Christmas and New Year's

Here are a few pictures of our Christmas......

Hey everyone....Christmas was great. We had the 1st Christmas Eve service that they had had in a while. It was alot of fun. The kids had a bell choir and one of the little girls did a flute solo. A couple of the teenagers sang and played instruments. We let a soamoan church use our building on sundays and they sang a number in their native tongue. it was absoulty beautiful. I'm pretty sure that there wasn't a dry eye in the place. I read the small one to the kids and also sang. Dad read the Christmas service in conclusion. It was so fun. Of course after the service aaron, mike and i were ready to hit the road and get to the house. As soon as we were done eating our pizza it is PRESENTS!!!!! I got to open the longest because aaron got an itouch. he was so excited. mike got a garmin and dvd seasons. i got a digital camera, digital photo frame, clothes, ugg boots, dvd seasons, and a few movies.

On Christmas day mike and i got up and drove to Ohio. 10 hrs later we pull into the driveway and no one knew i was coming....so surprise....i'm pretty sure his sisters were more excited to see me than him....we had dinner and opened presents we all got giftcards and mike got a 6 foot ladder, i got a few commentaries and we got some things off of our registry. We got to meet our new nephew Matthew Christopher...he is such a doll.....We spent the rest of the week hanging with family and our ohio friends. Lots of lunches and of course bowling. it was good to go to church at Radiant Life, we hadn't been there since last Christmas. The church is growing growing growing. Its such a joy to visit. We spent New Year's Eve at mike's sisters with the whole family; but mike and i went to bed before the ball dropped. this morning we made the trip back to Missouri.

Tomorrow i have a to do list that is prolly a mile long but it has to get done!!! Here are few pictures...Enjoy!!!!