Life Group Christmas party

Our leader Jeff

With his beautiful wife Kirsten
Eating our dinner we had a soupganza!
All the different soups -

Bread for sopping up extra soup
Numbers for Dirty Santa game. I thought this was a creative way to do numbers. Props to Kirsten
Randy & Michelle
Nick & Tammy
Picking a good one....
Steal time.....
Fun times at Life Group!

Christmas fun

Yesterday was a day of Christmas fun.

First we had the MOMs group from Peoples church annual Happy Birthday Jesus party. This is always a fun time. They had a puppet show, yummy snacks, read the Christmas story and then got to play while the moms heard a speaker. MOMs always does a fantastic job and always with so much class and well thought out plans.

Then the evening was set aside for Justus preschool Christmas program. It is always fun to watch the kids perform their songs. You just never know what its gonna be like. Js class did great, of course. They sang Mary Had a Little Baby to the tune of Mary had a little Lamb. Super cute!

Busy, busy

Weve just been busy. Busy cleaning, busy getting back into the rhythm of California life.

Busy playing:

Busy decorating:

Busy eating:
Busy making treats:

Big Trucks and Little Kids

One of the last fun things we got to do before we left Alabama was to go to where my mom works and check out a Big Truck. My mom works in the office of a trucking company and has for many years. We love the owners and they have been so good to my mom during this difficult time.

We took the kids to go explore life on the road. They enjoyed going all over it and even getting to honk the LOUD horn.


Justus was really interested in the back part too. So many wires and great big wheels.

Fun times!

Thanksgiving 2010

One of the great things about being in Alabama was that we got to celebrate Thanksgiving with my dads side of the family. He comes from a family of 10 kids so there are so many of us. Even this year, which was a small year, we had 47. It was fun. People eating inside, people eating outside - so much food and all so yummy! We have lots to be thankful for!!!

My dads siblings oldest to youngest - 2 sisters are with Jesus.

Ladsen, Edna, Carolyn, Faye, Steve, Don, Robbie & Larry

You can always tell which foods are the favorites.....this pot was Chicken & Dumplings
After we ate Haven watched Lady & the Tramp on my phone almost the whole time
Justus pretended to be a train
Picture with Cousin Kara
Braxton, Steve, Wesley & Kara - gotta love the shots when they are chewing ;)
Gloria, Cheree, Barry, Rita & Kim
Claire, Ethan & Emma


Like I said....SO much to be thankful for!!!!

Back to Havens birthday

On Havens actual birthday, we did have a fun day planned. We started out the morning having hot cocoa, complete with mini marshmallows, with our breakfast.

Then opened cards from Gigi & Papa, Daddy & others

Took some some so cute pictures

Played outside

Went with friends Chris, Jessica and Zayden to a Haunted forest hay ride complete with story tellers at the end and cider and rice crispy treats.

So fun!

Outdoor fun

One of the best things about being in Alabama is all the outdoor fun you can have. My parents live on about 1 3/4 acre and all around them the lots are big, so there is lots of room to play. They dont have very many laws either about what you can or cant do.

So one night we decided to build a fire and make smores.

Then neighbor Jeff came by on his 4 wheeler and gave J a ride.

These are just a few examples of the fun we had!