Christmas decorating and Cookie Making

 We always have fun decorating my parents tree when we are home for Christmas! This time we got to do it two years in a row!

 Jonathan pretending to be Santa Claus

 Cookie decorating with Grandma

YUM! All gone!

School Christmas program and Gingerbread house building!

 Jonathan enjoyed going to Preschool two times a week at the Berkshire Christian School at our home church. Here they are singing a Christmas song for all the Grandparents and visitors.

 Jonathan loved going to preschool to play with all the other children and learn.

 The preschool made a Christmas tree full of gingerbread men from all over the world.. Jonathan made a PNG Man.

 We had the privilege of building a gluten free ginger bread house together as a family, very fun! There were a few families from our church getting together for the occasion.

 Although Naomi didn't really know what was happening. :)

 But the Devine men did a great job with the construction!

 Jonathan at the candy table picking out the decorations for the house.

 The finished product! And we weren't allowed to eat it for a whole week, not until Christmas!!

Bethlehem Night @ Hope Church

 Almost every year our church converts their gym into Bethlehem. It is a fun time and a great outreach to the community!

Lots of fun things for the kids to do!

 With live donkeys!

Jonathan saw a beggar steal some money from one of the store owners, so he was sure to tell the soldier about it. :)

Our Trip to Boston

 Jonathan was quite happy to go to Boston... because we were taking him to the Boston Children's Museum!! 

 Jacob, however, was not so thrilled about the traffic in Boston!

 Looking out the window while waiting for our apointment at the Boston Children's Muesum. We parked our car in the building right in front of us... Jonathan wanted to park on the "tipsy top" but Jacob didn't want to drive that far up.:)  There was too much traffic!

 Naomi and I were just along for the ride.

 Actually we went to Boston to see a Pediatric Nuerologist for Naomi's birthmarks... hoping to get another MRI to find out if she has NCM. It turned out that Naomi is healthy in all regards, developing normally! But we still do not have an MRI because she had a cold the day that it was scheduled. But she will have one done in Australia in the next few months!

 Back to Jonathan and the fun at the Boston Children's Museum!

 His Favorite part was the construction zone!

Our New Family!

We are so thankful to welcome Naomi into our family!! We want to ask for your prayers for her...

Naomi’s doctor has told us that due to her multiple birthmarks, called multiple congenital nevi, (especially on the head) she could have NCM (Neurocutaneous Melanocytosis) , a complication of multiple congenital nevi. The doctor said that in 80 % of NCM cases the child will live a normal life and in 20% of the cases the child can have side effects, like seizures. We would appreciate your prayers as we will be heading to Boston, MA so Naomi can see a Pediatric Neurologist. She has already had an MRI but due to lack of sedation the test was very hard to read correctly, so the MRI will probably be repeated in Boston by the Children’s Hospital. Also, Naomi did not gain weight for 10 days after our first doctor’s appointment, but we are happy to report that now she is doing a lot better in that area and starting to gain weight!

Play and Snow!

Naomi hasn't quite caught on to "tummy time" yet... usually she falls asleep. :)

 Jonathan enjoying time at the library for the play and learn time.

 And we woke up this morning to a winter wonderland!

 Dressed and ready to go outside in the snow to play!

 Coming in from the cold snow!