Proud of Jadon and Esther for working so hard in learning their piano songs this year.  It is so fun to hear how much they have learned since last year.  Jadon played Classic Dance.   Esther played Joy to the World/Silent Night Melody.  I was thankful that Greg, Don and Ferol were all able to attend the recital.

 

-Chris

 

Heading up to the mountains this year to find our tree is always an adventure.  This year however seemed to be more of an adventurous struggle than most years, but we persevered and found success.  It was actually becoming quite comical of all the adventurous struggles:

• The kids packed their winter gear:  which resulted in them not have a change of clothes when they got cold and wet.  In all fairness we didn’t expect 3 feet of snow.  Rahab got stuck in a 3 feet of snow.  Her boot got stuck and full of snow.  I came to help and found her boot at the car and her bare foot sitting in the snow.  She was screaming my foot is FREEZING!  I had to carry her to the car through snow, which I kept falling in waist high.  We made it and we didn’t even lose the foot!

• Packed only snacks:  We thought we would have time to stop for lunch, but didn’t anticipate how long it would take to get the tree on the car!  The kids were really hungry, but they survived!

• Greg missed his buddies:  Let’s face it I can’t drag, pull, or lift a 400 pound tree!  But we did eventually get it on the car.  It may have involved rope, pulling the tree down the hill.  A shovel to prop up the tree so Greg could leverage it on the car while I ‘slowly’ back up the car.  Seriously so many things could have gone wrong,  Most importantly I didn’t kill Greg in the process!

• Rahab lost her other front tooth on the mountain!:  Shhh she didn’t want me to send out any pictures.  She wanted to show it off in person.  So if you read this and haven’t seen her maybe you should FaceTime and be surprised!  All she wants for Christmas is her two front teeth!

We love being able to bring amazement to people faces as they walk into see the tree.  It is a spectacular sight!  

This year I added our Christmas cards display from previous years!  It has been fun to look back and wonder how those families that we have lost touch with are doing.  Also, see how the families we are still in contact have changed over the years!  Yes I have kept all of them over the years!

-Chris