December Happenings

Its December so of course a lot has to be going on, but we're doing good keeping it all going at a good pace. Here' lots of pictures of some of whats been going on.....enjoy.

The boys working on their gifts for the girls of the family.

We are making almost every single gift we're giving this year...I have loved it, the boys are really putting an effort into what they think everyone would like.

I walked into the living room and found this going on one day after school...Jon Michael reading Jalyn his library book...one of those few peaceful, scene's b/w brothers! I love that Jon Michael enjoys reading, Jalyn would love to, he's always on the look out for his sight words and he's trying to write so he's constantly sounding out things...which of coures doesn't always work in our english language...we're always telling him, "Yes, thats how it sounds but this one breaks the rule." What's the point of rules that are constantly broken when learning?!

Here's pictures of the Houston Blizzard of 2009!! Samson standing on the back porch looking at me thru the door wondering whats going on..see his hair blowing in the wind? I put our christmas party drinks outside to be cool instead of taking up my fridge space!

Snow (sleet) on my hoodie after walking back from the neighbors house.

HERE IT IS!!!!!! YES, THE BLIZZARD!!!!!! THOSE ARE TEXAS SIZED SNOW DRIFTS!!!! Well, not texas sized like bigger than life, texas sized like we don't get snow 'round here!!!!

Really this is as much as we got, we actually got more in our few hours of snow last year, it all stayed down south of us, so the pictures you were all seeing of Houston on the national news were just frustrating my boys!!!!

Pictures of our "non-small group christmas party"! This is a group of friends that were originally in a small group together but we're all in different places and churches now but we're still family! I can't imagine having Christmas w/o these guys. Mr. Jeff is checking out Jalyn's toolbox that holds art supplies.

Jackson and his nerf sword.

Chris and Nathaniel playing with his gift.

The boys checking out Jon Michaels shotgun....Mr Rob knows him well, from all of those nights of bible study at our house when the kids would all come downstairs with some kind of weapon!

The kids all draw names for a gift exchange and here they're ripping into them.

The adults play white elephant gift exchange...this is Rob with his coat they had unwrapped. Sarah had brought it wrapped up as a gift, he had left it at their house. It was so funny.

The boys working on more Christmas gifts.

Jalyn using some of the paint that came in his art toolbox.

This is the picture he's working on...can you tell what it is? Its HURRICANE IKE hitting our house with a lightening bolt!!!!! I'm not kidding, thats exactly what he told me when I asked. Maybe he was working thru some issues he still has left from the storm...I know I am...seriously, I don't sleep when it rains now...that's a whole 'nother story.

And this is Samson during the blizzard and cold weather warning...such a hard life!!!!

Ok, we'll have more later as the business continues!