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Easter and Florida...

2006-05-07T20:15:00.000-05:00

Not sure what to say about all of these pictures. Just know that we were blessed to have the opportunity to go down to Florida for just over a week. God knew that we needed some time in the sun and he showed us favor in allowing us to take that trip. Enjoy these pictures from our trip to Florida as well as our Easter festivities.

Annual Update...

2006-03-30T22:12:00.000-05:00

Being a youth pastor, it is almost that time of year. The time when all of my students' will get their yearbooks in anticipation of seeing how many times their face shows up in it. (You have to understand that your popularity is based on the number of times you are the yearbook.) Anyways, this is kind of like my once a year post to show what has gone on throughout the last year. Not quite sure what I can give for an excuse as to why I haven't posted in like two years. I will be honest and say that I am not sure how soon it is going to change. We have just been so incredibly full of activity over the last couple months. It is has just been one thing after the other and we are just along for the ride. Notice in the pictures that the kids have changed just a little bit. What you won't be able to tell from the pictures is the fact that we are now down to only two children in diapers. Kendall has taken the step into being fully potty-trained and we are so excited for her and for us. I know we were fortunate because it was a relatively easy process. Kendall is now officially getting way way to big. I look at pictures of her and can't even believe how old she is. God has been good to us and we are thankful for his blessings. As always I will try to do a better job of posting and keeping you up to date with the doings of our family.

Momma's Boy

2006-02-15T22:47:00.000-05:00

Someone should have warned me that having a boy was going to be totally different than having the girls. Everything from changing diapers to the way that I talk to him is so different than it was with the girls. I can't tell you how many times I have been talking to Hayden and have slipped and called him "Daddy's little girl." I guess I just need to accept that he is "Momma's Boy!" He loves Bethany so much and it is really awesome to see that connection that the two of them have. Bethany has really been able to connect with Hayden and I am so glad for that because she can instill in him a tender heart of love. He has brought so much added joy to our home and he is really getting quite the personality. I just have to make sure that he doesn't let his sister's start dressing him up in their princess dresses. As you can see Bethany and Kendall had him all decked out in the beads for his photoshoot. If you haven't had the chance to see Hayden yet in person we need to try and arrange that because he is probably the most handsome boy that has ever graced the face of this earth.

Saturday Night in Frankenschnitzel...

2006-02-15T22:37:00.000-05:00

Last Saturday we went up and spent the evening at Frankenschnitzel (or more commonly referred to as Frankenmuth). Bethany's sister and her family stayed at the Bavarian Inn and so we went up and let the girl's go swimming with their cousins. Before we went swimming though we had the bright idea of going on an horse carriage ride in the middle of winter. Thankfully it hasn't been the coldest winter here in Michigan, but it was pretty cold none the less. Anyways, good times had in the town of Zehnder's Chicken and little elves running around getting ready for next Christmas.

Forever Plaid...

2006-02-15T22:31:00.000-05:00

Look at these girl's rockin' the plaid. Would you believe, that these two dresses that the girls are wearing are actually dresses that Bethany wore when she was little? Bethany's mom saved these dresses and just this last Sunday the girl's sported them at church. Pretty cool, huh?

In just a few short weeks...

2006-01-28T13:32:00.000-05:00

Pictures...

2006-01-18T22:54:00.000-05:00

How Did We Get So Lucky?...

2006-01-09T21:44:00.000-05:00

Pictures...

2005-12-23T22:19:00.000-05:00

So Much Change...

2005-12-07T22:40:00.000-05:00

Look at these pictures. Hayden has changed so so much. It never fails every time we go visit him in the nursery that he seems to look different. God has no doubt about it blessed us once again. Hayden is such a beautiful baby and he is so good. He is a very gentle baby who likes his sleep. He doesn't seem to have much of a temper to him yet, at least from what we have seen. As I sit here on Wednesday night at 11:00 p.m. we are waiting for him to graduate to the regular nursery. Once he does that he is finally going to be able to come to our room. That has been something that has been different with him because we haven't been able to see him unless we go down to the nursery. He has been feeding very well and so Bethany is very excited about that. Tomorrow we will go home and then the fun begins. Hope you all enjoy these pictures. Bethany and I had fun with our photo shoot tonight after she got done feeding him in the nursery. We got all kinds of foot shots and then just some other good photos. God Bless you all.

The Loving Sisters...

2005-12-07T22:20:00.000-05:00

There is no need to worry about Hayden. He has two sister's that are ready to care for him without any hesitation. The girls got to come up and vist him yesterday for the first time. Bethany and I went and took them one at a time down to the nursery to see him. Kendall was very loving and gentle and made sure that Hayden knew that he had a pacifier in his bed. Kendall really wanted to hold him, but had to settle with being able to at leats touch. Graycee on the other hand wanted to "eat him up." It is going to be a challenge keeping an eye on Graycee every second because she is never going to give Hayden a break. Pray for Bethany!

The Boy Has Arrived!!!

2005-12-06T00:14:00.000-05:00

Hayden Eric Scott Bills arrived in this world at 10:20 p.m. on Monday, December 5th. He came in weighing 7 lbs. 8 oz. and he is 21 1/2 in. long. He is doing fairly well but he came out "sunny side" up and he got a little fluid on his lungs. Because of that he is now in the special needs nursery and he has to get to where he is breathing 21% oxygen. Roght now he is at 40% and so he isn't very far away. He is so cute and he is a combination of both of the girls. See for yourself...

My Girls...

2005-12-05T11:00:00.000-05:00

Seriously, what more could a man ask for? These are my girls and I love them so much. These pictures are courtesy once again of my wife's professional picture taking skills. Would you believe that she took the ones of her by the window and holding Kendall using the timer? I am so incredibly thankful for my family and for what God has given me. My wife is absolutely beautiful and as you can see it has rubbed off on my girls. Seriously, what would I do without my family. For anyone that knows Bethany and I then you know that my awesome wife has been pregnant for 27 out of the last like 39 months since we got married. Bethany deserves an award for being such a champ through all of this. Saying that I am going to say this hopefully not as a jinx, we are going to be taking an extended (maybe to never return) leave of absense from the "pregnancy days." Our goal was to have four kids by the time that I turned 30. We are a little ahead of schedule (I am now 25) and we are reconsidering the four children scenario. Anyways, I am out. Enjoy the pictures and share them with anyone that you know that knows us that may not see them otherwise. Love to all. God's Blessings in this holiday season.

Is a Blog a Blog if?...

2005-12-05T10:35:00.000-05:00

Is a tree a tree if no one ever climbs it?... Is a paper a paper if no one ever reads it?... Of course, and a blog is a blog even if no one ever reads it, or posts on it. If you are one of those faithful blog readers to our blog than I thank you. A peanut is still a peanut even if no one reads it, and the Bible is still God's Word even if no one reads it. So if you have continued to check out our very inactive blog than I thank you very very much. As of late September we have gotten and kept ourselves very busy. I am sure you are probably thinking, if you are one that knows how easy a blog is to update, that I am just making excuses. Let's see maybe it is just the fact that we have two very busy girls that we have to keep up with. Maybe it is just the fact that I have other more important things that I should be doing for my ministry and I actually do those things first. Whatever it is here is my post for the next two months. JK I will say it again for the four hundredth time on this blog that I will try to keep up better with our life and how God is continuing to bless us. Bethany is at the doctor right now scheduling what time she is going to be delivering Hayden into this world on Wednesday. I still am not over the fact that we are having a boy and what a huge adjustment that is for us. I still walk into every store and immediately my eyes go straight to the little girl's clothes racks. We are definitely looking forward to Hayden's arrival and anticipate that God is going to bless our family immensely again like he has twice already. As soon as we get some good photos of him they will be up here for sure. Anyways, I better get on to my blessed life.

so, it's been a while...

2005-09-26T21:55:00.000-05:00

Here I go again. When am I ever going to be the blogger that I want to be. It just seems like I can never find enough time to keep up with this thing. I go around telling everyone how easy it is to use Blogger and yet you would think for me it is the hardest thing in the world. It reminds me a little bit of the Greek class that I thought I should take while at Indiana Wesleyan. Good thought, but a very bad idea. They never told me when I signed up for the class that I needed to have two hours a night to put towards just this one class. That is probably the exact reason why I didn't pass the stupid class. I had many other things that were more important at that point in my life like soccer and friends. JK, I wish I would have put more effort into that class. Anyways, I finally got some new pictures onto my computer and now I am posting them for your enjoyment. The pictures on here are mostly from Graycee's Birthday party in which she had a Tinkerbell theme and we had Oopsy Daisy the Clown for entertainment. Hopefully through the pictures you can tell just how much Graycee enjoyed the party. Kendall I think enjoyed it just as much because she loved helping her sister open presents. Anyways, no one who comes to this blog does so to read my "pointless rants and raves" so I will say goodnight to all. Seriously, if you can take my word for it I am going to do everything in my power to try and stay up with my blog from now on. Don't call me a liar if I fail again in trying. Hope everyone is doing well. We love you all and are thankful that we have so many family and friends who love and support us.

Just something Random...

2005-08-29T03:29:00.000-05:00

Well, it has been a few days now so let me fill you in real quick. Things still are very crazy in the life of the Bills'. We have been busy with church stuff as well as life and family things. These last two days we have been "piggin' out." I say that with a little pun intended because in the last two days we have been at two seperate pig roasts. That is an experience all in itself. I will be honest and tell you that I ate pig at the first and then at the second (which was today at our church's ministry fair) I ate turkey. I think I am going to stick with my Texas Roadhouse Pork Chops and stay as far away from right off the pig as I can. I am adding just a couple pictures for those who check the blog. The one of the girls was just a fun picture from the other day when they were being funny with their sunglasses on. The family picture was taken about two weeks ago. God has blessed me (Nathan) with an absolutely beautiful family. Thanks to Bethany (and her beauty) our kids have nothing to worry about. God Bless until the next post... We love you all!

What A Nice Surprise...

2005-08-25T04:24:00.000-05:00

Happy Birthday Graycee Suzanne! Today was Graycee's birthday so now she is finally 1 year old. Sometimes it is hard to believe it has been a year already and then there are those times when it is hard to believe it's only been a year. Graycee has been such an incredible blessing to our family's life and we are so amazed at the gift that God has given to us. Bethany and I as parent's have been given already two beautiful and healthy children. Thank You Lord for the blessing of children. Tonight after we got home from visiting the goats at Frontier Town we had a surpise visit from none other than my sister and her family. We definitely weren't expecting them, but are very grateful for the short time that we had to share with that wonderful family. Heather and Joe's baby, Henry, is getting so big. It was great to see him again as well as the twins and Jack. We found out with our girl's being around Henry that we will never have to worry about Henry feeling alone or all by himself. Kendall and Graycee loved Henry and couldn't keep there hands off of their cousin. Kendall is going to be a very good mother someday just like her own mother. Kendall made sure Henry had his pacifier at all times and then when it came time for his bottle she made sure that it was always lodged in his mouth. Anyways, enjoy the few pictures that we got from our time together.

really, do i even have to say anything?

2005-08-12T05:22:00.000-05:00

What more is there to say? I have to say something though. These pictures were taken just the other day by none other than Bethany herself. Bethany is becoming quite the photographer as you can tell. She takes very good shots of the girls and she really seems to know what she is doing. I am going to go out on a limb and say that Bethany has got to be one of the best photographers on the face of this earth. Will you agree? If you are interested in having Bethany take pictures for you or your family give her agent a call. Her agent for all intensive purposes we will say is none other than myself. By the way these pictures were taken on the new camera that I bought Bethany for our anniversary. Good stuff babe! I will post more pictures when I get another opportunity. Enjoy...

Kendall's Birthday Pictures...

2005-08-04T15:18:00.000-05:00

Please Tell Me You Can Relate...

2005-08-01T20:07:00.000-05:00

Ok, enough is enough. Here I said I was going to keep up with this blog, and what is the first thing that goes wrong with my blog? The only problem I have been having with my blog is not having the time to post on it. Can you relate to me, the most obsessive compulsive person when it comes to how things will look. I just got to this post after spending an hour fixing another post I already had because the writing wasn't all together like I wanted it to be. Whatever dude. If you know me then you probably know that I struggle with being obsessive compulsive, or at least that is what I considered myself. It has never been a full blown disorder for me, and I will say that it has gotten alot better since my younger more extreme days. (I used to iron my underwear and undershirts... I used to rewrite my school papers if I would make to big of a mark for a period...I used to shower multiple times in a row until I could get my hair to be the way I wanted it to...etc.) You know maybe that isn't being OC it might just be plain ol' "messed up." Anyways, I am finally getting to what is going to have to suffice as my "Month of July Post" to fill you in on all that took place in that month. Three of the four weeks in July were spent in the woods at camp. We had Family Camp the first week and then Jr. and Sr. High Camps the third and fourth weeks. In July we also celebrated three out of the four birthdays. There hasn't been a day gone by yet since Kendall's birthday in which she hasn't sang to one of us "Happy Birthday." Kendall is two now and let me just tell you that she talks very very well for her age and she happens to talk alot too. Give us a call sometime and I will make sure that you have the chance to talk to Kendall. July also brought about the opportunity for us to find out the gender of our next baby. We were very fortunate to have an awesome technician on ultrasound day and we got to see some really neet shots of the baby. There is no question on this one, "It's a Boy!" We are very excited and Bethany along with her mom started and probably have finished getting everything we will need for Hayden's first three to six months with us. Hayden is going to have his hands full with his sister's no doubt about it. Within the first day of him being home I am sure he is going to know how much he is loved by his older sisters. Before I say so long for this "post" I have to tell you that I got a guitar for my birthday. You say "I didn't know you played guitar..." and I say "Well I didn't know that either." Bethany knew that I was wanting to learn and how do you learn if you don't have a guitar to play on. Thank You Bethany for that awesome awesome gift. Bethany's dad got me a paintball gun. You say "I didn't know you played paintball..." and I say "I didn't know that either." I was always all about shooting Bethany's dads paintball gun when I was over there and he ended up getting me one for my birthday. There definitely will be pictures of both of my birthday presents to follow at a later date. Thanks for checking in and keep on keeping on!

ShoppingSpree...

2005-07-01T00:59:00.000-05:00

Look at this shoppin' Girl! Tonight at Farmer Jack they had the little "Shopper in Training" carts and Kendall really took to hers. It really was the funniest thing because she was just like any other person in a hurry while they shopped. She ran into a couple other people, and knocked one or two things off the shelf. All in all she thought it was fun because she was a "big girl." The one picture just so happened to be in Kendall's favorite aisle. She really enjoys her snacks (i.e. chips, candy, pop...). Just thought you would all like to see what we did tonight.

In The Beginning...

2005-06-30T15:40:00.000-05:00

This is the beginning of my life as a blogger. I am tired of trying to use email to stay in touch with all of our friends. I spent three hours last night trying to get pictures to send from my email and I am still not even sure that it worked. My older brother, Sam, talked me into trying this "blog thing" out. I hope that this makes it easier for friends and family to stay up on what is going on in the life of our family.

What better way of starting off our blog than with a picture of the two most beautiful girls in the whole wide world. Thankfully, the girls have a beautiful mother that they get their good looks from. Bethany and I have been very blessed to have Kendall as Graycee in our life. They have brought us so much joy and happiness and we look forward to watching them grow both physically and spiritually.