The Best of 2015

The Best of 2015

It was a wonderful year filled with blessings, joys, trails and abundant amount of God's grace!! We are thankful for the working in our hearts and lives God has continued to do in our family through out this year! May we grow all the more in His grace in the coming year!

January
Sorraya mastered climbing the stairs...and we got baby gates! :)

Our sweet Sunshine turned ONE!!!

February

We were able to go to AZ and got some professional family pictures done!
They turned out great and what treasures they are!

While in AZ, we celebrated Dad turning 60 with presenting him with 60 years of memories!

Kristin and I gathered memories from old and new friends and family and it blessed him greatly!

March

Our Ryken turned 3 years old!!

Big Girl Raya started walking!!!
(video doesn't work)

April

Easter family picture!

Our privilege to help at Valley Baptist Church in Valley City started Easter Sunday as Chris filled in at the pulpit!

We made it to the bridge over the interstate to watch the cars!!

Such a highlight!

May

We had a visit from the Brucks side of the family! 

Mother's Day

Chris went to New York for a work trip and was able to see Niagara Falls for the first time! 

He very much enjoyed it and was thankful for the opportunity to see such a beautiful site!

Out celebrating our 4th Anniversary! 

June

Ryken got to spray water out of a real Fire hose! 

We had a nice visit with Grandma!

At Midwest KidFest with our good friends the Johnson's!

Father's Day 

First Baseball game of the Season!

And Ryken got another Baseball!

Our good friends the Rudolph's came for a visit and were able to stay with us for some of their time!

First time mowing our grass! :)

July

4th of July!!

Ryken got to try sparklers for the first time!

First time swimming at a pool!

First time playing and swimming at Buffalo River!

Fargo Street Fair for Daddy's birthday!

Crazy Dayz in Valley City with the Johnson's!

Fargo Air Show with the Blue Angels!!

Good Friends, Jenn and her son Blake came for a visit!!

August

We announced baby Brucks #3 was coming in 2016!!

Park in our neighborhood was up and open!!

Family pictures in the Apple Orchard!

We were able to get our shed under our deck completed!

Got to go see the Marching Band again and got to meet Mr. Johnson (the band man) himself! 

Nephew Reece Tovrea Evans was born August 31!! 

September
We went to South Dakota, Rapid City area with the Brucks' side and rented a cabin and saw Mt. Rushmore and other beautiful sites! 

Ryken wanted to paint a picture for the new baby!

October

Chris and I out on a date seeing the The Martian in 3D after a nice supper together!

The kids and I did the Life Walk with my mom's group!

Free Admission to the Zoo! Family Fun!

At Maplewood seeing the beautiful fall colors!!

Ryken handing out cookies to the NDSU Gold Star Marching Band!

Mom turned 60 this year and we made a book of 60 memories from Friends and Familes!

It also greatly blessed her!

Chris and I got to see our healthy little bundle on the ultrasound screen!

We were able to keep the gender a surprise! 

November

Ryken got his first toy lawn mower!!

Ryken got a new car seat, so Sorraya could have his old one and we could use our infant one for the new baby!

We have a wonderful Thanksgiving Feast with some members from our church family!

December

First Snow of the Season and the kids had a blast playing in it!

Fargo Reindeer Day in Downtown!

Daddy and Ryken riding the Ferris Wheel in Scheels!

Meeting Bob the Dinosaur in Valley City

We made it to AZ again for a week!

We spent Christmas with the Brucks' side of the family in Mandan!

A beautiful year it was!

The Lord is good!

"Let those who delight in my righteousness shout for joy and be glad and say evermore, 'Great is the Lord, who delights in the welfare of his servant!' Then my tongue shall tell of your righteousness and of your praise all the day long."

Psalm 35:27-28