Jan. Flys By

After an incredibly jam packed holiday season with so many blessings the month of January just flew by.  We spent January getting back into the groove of life here in Nebo.  Here are just a few pics of the kids doing what they do best, being cute!  This one of Gabe is just too cute, he got those Lightning McQueen boots from Auntie Steena for his 2nd birthday (Jan 9th) and just loves them.  This particular night he refused to take them off and so slept safe in bed with his favorite goloshes on!

New Years Visitors

We were so blessed to have Nonno, Grame, & Uncle AJ  come and visit us for the New Year.  It was a very peaceful visit.  We spent New Years eve watching the festivities in Charlotte via the old fashioned rabbit ears on the television, then spent the next couple days cleaning up the property and hunting for little game.  We ended with a squirrel and venision dinner before saying goodbye!

Baby Morgan Arrives

We came back to NC to welcome Mission Base America family's newest arrival, Morgan Mahon, who was born via c-section on New years eve.  She was the most precious angel weighing in at 6 pounds and just having the sweetest little face.  Anna was enamored immediatly!

Fun at the Aiosa'a

Our last day of our NJ vacation was spent with the Aiosa family and lots of our friends!  The Aiosa's graciously hosted a get together night so that we could see lots of our NJ friends before we headed back to NC.  It was so wonderful to see so many of our friends come out to visit.  We felt and do feel so blessed to have such great friends.  The pics you see are of the kids playing in the Aiosa's backyard right before we got back in the car to head home.

Dec. 27th with Garner Grandparents

Our next day Grandpa & Grandma Sharon came up from Toms River to visit us at Aunt Kori's house!  Anna & Grandpa got to build her first Frosty the snowman together, it was a very sweet thing to watch!  Grandpa worked very hard with the little bit of snow that was left on the ground by this point.  

Dec. 26th surprise visit!

Our second day in NJ we made a surprise visit to Aunt Michelle and Uncle Maurizio's new house!  With a little help from Auntie Lola and Uncle Will who were visiting from NC also!  It was an incredible surprise and a wonderful visit.  We also got to see cousins Amy & Diego and Great Aunt Lisa while we spent the day at the Gadaleta's!  It was awesome!

Christmas Morning

For anyone who may not know, we had a last minute change of plans for Christmas.  Aunt Kori's flight to NC was cancelled on Christmas eve afternoon, and so we quickly changed gears, packed up the car and headed to NJ!  We arrived at Aunt Kori's at 5:30 am, and since the little ones had slept in the car they were awake and ready to open presents!  It was wonderful!