2006 is almost gone, how time flies

Well this was a great way to end the year with a fun week of grandkids.

We had Christmas at the Sullivan's (molly's folks). Mark lead us in Christmas carols, John had made a manger bed that we all put our gifts on a piece of paper to Jesus, we ate, we played Apples to Apples, and John read the Christmas story from the Bible. Molly's brother Sean, wife Rebecca, and their two kids Connor and Patrick, GG (John's mom) and great family friend Ms. Pat were all there celebrating the birth of our Lord. What a blessing to be able to come together and remember all He has done for us. Molly and I went to the Nativity movie. We would recommend it. We were commenting on how we kind of overlook how important Joseph's calling was. What an unusual man called to unusual life. God surely has something interesting for each of us.

More fun

Another day we had a big baking fest. We made candy cane cookies Isaac remembers making as a boy and of course chocolate chip and invisible mint peanut butter. Everyone got to pound the candy mints to spitherins with a hammer, unwrap many candies, roll the dough, twist and shout. We also went to see Charlotte's web with Bobbi (the other grandma) and her other two grandboys. We think we might have liked it better than the kids, but it was a sight to see that row of beautiful kids.
Mike and Johanna brought Marky back the next weekend and spent the night with us and we all went to church the next day. It was nice having three of my kids in one place, and five of the grandkids, not to mention 2 in law kids. Mark and I are truly blessed to have such wonderful kids. I forgot to mention we were able to have dinner with Sam and his oldest friend Jason while we were in Virginia.
It has been a little strange not being in our own home this Christmas and we have new relatives, but God has a great plan and purpose for our life and I'm interested to see what will unfold in 2007. Happy New Year.

Christmas Time

Well we had some Christmas fun. We drove Marky up to his big sis and brother in laws house in Virginia and we kidnapped their two gems, Grace and Faith. We had a week of cousin fun. As you can see they built a home that could fit all five of them. There was much debate about how to decorate, but it was a fun time!!!

We then did some crafts one day provided by Aunt Chrissie. The boys made snowman magnets, Grace made a beautiful snowflake and Faith made an angel. It was a lot of fun. On Saturday, Grandpa and daddy took all the kids to the WNC nature center. They seem to get the biggest kick out of an australian cow, called an oreo, because of his coloration. They had some fun with a very friendly otter too.