Our year in a nutshell...
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| We moved into our new house on New Year's Day.
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Good thing we had plenty of help
unpacking! |
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Our family grew, welcoming our niece,
Addisyn Hogue, in January. |
We continued to learn being parents is the best job in the world!
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| Our first NM family snow days.
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| Our beautiful sanctuary |
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| The coldest temperatures we've ever experienced!
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| Hye and Pops came to visit. |
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A visit from Dear Ray and Sarah (who will
welcome Baby Abby any day now!) |
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Jack learned to feed himself and as you
can see it was a proud moment. |
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Our family grew welcoming our dog Caty
into our home.
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| Our first trip to White Sands, NM.
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Our family grew again, welcoming our
nephew, Daniel Mosley, in March. |
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Ryan had a very special installation service
at First Christian Church. |
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| More family time at White Sands
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| More family time at White Sands |
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| Easter |
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| Easter |
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| My mom (Granna) came to visit. |
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| Mother's Day and I am so happy to be his mom! |
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| Father's day |
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| Cousin time with the Grissom family. |
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Our family grew again! We welcomed
Avery Grissom in May.
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| Family pictures |
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| Cherry picking |
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Thanks to a church conference and babysitting grandparents,
we escaped to the beach for a couple days. |
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| The Grissoms came to visit. |
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| Jack and his "bro" Luca |
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| Beautiful hikes |
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| Hye and Pops came to visit. |
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| Quality time with quality neighbors |
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| Jack helping Daddy at work. |
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| Jack is going to be a big brother! |
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| Grandpa and Nanna came to visit. |
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| Aunt Janet and Uncle Tim rode in for a visit. |
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Jack's dedication at our church.
What a meaningful blessing! |
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Our first true experience of Fall
and changing leaves. |
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| Our sweet boy turned 2 years old! |
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| Kera came to visit. |
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The Arnold family came to celebrate
Christmas in the mountains. |
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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:
Hooray!!! We're having a girl, too, and are super excited! Congratulations! You have an adorable family!
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. :)
The pictures are wonderful! Thank you for sharing them with us. A SISTER!!! How exciting!
Awww congratulations Kristyn!! I am so happy for you :)
Oh yay! A girl! This is going to be SO MUCH FUN!
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