Christmas Program 2017

 Ashlynn, Alisa, and Teddy played in the band for the prelude to the evening.

 K5 gave a poem about "The Christmas Lights Went Out" to start the evening.

Ashlynn's class did a reading.

 Each class did a Scripture passage or poem or song.  K5 said James 1:17 and sang the song "A Gift to You"!

 Our favorite part of the whole evening is when all the students and staff sing "Come On, Ring Those Bells"!  It gives me chills every time!  God has been good to our school once again this year and has provided for our every need

 Dad was in Germany for the week and we missed him.  It will be fun to have him home for at least two or three weeks in a row!  Merry Christmas to us!

"It's A Wonderful Life" 2017 FBC Productions

Our first production of the Christmas play "It's A Wonderful Life"!  What a fun opportunity!  So many people worked tirelessly to make it a success...and the goal of the event was to share the Gospel message to our community.

 It was fun to see so many of our church family come together and make the characters come alive and the set design work.  Hundreds of hours were given by people who caught the vision of Uncle Pastor!

 Teddy played Young George for the first scene and then acted as an extra in several scenes.  He also did a great job helping with the set changes!  Kari played Ma Bailey.

 Our makeup after our first performance...

 I looked pretty haggard after our make-up artist was done with me...and it didn't show up as good after the second night...because I was feeling haggard after the busy days.

 It was a lot of work...but it was a lot of fun to work with Uncle Pastor and our church family.  The spirit among this crew was fun and the people who chose to be negative and critical missed a big blessing of touching others!

An awesome set...neat costumes...great character matching...and lots of hard work!

A fun night with a sweet family

 We invited Ted's co-worker and family over for some American Christmas fun.  It is their first Christmas in the United States.  We had a ham dinner and then made sugar cookies...something they have never done or eaten.  It was such a fun time sharing a special treat with them.

 There can never be too many sprinkles and giggles!

Our evening was late due to slow travel on the wintry roads.  In the middle of our fun came the text about a snow day! 

 No rushing necessary!  We had a cozy, warm Christmasy evening...looking at things from a different perspective and seeing the joy of new experiences.

We made a batch of play dough for the kiddos to play with on their second snow day of the season!

A snow day...an unexpected gift

December 2017

 We are all enjoying the pretty Christmas decorations again this year.  We have had fun decorating in our new home.  We have pulled out things that were in storage for five years.

 Our schedule is full of many activities...basketball keeps Teddy busy...until he went down in a game with a sprained ankle.  A day of rest, ice, crutches, no practice for a couple days, pain meds, and new ankle braces and he is back to running down the courts.

 Our church is putting on a big Christmas play as an outreach to our community..."It's A Wonderful Life".  So many hours have gone into learning lines, stage and props, costumes and makeup...Dec. 16 and 17 we see it all come together!  I get to play Ma Bailey and Teddy is young George.

My class is working hard on their cute poem, verse, and song for the Christmas program.

We hosted the teen Christmas party last Saturday night.  We made fresh salsa for chips and tacos.  It was fun to watch and listen to all the fun!

When cousins team up...it is funny!

"Give me that (container of vaseline) I want to win!"

 And the winner is...

 What a fun, loud, crazy night with the teenagers!  It was tiring for our little fuzzy dog!