Dressed up

Aren't they just the cutest?!?!

Our church had a formal ladies tea this weekend, so the girls and I dressed up in our Christmas finest. Eddie and Samuel also were dressed up as they were servers. The ladies put on a very nice tea and my girls had fun going to their first formal tea.

I'd been asked to post some pics of the house since we got more painted -- here is one of the living room all decorated for Christmas.

Christmas Program part 2

Just a couple more pics

I didn't get a picture of the whole group together, as I was busy being a sheep herder on the side,
but here's a couple pretty good shots of the group.

Christmas Program

The church had their annual Christmas program last week. The kids did a great job presenting a nativity musical. It was a simple program, but a great reminder of the true reason we celebrate Christmas.

my little sheepies :-)

my wise-people

The Kiddos

For those of you who just check the blog to see pics of the kids, you should like this one!! ;-)
They got new pjs for an early Christmas present and are posing here to show them off.

Here they are in true form... :-D

They also had a lot of fun with family making a gingerbread train, which they aptly named
the "The Candy Express" -- yes that really is a train under all of that frosting and candy!

AWANA

Our kids sure have enjoyed AWANA!
Here's a pic of part of the kids at opening.

This week was our Operation Christmas Child where the whole church got together and filled Christmas shoeboxes.
The kids brought enough stuff to fill 46 boxes!!!

The girls enjoyed having Daddy help them!

Here are the boxes ready to be delivered and then shipped.