Laser Tag With Friends...

Friday we went to play Laser Tag with some fellow homeschooler friends...kind of a 'last day of school before Christmas break' shindig for us.

Luke, Samuel, Will, Andrew, and Julia...

And Green's team captain, the lovely Mrs. Bethany...


Warrior Princesses Anna Grace, Maggie, and Kendall...

Team Orange (Jonathan, Morgan, Daniel, Maggie, AG, and K) who were the winners, by the way...


...then we ate lunch at Chick-fil-a together. Fun day.

To Work With Dad...

The kids are always begging to go to work with Dad. The week before and after Christmas is sort of slow at Dad's work, so he's taking turns taking the kids with him for the day. Will went first.

They went to get tires done, went to McDonald's for breakfast, went to the bank, went to work, Will watched 2 movies, cut something out for mom, colored and wrote words with a pen and highlighter (which he was VERY proud of when he got home), and went to lunch. He will be in for a rude awakening when he's a man and has to go to real work! :)

Friendship Trays...

We are back into delivering Friendship Trays once a month. It was fun to do it in December because we were able to make these cute ornaments to hand out to the elderly folks with their meal.

It was so special to see them light up when they realized the kids had made an ornament for them and wished them a Merry Christmas. The kids genuinely enjoyed it and I hope are learning what giving and spreading God's love is all about, and what a joy it brings to your heart.

Ray's Splash Planet...

Earlier in December Ray's Splash Planet had free admission if you wore santa hats. So of course we took advantage of that! We went for a couple hours in the morning and had the place to ourselves for most of the time.



Noah wanted to ride the big waterslide but was too short. (I think he would have chickened out at the top)...

That's the big waterslide. Today Will went down for the first time. I was so proud of him and he loved it!

Here's the place. It also has a little lazy river, volleyball and basketball...

K pooped out on the boys and laid down to rest...

Will, Bo, and Noah Playing Christmas Handbells at Church...

Will was super serious about the job at hand, and Bo and Noah also did great and got so excited each time their bell color came up. :)

It was just so so cute.

Fall Sports...

Luke and Will both played flag football with our city league this fall. Will's age group had a 30 minute practice with a 30 minute game each Saturday morning (at 8 a.m!). Luke had one practice on a weeknight and a game on Saturday. Geoff was Luke's coach, but Will's age group was run by the league directors. They both loved their first experience with football and I think learned a lot about the game.

Here are some random pictures throughout the season...of the players and the fans.

Will keepin' the boys in line...

End of season trophy...

Will's first trophy...

Thanksgiving...

We made our thankful tree last week and it has been a happy decoration to have up on our wall.

Luke-God, electricity, bed, people, fireworks, TV, Jesus, pizza, Bo, candy, computer, Noah, trees, dad, mom, Legos, Will, dogs, trampoline, Carowinds, our house, family, friends.

Kendall-sand, monkeys, friends, trees, cats, leaves, Christmas, whole world, electricity, fish, food, family, Jesus, Halloween, flowers, Luke, Bo, sun, Noah, dad, Will, Bible, God, mom, grass

Will-birthdays, roller coasters, land, ocean, food, people, trees, Jesus

Bo and Noah were napping, but I'm pretty sure they would say-roller coasters, Moes, pizza, mom, dad, luke, kendall, and will

Happy Thanksgiving!!