Friday, December 30, 2011

Farewell 2011

Our year in a nutshell...

We moved into our new house on New Year's Day.
Good thing we had plenty of help 
unpacking!  
Our family grew, welcoming our niece, 
Addisyn Hogue, in January.
We continued to learn being parents is the best job in the world!

Our first NM family snow days.
Our beautiful sanctuary
The coldest temperatures we've ever experienced!











Hye and Pops came to visit.


A visit from Dear Ray and Sarah (who will 
welcome Baby Abby any day now!) 
Jack learned to feed himself and as you 
can see it was a proud moment.
Our family grew welcoming our dog Caty 
into our home. 
Our first trip to White Sands, NM.
Our family grew again, welcoming our 
nephew, Daniel Mosley, in March. 

Ryan had a very special installation service 
at First Christian Church.

More family time at White Sands
More family time at White Sands 

Easter
Easter
My mom (Granna) came to visit.
Mother's Day and I am so happy to be his mom! 

Father's day
Cousin time with the Grissom family. 

Our family grew again! We welcomed 
Avery Grissom in May.

Family pictures
Cherry picking
Thanks to a church conference and babysitting grandparents, 
we escaped to the beach for a couple  days.
The Grissoms came to visit.




Jack and his "bro" Luca
Beautiful hikes
Hye and Pops came to visit.
Quality time with quality neighbors
Jack helping Daddy at work.

Jack is going to be a big brother!



Grandpa and Nanna came to visit.
Aunt Janet and Uncle Tim rode in for a visit.

Jack's dedication at our church. 
What a meaningful blessing!
Our first true experience of Fall 
and changing leaves.

Our sweet boy turned 2 years old!
Kera came to visit.
The Arnold family came to celebrate 
Christmas in the mountains.




After a year of great anticipation, the Browns made it 
to Ruidoso and helped us celebrate the new year.


Watch this video for our newest life-changing family news : )




May the year 2012 be full of blessings of hope, blessings of challenge, 
blessings of inspiration, and blessings in disguise! 
Grace, The Arnold Family

5 comments:

Cat said...

Hooray!!! We're having a girl, too, and are super excited! Congratulations! You have an adorable family!

recipient of grace said...

thank you for sharing your life. i remember our early years in church work and with our sons the same age as your two wee ones and i am thankful for remembering sweet times.
God has placed you in a beautiful part of His creation.
i pray each of you has a truly blessed 2012 and beyond. love you. :)

Leslie said...

The pictures are wonderful! Thank you for sharing them with us. A SISTER!!! How exciting!

Krista said...

Awww congratulations Kristyn!! I am so happy for you :)

Anonymous said...

Oh yay! A girl! This is going to be SO MUCH FUN!