Presenting: Elaina Nadine Beaver!!

I wanted everyone to be able to see the latest addition to the Beaver family. And what a sweetie! We are going up there to visit them at the end of next week. Andy and Sammy are just loving their little sister. She was born November 28, 2005 at 4:06am. Height: 20 inches, Weight: 7 pounds 12 ounces. She was a couple weeks "early" but that's just because Sharon knows what she's doing. ;o)

Only a week old and already sitting up and smiling...

I think this picture is too much! Ethan is so proud.

Sammy and his new baby sissy. He looks so big! (Now he's "Samuel in the Middle.")

I'm back

Okay, so I took a whole month off. But, for anyone who's still out there, I found this interesting article in WORLD magazine, and wanted to share:

Why December 25?

The origin of Christmas had nothing to do with paganism by Gene Edward Veith

According to conventional wisdom, Christmas had its origin in a pagan winter solstice festival, which the church co-opted to promote the new religion. In doing so, many of the old pagan customs crept into the Christian celebration. But this view is apparently a historical myth—like the stories of a church council debating how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, or that medieval folks believed the earth is flat—often repeated, even in classrooms, but not true..... (MORE)