Our Christmas Fun

Through out the Christmas season we like to take time to do things like decorating cookies and decorating the tree. Here are several pictures taken during our Christmas fun. Even in the midst of all the business and fun we always try to point to the the true reason for the season. The birth of our Savior.

Merry Christmas

Our family just wanted to wish all of you very Merry Christmas.
These are just a few pictures from our Christmas program. Alyssa was Mary and John a shepherd.

My Snow Angel

Alyssa has always been very excited when the snow comes. She loves to play in the snow and mostly she just has the greatest time making snow angels.

And of course a little snow eating is always a part of playing in the snow.

Getting so Big

John recently moved into his big bed. He was excited but the first few nights were rough. He is doing great now though . He is growing so fast and is tons of fun. Little boys are an adventure but they also bring tons of laughter and fun.

Purple Christmas Tree

What is the purple Christmas tree. Well it was Alyssa's Christmas present when she was three. Grandma and Grandpa gave it to her because if you asked what she wanted for Christmas she would say a purple christmas tree. She loves it and we put it up in her room every year. They get to put there ornanments on it. Like Dora and Bob the Builder and even a tractor. So here they are decorating the tree. Even the angel is one Alyssa made in Sunday School.

Friends

During Thankgiving vacation one of our friends from watertown came to visit. Joshua, Alyssa, and Johnathan had a great time playing together. They had fun finger painting, coloring, doing a turkey craft and eating three, yes three, thanksgiving dinners. They also had a good time just playing together.
Joshua and Alyssa standing in the door as it was snowing outside.

The kids in there fingerpaints

Just a little note.

I have no idea why that music plays during my slide show and I have no idea how to get it off of there. Believe me I have tried.

The Pumpkin Patch

We had a great day at the pumpkin patch. We invited all the cousins and they loved it. Too bad John is the only boy. Grandpa and Uncle Luke tagged along to keep him company. John was still a little ornary and didn't really want his picture taken. He mostly just wanted to sit on the tractor. Alyssa just wanted to giggle with all the girls I think. We all had a great time and then went to culvers for lunch and the park after that. It was a beautiful fall day. We had to enjoy the weather while we had the chance.

Through the eyes of a child

I am soooo thankful I am able to be stay at home mom. My kids truely are a blessing. Some days are so much more difficult than others. Then there are the days or even the moments when you know it is worth it all. Like when they tell you there perspective on the situation. Sometimes the things we see as annoyances, they see totally different. Recently we were driving through the intersection that is in front of our house,( it has been under road construction almost since we have moved here), and Alyssa says "Mom, I think I need to make a thank-you card for these road construction guys, they have been working so hard. I just appreciate all there hard work."(By the way, she really did say appreciate)

Now John, his perspective is still a bit amazing to me. Everytime we drive by he says "Digger". You see all he thinks about is the fact that he can see these large pieces of machinery every time he is in the car. He would love to go for a ride.

Now what person thinks of making them a Thank-You Card. Probably 99.9% of all adults are annoyed every day that they have to take forever to get anywhere needless to say all the dust and noise. Well, and most of us do not care about the "Big Digger".

Even this one small situation can teach us so many things. Being a child means not worrying about how many extra minutes it takes you or all the extra traffic. Sometimes I think seeing it through there eyes can open up a whole new view. You see those men they are working hard and we all appreciate it when it is done. To a five year old though she saw something else and my two little boy he saw something fun.

Sometimes just take a moment at try to see something through there eyes. There is a lot to be learned.

Amazing Grace

My husband and I attended a meeting this Monday and Tuesday that was so powerful in our lives I wanted to share it with all of you.

The church we took back in June is a church plant and has beeen struggling financially for quite some time. Greg was asked to share a bit about our church at an annual meeting of baptist churches in wisconsin. We have been really praying about getting a furnace in our church as the old one is way to ineffecant to run this winter. We would probably would have had to close the dooors of the building do to the heating bill. When Greg was done talking and telling of our burden another man asked all the other churches to consider helping us. Well the Lord blessed beyond our comprehension. Needless to say our church will have a new furnace and be able to pay off all of our utility bills. My husband and I were so moved we were in tears of rejoicing to our amazing God. We went to this meeting to present our ministry but God in his amazing grace showed us more love and compassion than we could imagine. We were so encourage and so convicted. We are here to be his servants. He wants us to share his grace with others and stay true to him. So as we endeavour to see our church grow and for souls to be saved we know we can lean on him in every trial. He is so amazing and so gracious.

Sometimes in our prayer lives we pray and pray and pray. Being patient and waiting on God is sometimes the hardest part of being a Christian. If we are seeking His will He will answer and many times it is exceedingly abundant. I just wanted to share with all of you the amazing God we serve. He did answer our prayer and he answered it way beyond our comprehension!

Family Vacation

We had a great time just taking a break. I had checked the weather before we left but I guess the forcast changed. The first night we had a great time making smores and watching the fire. The next day we went fishing. Greg caught quite a few fish. On Friday Greg's parents and brother and sister-in-law joined us. We were able to still have a fire and such that night. We went fishing in the morning and from noon on it rained and rained and rained. We were not prepared for the cold. We only each had one sweatshirt and the kids each had a jacket. So anyway our camping adventure was still fun and we had a good time with our family. Next time though, we will have lots of warm clothes.

Piece of Cake???

Recently one of the couples in our church celebrated there 25th wedding anniversary. Praise the Lord. There family had a suprise party for them. I asked if I could do anything to help and they responded that I could make a cake that was some what weddingish. Well sometimes I get these great ideas and sometimes not so great ideas. I decided I was going to go all the way and just make a wedding cake. Now you see the only cakes I have ever made have been the kids birthday cakes. So now realizing I have a lot of work to do I went to talk to my mom who works in a bakery/deli. She has never made a decorated cake either. She offered her help anyhow. This kind lady by God's grace gave me some great advice in the cake decorating isle. I also had a crash course in rose making and so did my mom. Well as you can see it wasn't a complete disaster and actually it was fun. My only piece of advice is you need more than 2 hours to decorate a cake. So anyway, was my idea great? At the time I was not thinking so. But now that everything turned out and the cake actually did make it to the party, it wasn't such a bad idea.
And by the way, Thanks mom, I love you!!

Another Good-Bye

As many of you know we have been very close to Phil and Tiffany for the past almost 3 years. Our apartments for the past year have been back to back and we spent a lot of time with them. The Lord has seen fit to seperate our live through great distance. Phil and Tiffany went to Florida this past month. We went to say good-bye and help a bit with packing. Our kids litterally think they are family. In fact when we went to take a picture of all of us Alyssa said "we need another family picture." We will miss them terribly but we do have this awesome internet to keep in touch. So anyhow, here is our last day with our great friends. Hopefully sometime soon we can see each other agian.

Good o'l pals

Phil and John

Phil and Alyssa

The Whole Gang

Our New Home

A few of you have asked to see pictures of our new place. It is a bit smaller but everything is in and mostly in its place. The backyard is great for the kids and the playroom actulally keeps the toys out of the rest of the house. This is just a pic of Alyssa and John playing on the stairs.

Our backyard

The Kitchen The living room

Alyssa and Johnathan sitting on the stairs

Ok, I know you are wondering what in the world is that. That would be the other half of the basement which has been turned into laudry room, storage, office and playroom. Or as I call it our tornado. It is has been organized on few occasions but manages to always turns back into a toy tornado.

playroom

Alyssa's side of the room

Johnathan's side of the room

Our bedroom The bathroom

A New little Nephew

Daylen Michael
Born July 14th

Oh so cute

Aunt Karen and Daylen

Alyssa and Daylen

Justin, Emily, and Daylen

Last Service at Fellowship

Thank-you Fellowship church family for all the great memmories and love. We will miss you greatly. Please pray for our new ministry God has opened the door for.

The cake made for the reception.

Greg gives pastor a hug of thank-you and see you later. Greg has looked up to him for so many years and he will definately be greatly missed by the Robotti family along with his wife and family. Thank-you for all you have done.

This was Gregs last time at Fellowship so they had a reception for us to bid us good-bye. It has been a tramendous blessing to serve at Fellowship. We have both grown in the Lord so much. We appreciated all the Godly teaching and love God's people showed our family. So as we move to a new chapter, we will not forget all we have learned. God will use that chapter of our lives to help us write the next one. We were presented with a beautiful certificate and a gift from the church family.