More on new year's eve...

Each family made a calendar for a shut in at our church. They turned out so cute. Attached to it was the name of the person you were making it for and their address so you could later go and deliver it to that person. I loved this idea and I loved that we were bringing in the new year right. Loving God and loving others!! I wish I had taken a picture of this but my hands were not free.
Of course there were lots of fire works!

Bringing in the new year with lots of friends...

We spent new years eve night with lots of friends. Some friends of ours have what I would call the ideal house. They live in a huge barn that is on lots of land. They hosted a new years party and invited couples and families from our Sunday school class. Because my friend is very creative and organized (I joke that she should run for president someday, I would totally vote for her) we went from one event to another. My pictures are all out of order, but here they are...

We made smores of course!!

Some people brought their riding toys and we rode all over their land on four wheelers, easy goes, and rangers. The kids loved this part!! There are 3 ponds, lots of cows, donkeys, and horses on their land.

Just wanted to get a picture in of this angel who is growing so fast.

We all went on a hay ride. We snuggled in and sang songs at the top of our lungs.

There was a huge screen and projector out side and the kids watch Charlotte's Web and we all ate chili. Later we played music videos and the kids sang and danced to worship music. I loved watching them get down with hands wide open. I know God must have been smiling!!

Christmas Morning...

I took pictures of the house before the kids got up. Everything after they woke up is on my video camera. We woke up and read the Christmas story to them from the Bible. It was such a sweet time. Poppa Bear asked the kids what they thought life would be like if Jesus had never come to this earth. My girl said she thought we would know that God is awesome but we would have no hope of ever being with Him.
We were all thankful for Jesus!!
Reagan got a Nerf gun that shoots missiles with little suction cups at the end. I cracked up when I walked into my room where I have this huge picture of my darling girl on the wall and found that little man used it for a target. Ha! He is very good at playing the little brother.

Santa Land

One night over the break we went to Santa Land. The cost was $20 a car and the cars were lined up about 20 miles away. I can not imagine how much these people make in one season or even one night. Some friends of ours went the next night and the line was the same. CRAZY!! Can you tell we live in the sticks and there is literally nothing to do? Throw a few lights up in a tree and call it Santa Land and we are going to drive there to see it!! Wish I had thought of that first!! The kids had a great time.

Ice Skating

On the second day we took the kids ice skating. There is a huge tree in the middle of the rink and everything is so beautiful. The kids had a great time. They all got on that ice and took off like ol' pros!

More pics of Six Flags

Christmas...

The Christmas break started out with a two night trip to Dallas. We took the kids to Six Flags. Reagan was tall enough to ride some of the bigger rides. We had a blast. It was lots of fun and very cold!!