Oops... this one was meant to get put out on it's own before Christmas...
Hunter & Helena loved the decorations our complex had out to celebrate Christmas... of course our kids did more tactile exploring than the management probably expected, but thankfully nothing broke (that I can remember?!?).
On the 26th of December we went to a Torch family Christmas party at a restaurant in our old neighborhood. Instead of throwing a big production for one service, the church decided to put their resources toward these smaller Christmas parties arranged by individual cellgroups. It was a fun evening - Tony & I were even invited to share with the group on the topic "What Christmas means to me..." I started in Chinese but didn't get very far into it - but I did speak on being part of God's family and inviting people in to share that... which is exactly what they were doing on the night... and Tony was my translator and did his whole talk in Chinese about how we all, like Mary, are pregnant with faith and it's exciting to see how that faith works itself out. The kids enjoyed running amuck and staying up later than their usual bedtime...
In spite of the chill, we still got out to play golf... they love this game!
Such innocence
Hunter absolutely LOVES his new bike!!!
And he's actually very good at riding it!!!
Tony & I joined in the Torch church "Read the Bible in a Year" plan this year... and since we were going on vacation before the end of the month, we had to have it all read by the 27th so we could give our forms to our cellgroup leader, Anna. The church encouraged us to read the Bible in year by offering a $5 (NZ$) voucher to a Christian book store each month that you kept with the program... plus they had a few other incentives like a trip or meals out if your cellgroup members also did it... This was the first time either of us have actually finished reading from cover to cover in a year... it was worthwhile for sure - it helped keep us fresh and does help give a broad picture of God's word... though I must admit it was hard work in some of those Old Testament books. If you haven't done it yet yourself, I totally recommend it!
I love this purple jacket from Tony's dad... and I love that little tongue!!!
Our kids love their bananas... I think Helena can almost say it now... something like "ana"!
Oops... this one was meant to get put out on it's own before Christmas... 
Hunter & Helena loved the decorations our complex had out to celebrate Christmas... of course our kids did more tactile exploring than the management probably expected, but thankfully nothing broke (that I can remember?!?).
On the 26th of December we went to a Torch family Christmas party at a restaurant in our old neighborhood. Instead of throwing a big production for one service, the church decided to put their resources toward these smaller Christmas parties arranged by individual cellgroups. It was a fun evening - Tony & I were even invited to share with the group on the topic "What Christmas means to me..." I started in Chinese but didn't get very far into it - but I did speak on being part of God's family and inviting people in to share that... which is exactly what they were doing on the night... and Tony was my translator and did his whole talk in Chinese about how we all, like Mary, are pregnant with faith and it's exciting to see how that faith works itself out. The kids enjoyed running amuck and staying up later than their usual bedtime...
In spite of the chill, we still got out to play golf... they love this game!
Such innocence
Hunter absolutely LOVES his new bike!!!
And he's actually very good at riding it!!!
Tony & I joined in the Torch church "Read the Bible in a Year" plan this year... and since we were going on vacation before the end of the month, we had to have it all read by the 27th so we could give our forms to our cellgroup leader, Anna. The church encouraged us to read the Bible in year by offering a $5 (NZ$) voucher to a Christian book store each month that you kept with the program... plus they had a few other incentives like a trip or meals out if your cellgroup members also did it... This was the first time either of us have actually finished reading from cover to cover in a year... it was worthwhile for sure - it helped keep us fresh and does help give a broad picture of God's word... though I must admit it was hard work in some of those Old Testament books. If you haven't done it yet yourself, I totally recommend it!
I love this purple jacket from Tony's dad... and I love that little tongue!!!
Our kids love their bananas... I think Helena can almost say it now... something like "ana"!
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I really love the first picture of y'all. Well done Tony!
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