Hello faithful readers of the Newell family adventures. I want to thank those of you who have kept up with us since our early webpage beginnings in 2000 when we left for Bolivia. It's hard to believe that 12 years have passed since that time. Thanks for being a part of our lives as we have journeyed from the Andes Mountains, to the Arizona desert and now to the beautiful hill country of Texas.

Monday, November 9, 2009

MILESTONESThis past month has been a big month in our household. One Sunday we dedicated all three children to the Lord in church and the next Sunday Pete was baptized! So much to be thankful for and praise God for...(ask Pete more about his baptism if you are interested).

Silas did it!! He is officially potty trained and we are definitely praising God for this accomplishment. He's showing off his dry diaper after a good night's sleep.

We finally found a dress up outfit for Silas... Woody. He hasn't worn a dress in a few weeks now...another big accomplishment.

Look who has 2 teeth and started eating solids! Josiah is almost 7 months old now and learning all sorts of new things. He's eating, sitting up, laughing, and looking very cute.

Joe even slept through the night 2 nights in a row...14 hours straight to be exact! Holy Moly!


What a cutie!

Lily finished her first soccer season this past week. She had a lot of fun running up and down the field, occasionally kicking the ball and I had a lot of fun coaching all the kids.

Lily, Kate and Sadie showing off their soccer medals at the end of the season party in our backyard.

We have enjoyed getting to know these two families who both have cute little babies. Darius(who is sitting next to Pete and holding Ella) and his wife Alison are leading a small group with us at church and it's been great getting to know their family. Clark (next to Darius holding Sammy) and his wife Natalie have also been awesome friends to us since we moved to Austin. You guys all ROCK!!!

This is my sweet friend Krista Enoch who I have known for 16 years. We ministered together to innercity kids in Rochester, New York when we were students at Wheaton. I got to hang out with her for a couple of days when she was visiting in Dallas. LOVED every minute of it!