The McDonald Family

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Toddler Training

Now that Miss Gracie is 2, we have decided that she should start pulling her weight around here! :) The girls and I had a sweet time the other night, teaching Gracie how to stack the dishes in the dish drainer. It really did not take her long to get the hang of it! She ended up loading it entirely on her own. We only had one casualty. A glass which did not quite make the trip from the sink to the drainer!

The finished product.. Not too bad! Good job Gracie!

Friday, January 8, 2010

The Little Princess Turns 2!

Our precious baby daughter Grace was born on January 7, 2008 via emergency C-section and 4 weeks early. Weighing only 5 lb 12 ounces she was a fragile answer to the prayers of her family.
We love you so much precious Gracie!

~One Day Old~

~One Week Old~

~5 Months Old~

~6 Months Old~

~One Year Old~

Grace's 2nd Birthday

My little drama girl "Mimi, is that MUSIC? Let's Dance!"

On her new rocking horse

Our Big Girl Turns 2!

Helping Hands

There are still many projects to complete here at the rental. Grady works on them in his spare time, enlisting his family when at all possible! :) Here, the older children and he are putting up sheetrock in the kitchen~

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Season's Happenings

For the Holidays we travelled to Portland where we stayed the night at Nana and Papa Ben's house. Our family spent the day with them and then enjoyed the company of Ben's daughter and family who came for dinner. Ben cooked up a delicious Cioppino (I think it is called) which was a delicious Italian seafood soup teeming with yummy lobster, shrimp, crab and baby clams.. mmmmm~! He also roasted a lovely pork roast and yummy cornbread. Maia brought a very tasty brussel sprout casserole and sweet potatoes. For dessert, Ben and Maia treated us to various cookies and dainties including a gluten free egg nog cheesecake! Complete with gourmet coffee of course! Mandy and Ashley had a nice time watching all the children while the adults ate. The girls even gave a bit of a music lesson to the cousins!

Hard to believe 2010 is here~ May the Lord teach us much in this coming year. And may we continue to seek Him for all things.

Lamentations 3:22-24 The unfailing love of the LORD never ends! By his mercies we have been kept from complete destruction. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each day. I say to myself, "The LORD is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him!" (NASB)

~ December 2009 ~

Nana's House

Dad brought a gift for each of the boys.. wooden ship models. As Nana and Papa Ben live in the city, this helped keep the boys occupied all day. It was nice for the guys to spend some time on a project together.