I love the Christmas season. It's filled with some of the best moments of the year...special time with family and friends, cold weather (occasional snow), twinkling lights, baking, Christmas music, decorations and best of all....the advent of Christ and His long awaited birth.
I spent an amazing week in St. Louis visiting my family. This year I'm especially thankful for my precious niece, Mikail, who is almost a year old and my second niece, Gracyn, who is due to arrive in February. It's so fun to watch our family grow. The Lord is SO good and we praise Him for an amazing week together. I’ll let the pictures tell the story...
I pray your Christmas was a sweet time of blessing with those you love, celebrating not only the reason for the season, but the reason for life...Emmanuel, God with us!
family time--hanging out and playing games together

sweet mikail
mama & mikail
aunt aims & mikail
dani & nanny
nanny & pap
aunt sissy
game on
buzz word team 1
danielle & david
dad LOVES games!
sombody's ready for sleepytown
kitchen time--bakin' up yummies!
candied pecans
white chocolate yummy goodness
cheater turtles...so easy & SO good
rum balls...yum balls
christmas day--mikail's 1st!
i've been good all year
i bought her a hat
she didn't really care for the hat
she felt a little better about daddy's hat
she loved nanny's new gloves
dad's small gift in a HUGE box...so fun!
danielle painted this for gracyn's nursery
sara & charlie
aim & preggers
sisters
d and d & lil' m
Mikail Elise Kuntz was born on Feb. 2, 2008. She just celebrated her nine month birthday and she is a precious gift from heaven. She was a teny tiny thing, weighing only five pounds when she was born...at full term. And even now at 9mo, weighing just 15. I love it because every time I visit she acts older in the things that she is able to do...and the number of teeth in her mouth, but she always seems the same size. This is a great thing for the aunt that lives 1000 miles away and just HATES missing out on so much of her life. I am indeed her very proud aunt aims!!
Mikail was dedicated two weeks ago at North Church, the church that my bro and sis are helping to plant in St. Louis. This dedication was a simple, yet powerful commitment, both for the family as well as the the friends that David and Danielle currently live life with in their community. A commitment to teach Mikail about Jesus and to raise her in a godly home where she will have great opportunity to hear and see the gospel lived out on a daily basis. We pray that one day Mikail will come to understand and embrace the love of Jesus as her very own.
I thought I would share a few pics of this incredibly special day with you...
My dad "Paps" reading Scripture
Danielle's dad "Papa" reading Scripture
Pastor Rick proclaiming truth...and its hard to
see but Mikail is clapping in this one. She was
giving a hearty Amen!
The prayer of dedication
Mikail enjoying her after-party
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