Merry Christmas 2012

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

from

The Rosborough Family!

Thankful for the greatest gift ever given ~Jesus~ the Savior of the world! As Jack has learned to say, "God with us ~ Emmanuel."  We have been so encouraged to think on that phrase. Indeed, He is with us, and He is for us and we can rejoice! Grateful for all the Lord has done and is doing with our family. 

Thankful for these three "hams!"

Below are some pictures from our Thanksgiving Day photo shoot. Jack wasn't too into it. The last picture in the series shows how happy he is to be done :)!

Blessed by these three!

The Connell Family

Scrinchy face!

Whew! Done with pictures!

Enjoying outdoors with the boys!

J-N loves to climb trees.

Julianna...her own self portrait! She's the photographer most of the time around here. We love our girl, and she continues to bring us such joy and blessings through her many talents. It is a busy junior year for her as she juggles school and her job at Chick-Fil-A.

John-Nathan is becoming a great reader and absolutely loves read-alouds, especially those with a bit of mystery woven in. He enjoys the great outdoors and riding his new 24" bike!

Jack is continuing to adjust to our crazy family beautifully! He is a bundle of three-year-old fun, soaking up everything!

Back in November, we were blessed with a sweet visit from Rebecca, MBHOH's pre-school teacher. Jack certainly knew her, and once he warmed up to her, he did sit and play with her. We continue to be so very grateful for the love and care Jack received at the Big Blue House those first couple of years of his life!

In action!

Finally, a quick hug!

Jack received a special package from Show Hope, the organization that runs the special care center, MBHOH, and that provides for grants for adoptive families.

He had the most fun with the packing material. :)

A precious lamb!

Another Show Hope Kid! Thankful to have two of those around here!

Hundreds of photos and a sweet note to Jack from Steven and Mary Beth Chapman.

This year we have been blessed to serve Show Hope at three concerts, volunteering our time to share our own story with others. They are late nights, and as you can see, one our five has dozed off in this photo!

John-Nathan's robot creation: a Papa and J-N project!

Jack as the robot with the new and improved head gear (Mom did need her colander back)! :)

Jack really likes stickers. Here he is during an Advent craft (Mary's song). He liked decorating his face.

John-Nathan shows off the finished craft.

A Saturday morning jam session!

Mom with all her children -- yes, Julianna is in the picture as the elf cow holding John-Nathan!

The boys thought it was pretty neat!

Thankful for all our friends and family. We've enjoyed already hearing from so many of you. May you have a blessed Christmas Day and a great start to 2013!