Collins...Todd...

Two quick updates... Collins is walking. Each day she chooses to walk a little more than to crawl. What a fun stage this will be! Todd was a banana! Some of the guys served breakfast this morning in the Kanakuk Director's Building. Todd was in charge of waffles and did so dressed as a banana. He is a funny husband. I love him!

December is fun!

There is always an abundance of fun in the month of December. Here are some photos from the last few days.

Hunter was dressed and ready for Awanas. All of our boys have enjoyed Awanas so much this year and have been highly motivated to learn their verses. What a blessing.

Early birthday celebration for Hunter. KK and Boompah were in town so Hunter got to open his present. He has been devouring this new Lego book.

The Krispy Kreme Cruiser had an event at the Branson store. We stopped by to see KK and Boompah and to spin the prize wheel. Here is Carter doing his happy dance after he won a prize.

Bronwyn and Collins enjoying the fun at Krispy Kreme.

Collins enjoyed playing inside the bus.

Want to see one of the prizes we won at Krispy Kreme? 2XL boxers!

Boys all decked out for Christmas Camp at church. This was such a fun night for them.

Sweet Husband!

I love the man the God gave me as a husband. Truly he is a perfect choice for me. Just a thankful post today. Todd, I love you lots! Thank you this morning for taking the boys to the Lowe's Build It clinic and to play basketball so that I could have time to work on some details at the house. You are a servant and a leader for our family.

Connor

We had a funny conversation today with Connor. My parents were asking Connor about caring for his pet hamster.

Todd: "Connor, how often do you refill his water?"
Connor: "Whenever it is empty."

We all laughed and Todd tried to rephrase his question.

Todd: "How many times have you refilled his water?"
Connor: "I haven't ever refilled it."

Oops, hope the hamster is doing OK!

Recent

Last Saturday three of the boys played in a Dodgeball Tournament. It was pretty low key, but the boys had fun. Colton never wanted quit playing.

Collins' hair is getting longer every day so most of the time I pull it up out of her eyes. When it is time to take the hairband out, she has a crazy head of hair. It goes in every direction.

I love this expression!

Tonight Todd gave Collins a bath and she was so happy!

Our family camera died so we just purchased another one. I can't wait to take some new pictures with it and put them on the blog.

The Rapp Kids

Today Collins wanted to get in some practice time on the piano.

And tonight we took the boys to the College of the Ozarks Tree Lighting. It was a delightful evening with the family.

More pictures from Thanksgiving

Collins was perched on the counter at Grandad's house, eating some honeydew melon. She is such a happy little girl!

Hunter and Grandad at work on a new swing. The old one broke when Hunter sat on it the day before.

The Rapp family has grown. Connor is now the proud owner of a teddy bear hamster. (I know, it is a terrible picture of the hamster).  The hamster used to belong to the boys' cousin, Dalton...but Dalton's mom was ready for the hamster to move to a new house. So Connor was more than happy to bring him home to Missouri. In fact, Connor had put a hamster on his Christmas list so we are considering this an early present. The hamster's name? Hamster Dame. It started as Hamsterdam...but the hamster is a girl, so we changed it to Hamster Dame.