This past month has been a very busy one. First, we welcomed little Lily LeeAnn Esch to our church family. Lily was born just five hours after her grandfather, Bill, passed away. Ryan and Krista decided to induce Krista's labor so Lily could be born before Ryan's father passed away, but God saw fit to give Bill the chance to see Lily's birth from heaven instead. We will miss Bill but welcome little Lily to this world. She is a cutie!
The kids wrapped up their fall semester of school. Dennae and Ivy had their recital with their teacher, Malia. Dennae played an arrangement of "It Is Well" on the piano. Jami played in the orchestra concert, Ivy in the band concert, and Michael played his tuba in the 5th grace band concert. They did really well. I forgot to take the camera for Jami's concert and for the recital so I don't have any pictures. We are having Michael's tuba chem-cleaned over the Christmas break. It will cost $150! Who said raising kids ain't expensive!!!!? It's a very special tuba we recieved from Noel's grandpa who played it in his church orchestra. He is excelling at playing it (so are the girls on their instruments as well).
Noel turned 43 on December 8th. She's really enjoying real estate and is doing quite a good job. She was "salesman of the month" for the month of December. Dennae got her driver's license this past Thursday and hasn't quit driving since she got it. We were able to purchase a nice Mazda Protege for her to drive. It has some hail damage so we got it pretty cheap! Now, we have three cars! Who said raising kids ain't expensive!!!!?
Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I'll update the blog with more pictures after the New Year. There will be pictures of Christmas, the New Year and Monk's 11th birthday celebration. Don't forget to check out the pictures at the bottom of the blog.
Hoping Christ is at the center of your Christmas!
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