) and the college band, and meet Nate's friends.

Beautiful pier near L.A.

We decided to try entering the drawing at the

Patageous Theatre in Hollywood for the chance to buy

Broadway show front row seats at a super cheap price.

We won!

The palm trees were incredible

Now back to the real and wonderful world at home :)

We have entered the potty training phase with Micah. I'm not sure who is getting the training. It has been great character training for me... in patience, kindness, self-control, etc. He is very excited about the new underwear, but sure hates to stop playing to keep them dry.

Micah prefers for people to be able to see McQueen.

Waiting to celebrate

The boys went to the dentist for the first time this week. Dental visits have changed since I was a child. They were treated like royalty and given prize bags to take home. Ezra's had these glasses inside??

It has been cold and rainy all week, so we're running out of activities. I decided to give them containers of dried beans this morning. They played happily for over an hour! I will probably be finding lima beans for a couple weeks, but hey, it was worth it.