take a moment to do something completely selfless

swinging with daddy!

look, run, and LEAP

So i'm not really sure what to blog about today but i have lots of fun pictures i'd like to share so a blog seems necessary! The holiday season is approaching and we are getting ready for our first Christmas in Pennsylvania. We are so blessed by technology and the opportunity to still "see" our families during the holidays. It is amazing at how Skype makes 1,000 miles seem much closer.

beautiful boy of mine

fun family picture - just chilling

Things here have been interesting lately. I cut my hand a few weeks back and ended up with stitches and am still having some issues with it. We will see what ends up with that. Chip is doing great. His allergies are amazingly great here in PA. We were certainly unsure what his allergies would be like here in PA and so far, so good. Spring will be another story, but we are experiencing our first 'real' winter where things actually die and pollination stops. In Alabama, it is always warm, things are always blooming, and mold is always in the air, so this is a welcome break for him and us! He is loving the cool weather but he's not so fond of playing outside in it. We bundle him up and send him out anyway - knock the stinky boy off and
wear out some energy!

mesmerize by the trains at the
local train show

Tony is doing incredible. Faith Church is an amazing place to worship, and incredible family to be a part of, and an incredible community to serve with and within! We are loving it and gearing up for the Christmas season. This weekend will be the kids' program and Chip is SO excited because he gets to be a Shepherd! Then we will have 3 Christmas Eve services hosting approx 1500 people. We are most excited, though, that we will be serving Christmas Lunch at the same place we served Thanksgiving Lunch at. We walked away from the Thanksgiving serving more blessed than we could have ever imagined, along with meeting people that knew some friends of ours from Dothan. After that, we will probably go do dinner with some friends here who have invited us over and we will spend the day there. Not sure when we will open gifts, but as we are trying to keep in the front of our minds, this day is not about us at all. Christmas is about being the hands and feet of Jesus to a world and city that need His love! Merry Christmas to all, take a moment to do something completely selfless, and God bless you this Christmas season! I will leave you with some fun Christmas tree decorating pictures! Enjoy the face and innocence of a 4-year old putting up his Star of Christmas - the best part - Jesus' light!!!