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Friday, December 28, 2012


Anniversary snuggles :).  We did venture out to lunch, but our traditional Lord of the Rings movie seemed a bit much to take on today :)!






Snugglin', visitin', restin' . . . aah, the life of an adorable little lady :)!

Thursday, December 27, 2012



Praise the Lord for helpers from church who came to assist on finishing painting and for our contractor & his carpet guy who put in the final hours to get our remodel MOVE IN READY!!  The boys are in the blue room!






Christmas fun . . . visit from Santa on Christmas Eve . . . so many treats (some "expected" others surprises!) . . . delivery of an easy to heat Christmas meal (Gran and Kara added their own deviled eggs - treat for all, but especially Daddy) . . . what a splendid day to be together!!!



Time with Daddy :)!

Monday, December 24, 2012












Grace Joy getting LOTS of love!


Sunday, December 09, 2012

Simon super photographer says, "Baby Grace is cute"!

Friday, December 07, 2012


Ugly "sweater" party at youth group :)!  HaHa!



Today, it seems winter has really finally arrived!  Snow is beautiful!






Progress on room two!  Drywall will go up on Monday!  It's really hard to capture how large this room will be w/out getting from corner to corner, but we are SUPER thankful for the space this adds!  The open door leads out to what will be Keith, Jacob, & Simon's room.






Welcome in to the latest Ortling bunkroom!  The pink room is pretty much completed . . . just a few decor items to add to walls & furniture to settle (after the boys move out)!