The Best Christmas Padget Ever

While at Memama's and Grandaddy's this past week-end, the girls were playing dress-up while we were getting things ready for our Christmas dinner. They came down the stairs dressed as Mary and an angel and wanted to do a "play" for us. It was the sweetest thing I have ever seen. Memama and Samuel were Shepherds, Faith was Mary, Daddy was the star and Hannah Grace was Gabriel who read the Christmas story.

Baby Jesus in His manger of straw (it's really a grass skirt).

Samuel helped Grandaddy read the Christmas story this year while the girls acted out the story again.

As I sat and watched and listened tears filled my eyes and I thanked the Lord that they seemed to be "getting it" - they get why we have Christmas: the birth of Jesus. Even in the times when we are giving and excited about getting gifts and getting excited about Santa coming, they still get it!!!

GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST!!!!

Handsome Young Man

Samuel had his Chorus Christmas concert last week. Doesn't he look so handsome?

Gingerbread House

Last week we went to have supper at McDonald's and to make Gingerbread houses. I had seen it on their board and figured it was going to be little graham cracker houses, but I was wrong. They were giving big gingerbread houses for the kids to decorate. Hannah Grace and Faith had so much fun decorating, eating and eating the decorations.

3rd Week of Advent

*Please click here to read about our 2nd week of Advent.

For our 3rd week of Advent we learned about the Angels and how they came to Mary and Joseph and to the shepherds. We talked about how Mary, Joseph and Jesus were going to be a family just like we are a family.

Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary.

Luke 1:26

Happy 5th Birthday Faith

Friday Family Funny - It Was Already Done

Last week we were at Grammy and Big Daddy's house and they had been decorating their house for Christmas. As we were leaving, Faith noticed there was a Santa Clause with a broken leg on the kitchen counter; without missing a beat she lifted her hands in the air as said, "It was already done!"

As you can see the Santa Clause has now been fixed and ready to be returned to Grammy and Big Daddy's house. And by the way, it was already done!

Go Tell It On The Mountain

Faith had her school Christmas program on Tuesday and Wednesday. Travis and I were able to go on Tuesday and hated that we weren't there to "cheer her on" on Wednesday. But, our friend, Scott (Jabba), parents were there seeing their granddaughter, so we told her to look for the man that looked like Jabba and smile. When she got in the car and was telling me about it she said, "I saw the man that looked like Jabba and he smiled at me".

Anyway, she has been excited for weeks about her "solo" in the Christmas program. When she came home and told me that she had a solo, I didn't believe her at first, but then she continued to tell me, I believed her (and her teacher sent me an email). She did such a great job!!!

She was also excited to wear her "Mrs. Claus" dress.

Here is Faith playing the handbells.

I can't believe she turns five on Monday ...

2nd Week of Advent

For the second week of Advent we learned about the wise men and the gifts that they brought the Jesus (and they weren't at the manger) and because the wise men brought three gifts to Jesus that is why they get three gifts from us. For our family activity, the kids wrapped the presents they had got for their grandparents. Like last year, we took the kids to The Dollar Tree and let them get a gift for each of their grandparents.

Again, this year Samuel's gift was broken. I just happened to snap the picture as he saw it. No worries...it was fixed.

Faith really got into the cutting of the wrapping paper.

Hannah Grace loves giving gifts. She really put a lot of thought into the gifts she picked out and can't wait to see her grandparents open them.

And when they had come into the house, they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshiped Him. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Matthew 2:11

Friday Family Funnies - Fun at the Beauty Shop

First Week of Advent

Things are so busy this month, I can't seem to get the blog caught up, but oh well...maybe before the end of the year.

I look forward to Monday night's in our house during the month of December. Each Monday night during supper we have our Family Advent Time. Travis tell us a story that goes along with one of our boxes. Monday night, he told us about the star showing the shepherds and wise men how to find Jesus and how many, many, many years before Jesus was born prophets were telling people of His coming.

After supper each kids made their Christmas chain. I remember making a chain to count down the days until Christmas each, too. Every morning when the kids get up they tear a change off to count the days until Christmas. The girl's even have a special chain for their birthday.

But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet our of you shall come forth to Me the One to be ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth have been from of old, From everlasting.

Micah 5:2

Thanksgiving 2008

We hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We made a trip to Kentucky to visit with with family. I have been sick about two weeks so, I don't have many pictures from our trip because I was (and not) feeling well. But that doesn't mean that we didn't have a great time. It is always wonderful to see family and the kids always have such a great time.

Happy Thanksgiving

Road to a Championship

Woodruff High School is in the third round of playoffs and last week that's where we were on Friday night.

We're hoping they go all the way!