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Saturday, December 31, 2011

Favorite Pictures of 2011

As we are starting 2012, I wanted to look back through all of my pictures from 2011 and post my favorites.  These pictures always make me smile and remind me of all the ways we were blessed this year.  It is nice to sum up our year in these "best of" pictures.  Some of the pictures I have posted before, but others are good ones that I never got around to posting.  I hope that you enjoy looking back through the last year with me.  So here they are in mostly chronological order ....

Most of you will remember our  Great Adventure at the beginning of the year. This is one of my favorite picture from that trip. I love seeing my little almost 3 year old as she is ready to hike on the mountain, so cute.

This picture is a great summary of how we spent a lot of our free time this year, playing on some form of Apple device. Thank goodness for those devices as we wait around in restaurants, airports, and as we fly on airplanes!

Here is a picture of Elliott with some of our key partners in our work here. These guys have amazing testimonies and we are so blessed to know them. This is a picture of all of them at our house after Elliott spent the weekend teaching and encouraging them.

I know I have posted this picture before, but I think it is one of my favorites of the girls from this year. They are so beautiful and I love how their outfits happen to match.

This is a cute one from earlier in the year when we were learning about the Armor of God in Sunday school. Elliott put together this outfit for the kids to put on as we were learning about each piece of the armor. Even though it was made of really simple things, the girls really enjoyed putting it on and it really helped them to remember the different elements.

Our first picture with Lincoln.
 
The girls first picture with their new baby brother.

Okay, this one probably needs some explanation. When Kate was born, we couldn't believe how much she looked like Aubrie as a baby so we took a picture of her next to a baby picture of Aubrie the same age. Well, when Lincoln was born we couldn't believe how much he looked like Kate, so we decided to take his picture with the picture we took of Kate and Aubrie. You can definitely tell that they are all related.

Here is a picture of us with the Thai doctor who delivered all three kids. We really liked this doctor and we were so happy that she hadn't retired when it came time to have baby Lincoln. I know that you won't believe it, but she is 71.
 
Here our great pictures of all three kids with our parents. What a blessing to have them all come and visit us this year!

What a handsome little man! This is my favorite picture of Lincoln from 2011.

We found a new fun activity to do as a family here in our city, hitting golf balls. It is a pretty inexpensive way to spend some time outdoors. I love this picture of Kate learning how to hit the ball with her daddy.

 Three little cuties waiting for Christmas.

Here is a picture of Elliott and the kids with his English students from his school. We had a fun post-Christmas party with them and we were able to share the reason we celebrate Christmas. We are so thankful for how this job allows us to live here.