Declaring His Faithfulness: 2011

The Ben and Jesse Show

Monday, December 19, I had to return to school for the last three days before Christmas break. It was especially hard knowing these babies were at my house but not be able to spend time playing with them. Once I got home from school, playtime was underway.

Jesse just couldn't keep his hands off of Ben's head. He wanted to touch his head or pat (or hit) him on the head every time he got close enough. Ben didn't like it very much.

Jeremy entertained both boys by getting himself into the tunnel in an upright position, but the boys had even more fun crawling through the tunnel.

Both boys had fun playing with the Duplo blocks.

Now Jesse is trying to give Ben a kiss, a nice gesture, but Ben wasn't too sure he liked the idea.

Jesse was pretty proud of himself after giving Ben a kiss, and Ben seems happy enough about it.

It looks like Jesse is telling Ben a secret, but I think he was giving him another kiss.

Of course, James didn't help things any by continuing to tell Jesse to kiss Ben on the cheek.

Jesse has decided that he has had enough of this "kissing stuff."

The boys were playing happily on the floor and then both started crawling together across the room together.

Once again, Jesse wanted to hit Ben's head.

It was like Jesse was chasing Ben, trying to hit or touch his head.

Finally, Ben had enough of it and had to be rescued.

Katie with Ben

A ride on the horse, helped Ben forget his problems with Jesse.

This was a pretty common picture, seeing several people taking pictures at the same time, and almost always, pictures of the babies.

Holiday Happenings

Sunday afternoon and evening, Dec. 18, most of the family gathered at our house for visiting and eating dinner.

Rebecca and Hannah had fun playing with Jesse.

James played on the banjo while Caleb played the guitar. They were pretty good together.

We enjoyed time around the table together.

As usual, Jesse stole the show, just being himself.

Paintball at Aunt Ann's House

This year instead of buying Christmas presents for my nephews, I bought enough new paintball guns and masks to go with the ones Matthew already had, so that all five of my nephews could play paintball with their big cousin, Matthew. I knew Matthew would have fun playing with them, and that it would make for some good memories. Matthew set up some obstacles in the side yard behind which they could hide to keep from being hit, and they had hours of fun. Now we have the equipment they can use whenever they come to visit.