A Blessed, Crazy 2009

Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable His judgments, and His paths beyond tracing out! "Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?" "Who has ever given to God, that God should repay him?" For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.(Rom. 11:33)

As we come to the close of 2009 celebrating our Savior's birth and offering our praise and thanksgiving we look back and the wonders of our Savior-God are truly baffling. His amazing grace; His tender mercy; His healing hand; they have all been with us every step of the way, just as He promises. Imagine that. For He says to us in Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

We have indeed prospered under His plan. A plan which brought us to a new home and congregation. A plan which took us to UNMC and He provided Jess with strength and endurance and blessed us with three MIRACLES. A plan that continued to watch over His little ones as they grew bigger and stronger. And a plan which finally brought us home to be a family.

We've enjoyed great health and the girls are growing and growing and growing. Each day they have some new surprise for us, God is GOOD! Thank you all for your love and support, for being extensions of our God's loving hand to us. We can't thank Him or you enough. Enjoy the new pics taken on Christmas Eve and God bless you all during this season of our Savior's birth.

Love Josh, Jess, Claire, Emma and Stella

Is it really the end of December already?

Yikes it has been a month since we have gotten around to updating the blog that is sad, where does the time go? It is very hard to believe that next week is Christmas already.

This month has been a busy one for us here at the Hillmann home. Our girls, who are now nearly 10 months old, are all exploring in every which directions. Stella is crawling at full speed with good form. Claire is following right behind with a lightly less perfect form and Emma, well she gets where she wants but she is still working the whole process out. She is often on all fours rocking back and forth, looking at something with all her might. Sometimes she makes it a few feet and falls flat, but eventually she makes it where she wants to go. Unfortunately Emma often finds herself at the bottom of a pile of sisters, she is like a speed bump for the other two really. Anyway, Josh and I spend most of our days rounding up girls and enjoying their humor, smiles and new tricks. Otherwise we have been blessed with good health, none of us have had so much as a cold.

Last week Grandpa and Grandma Hillmann came for a short visit over Grandpa's birthday. It was good to see them and for Ron to get a chance to see how much the girls have grown.

Happy Holidays