Christmas Caroling

A few of us from church met to go Christmas caroling. It was a little chilly so we wound up going to the nursing home where we could be indoors. The residents and staff all were blessed, but probably not as much as we were! We got such a warm, fuzzy, Christmassy feeling from ministering to others. :) Special thanks to Belinda for taking the time to make our bonnets and capes.Warming up.

Aunt Margaret and Uncle Martin.

Christmas Recital

At church Sunday we had a Christmas recital. Videos are at the end of the post (go to the blog if you are on Facebook)

I'm not sure the name of the song they sang, but it was really good!

Andrea and Micaiah - Oh Come All Ye Faithful

Brandon read the Christmas Story from Luke for Bro. O'Kain since he was sick.

Isaac - We Three Kings

Cedillos - Angels from the Realms of Glory

A group of us quoted Isaiah 53 for memory. Thankfully we had Bro. Bussey to lead us since he knew it better than anyone.

Grants - Mary Did You Know?

Aran - 'Twas the Night Before Christmas Parody

Bella and Brandon - Away in a Manger

Micaiah - What Child Is This?

Videos! The nice thing about being the videographer is that your personal performance doesn't get filmed. Yay! Just for the record it was the greatest ever performance of Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring. Prove me wrong! :p

Nifty, Nifty, Andy's Fifity!

Mom threw him a 1959-themed party at church.

Dave and Joe

Buck and Sheena

Bella enjoying a refreshing Coke

50's gals

Mylon and Dad who were born 5 days apart and have known each other since elementary school.

Sandi playing

1950's Housewives (not desperate ones!) :)

Some cool cats.

Slinkys!

Gift time - A GPS from Mac

Gift cards and a little gag from Mylon

Prunes from his daughter. ;)

A heated chicken waterer and mandolin lessons from some of us at church.

An M&M dispenser from Bud and Irene (look at his face LOL)

Plus lots more presents! Mom did a great job with the theme and everyone had fun. Happy birthday, Dad!

Hot Topic and Health Food

We enjoyed one of those days in which you pretty much do nothing and enjoy the heck out of it. At Ever'man's we found entertainment in an unlikely form. Ear candles! More on that later. Here's Jess letting her inner witch out for a second.

We drove by the approximate spot downtown where Dave proposed nearly 8 years ago and stopped for a photo op.

Will you? Sure.

Look! There's even a homeless guy. We couldn't have recreated it better.

Shopping for health supplements made us go "Hey, let's go to Hot Topic and have Jared try on skater pants!" Not really, but that's where we wound up. Dave couldn't be persuaded to participate.

At 1:00 am the real fun begins! One person + one ear candle = a burn mark on the carpet, a burn mark on the pillow, and two people with hair on fire. And there wasn't even any alcohol involved! Just say no to ear candling people. I know everybody else is doing it, but if they jumped of a cliff...?

Black Friday

We enjoyed spending the day with Dave's parents. Mom Gervens and I went to Joann's later in the day after the crowds were gone and came away with a few good deals.

Mom prepared a sumptuous day-after-Thanksgiving meal for us. She was probably appalled at our Waffle House decision. :) Great job, Mom! Everything was so tasty (even the stuffing! LOL)These are the same plates that Dad ate off of for special occasions as a child.

Mom makes an incredible fruit juice/ginger ale concoction. There was a little left in the pitcher that I didn't have the heart to throw out.

Thanksgiving dinner, football, shopping, A Christmas Story, and CREAM PUFFS! All in all a great day!