Merry Christmas!

         Well, 2011 has been quite a year for the Adams family!  We have been blessed with some incredible moments these past twelve months.  We (Audrey and I) celebrated our 4^th anniversary of marriage, and constantly marvel at what God has done in our lives in such a short time.

Lincoln:

            On April 25th we welcomed the fourth member of our family into the world.  Lincoln Aaron was 7lb 12oz and 19.8 inches long.  He is a very smiley, happy boy!  He is also a big boy who is in the 90^th percentile for height and 75^th for weight.  As of December twelfth he started crawling and has taken off! 

Anna:

            Anna turned one on January 6^th.  She is very sweet and incredibly smart!  She has been able to count to fifteen and speak in short sentences for several months and knows several songs that she sings all the time.  Her verbal skills are incredibly advanced (must be good genes)!

Audrey:

            Audrey stays very busy with the two children and is always running around.  She has been involved in a women’s Bible study on Thursday mornings and became the co-coordinator for our MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) program for the year.  She is also very involved in children’s’ ministry and singing in the church choir.

Reed:

            I am still working for Beechwold Christian Church and have had a very blessed year here.  The Children’s Ministry Trunk-or-Treat program in October was especially incredible this year.  I have also continued seeking my master’s degree and am still on pace to graduate in May 2012.  Just two more classes to go!

Family:

            In March we went to Indiana for a family reunion on my mother’s side.  In August my father’s side of the family had a reunion.  Both were a great chance for family to get together!  Too bad we cannot spend times like that more often.

In July we had our annual Smith/Harvey vacation on the Oregon coast.  It was the twenty-fifth anniversary of the event! 

Early in September, we drove to Charlotte to visit Audrey’s sister, her husband and their daughter.  It was a nice visit, and nice to have them living a little closer than before. 

In late September we had a nice staycation where we went to the zoo, COSI (a children’s science center) and took some nice family pictures.  We splurged on zoo passes this year, so there have been several trips there the last several months.

            We traveled to the Harvey house for Thanksgiving and spent a nice week visiting and showing off the kids.  The Rockey family drove up from Charlotte in early December to spend a weekend and relax. 

            Christmas this year will be spent at my parents’ house with my sister and her family.  It will be the first time we will get to attend my parents’ church in Tennessee.

            This is a small sample of our year.  I hope your year was as blessed and that 2012 is even better!

                                                Love,

                                                     Reed and the rest of the Adams family

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Busy, Busy, Busy

This summer has just flown by! Some of the major highlights from July were:

• Successful VBS
• Trip to Lafayette for Anna to meet Great Grandma and Grandpa Miller (and Great Uncle Randy, Great Cousins Amos and Dana and second cousin Reese)
• North American Christian Convention in Indiana
• Visit from Great Grandma and Grandpa Sanders
• Reed at 5th and 6th grade camp
• Harvey-Smith Winema Family Vacation
• Reed at 3rd and 4th grade camp
• MOPS steering retreat at Buckeye Lake

Although it was so much fun to be on the road, we are glad to be back home settling into a routine. (At least till next week when we go to Tennessee to visit Reed's parents.)

In just a few short weeks things will begin to get very busy again. Fall is fast approaching. I am looking forward to all of our new adventures, though.

Reed is going back to school to complete a MA in Organizational Leadership. I think I am more excited about it, than him.

I have also joined our MOPS steering team this year and am in charge of the Moppets (kids) programming that takes place during our meetings. That will keep me busy. It also includes organizing play dates, which is always fun.

Reed is starting a new evening kids program this fall for elementary kids that will run for a couple of months. It will mainly be for those kids that want to grow deeper in their knowledge and faith. Darin is helping to steer it, which will be big help, but will still keep us busy.

I am teaching a new Sunday school class for adults this fall, which will be interesting, considering that Anna is not a huge fan of the nursery. I am excited about teaching it though. It has been a long time since I have done anything outside of children's ministry.

And of course, we'll have all of our fun trips including a trip to Arizona in October, Thanksgiving trip in Tennessee and Christmas vacation in Oregon.

It is going to be a busy fall, but a good one.

Fun Day!

Yesterday was a fun day. We didn't really do anything extra special, but we had fun hanging out together.

We enjoyed reading books!

Being Silly!

Hanging out at the park!

Playing with Daddy!

New Pool

We got Anna a little swimming pool the other day. She had lots of fun playing in it on Father’s Day!

At first the water was a little too cold, so Daddy had to get some hot water from the kitchen to make it more like her bath water.

The pool has a big hippo on it, so we let her play with her toy hippo (Quacker) in the water.

We didn’t know what to do at first, but then really enjoyed it! Especially playing with the side of the pool. It was a slippery texture, which was fun!

Anna Loves getting her picture taken!

Anna was being extra cute this morning, so I thought I would post a few shots. Sorry I haven't posted many new photos lately. Hopefully I can get back to posting more.

Great-Grandparents!!

We had a really fun time this past weekend! Anna’s Great-grandpa and Great-grandma Adams (Grandpa Adams’ mother and father) came and visited Anna for the first time! Also, Grandpa Adams’ sister, Great Aunt Sandy came, too!! Anna loved meeting them, and we got to spend Friday evening, Saturday, and Sunday with them!

I had Monday of because of Memorial Day, so Great-grandpa and Great-grandma Miller (GrandMA Adams’ parents) came to visit! They got in about 10:30 in the morning, and stayed until the next morning. Anna loved seeing them, and had such a good time.

After meeting so many important members of her family, Anna still decided to stick around:). She has now been blessed to meet all six of her Great-grandparents, and she loves them all so much!! This weekend her Grandpa and Grandma Adams are coming to visit...so she is super-excited about that!!

Here are two more pictures...one of Anna after Daddy picked out her clothes by himself for the first time ever (Mommy has made the closet super-scarily-organized so he has been a little hesitant to before. Took about 20 minutes to figure out the dewey-decimal system she has in place), and the other is her Sunday afternoon nap.