Highlights of Jonathan's days

 Jonathan loved removing piano books from our bookshelf! But he hasn't done this again! :)

 NTM just received a new puppy. And we have discovered that Jonathan loves dogs!

 Jonathan loves to help mom take the laundry out to the back porch each day to start washing the clothes! :) He is a strong little guy! Jonathan is now used to the heat and no longer a little baby, so he gets to wear clothes now, not just a diaper. So he enjoys helping me with the laundry. :)

All tired out from his hard day of helping mom and playing. He is getting very tall...Jacob is making designs for a toddler bed!

It's Sunday... time to watch Football and relax!! We have DVDs of NFL games from 2006-2010, but if anyone wants to send us the Superbowl or games from this last season, we would love it!!

 Excited to watch the Patriots play! Jonathan's grandparents sent him a patriots jersey. :)

 Paula, woman who helps out around the house once a week, telling Jonathan a story. :)

Jonathan's Christmas present from Aunt Ruth - his first veggie tales DVD. :)

Jonathan turns 11 months old!!

It seemed to be a lot easier for Jonathan to sit back and smile at the same time at 11 months. :)

Now he  loves to laugh!

 Jonathan loves to push the laundry basket around the house... it makes a wonderful walker! And when he is not walking around with the laundry basket, he is busy crawling everywhere!

Christmas Day at the Devine Home!

 We started off the morning with a yummy breakfast... waffles, strawberry & papaya sauce, sausage and apple cider. It was fun to have our neighbor, Erika, join us for breakfast! Then Jacob read the Christmas story out of a children's Bible.

 Then we opened a few gifts... from each other and fellow missionaries. Jonathan had a great time with the wrapping paper. :)

Most of our Christmas packages haven't arrived yet. But we did receive one from Julie, our former Interface co-worker, with the Carcassonne game extension! Very fun!

 Jonathan in the middle of our Christmas mess!

 Jacob hung up our hammock for Christmas break and we all enjoyed it! Especially Jonathan!

And of course we had lots of yummy food over Christmas... Christmas cookies... as well as smoked chicken, cheesy sweet potato casserole, fresh green beans from Goroka and apple pie!

December... every day life

 We go to the market every Saturday to buy our fruits and vegetables... we usually get pineapple, papaya, bananas, sweet potato, pumpkin, cucumbers, mangos and coconuts every week. We are very thankful that the market is so close, just 5 minutes away in town.

 Enjoying the slide... just not quite sure how it works yet.

Jonathan loves dogs! And they love him too... licking his face like crazy!

 Jonathan playing with Isabell, the daughter of the lady who helps us around the house.

 Jonathan loves bath time!

Jonathan likes to be prepared for everything!

 Jacob enjoying his Christmas break!

 Jonathan loves the pool at the local hotel!

Wewak Christmas Party!

Everyone on the NTM Center and many other missionaries in town got together for a Christmas party... a good time of food, fellowship, Christmas presents, singing and thinking on all God has done!

Jonathan loves to chew on carrot sticks... good for the gums... but he doesn't actually eat much of it.

The kids did a Christmas play for us too. :)

And we thank Jack for the wonderful pictures he took at the party!

Jacob rebuilt a truck bed...

NTM's Dyna truck bed was about to fall off due to the rust factor... so Jacob tore it all off and buillt a new truck bed with quila wood, a very hard wood.

There was a lot of welding involved.... and it was tricky to weld the sides correctly so they folded down properly.

But Jacob figured it out, it was a good learning experience for him. And hopefully it will be many years before this truck bed rusts out again.

Our New Home!

 After our crates arrived in October it took us a few months to unpack boxes and put together furniture, but now we are finally settled. :) This is our living room... dining room.. and kitchen...

Our living room and dining room...

Our Kitchen.. I love the island!

 Standing in our dining room, looking at the living room and front door. And, by the way, our office is behind the bookshelves.

 Another shot of our kitchen.  :)

 Our bedroom...

 Our office/piano room....

Our office..

Jonathan's room... we still have a quite a bit of decorating to do in his room.

Our bathroom...

 So, now you have had a little tour of our home... but you must know that it doesn't always look like that... when Jonathan is awake and playing, he is quite busy!

 He loves to remove everything from the coffee table and sometimes pushes books out of the bookshelf. But now I have enough books on our shelves and he isn't able to push them. :)

But when Jonathan is awake the living room normally looks like this. :)