Christmas 2008

What a beautiful day we had today. We started our Christmas at 6:00am. It took us 2 hours to open up all the gifts. Of course, we only allow one gift at a time to be opened. That way we can all enjoy what everyone else got. It's such fun.

Sarah got a digital camera which she did not expect. Now she is ready to take tons of pictures of her friends to put on Facebook. I can't wait to see them! Unfortunately, the picture I took of her with her camera did not come out (blurry) so you can't see it. I'll try to take another photo. Also, she got tons of books, clothes, music and jewelry.

Mandie got a beautiful jewelry box (which is actually a piece of furniture) for her bedroom. She outgrew the jewelry box we gave her last year for Christmas. She loved all her gifts! She's been building her K-Nex all day. It looks like it's going to be huge!

What a great Dad to put the legs on her jewelry box! :)

I bought Mandie and Sarah quite a bit of handmade jewelry this year from my fellow Mom Packers and also from my favorite "handmade shops" - Etsy, Shophandmade.com, and Artfire. I actually bought several of our gifts this year from those sites. I even made a sale yesterday from Shophandmade. That was a nice surprise for me. Mandie's favorite jewelry was from my friend, Lisa, in Illinois. She does awesome work! (www.mycolorfultreasures.com). Check out her website!

Timothy got his very own junior golf clubs. He's looking forward to learning how to play golf with his Dad :) I'm not sure who is more excited about that - Phil or Timothy. He also got a remote control robot, detective kit and a bunch of other smaller things.

We all love "Guess Who." What a great game!

Abby got tons of clothes for Christmas this year. She's so girly and is definitely a "fashion bug." And of course, everything had "pink" in it. :) She also got a toy ironing board and iron. She's been ironing her new clothes all day :) She, of course, got tons of Polly Pockets and Barbies. I still think the iron was her favorite gift.

Last night was the first Christmas Eve that we didn't attend the IBC Christmas Program in 8 years. We decided to go to Valley Creek instead. It was wonderful. I love this church! The worship is awesome and the message was just what we all needed to hear to be reminded of the true meaning of Christmas. It was beautiful!

We had another wonderful Christmas! It was very relaxing and fun. I'm so blessed. Thank you, Lord!

Merry Christmas, Everyone!

Mom Visiting Us For Sarah's Graduation - May 2008

May 2008

We were so happy to have Mom come visit us. She wanted to come to see Sarah graduate. Here are a few snapshots of our visit so far. We love having her here!

Spring 2008 News!

April 16, 2008

Not too much is happening this spring around here. We are trying to finish up our school work so that we can have a nice summer vacation. We should be finished by the middle of May if we can stay on task and if we have no more sicknesses. For three weeks straight we have had someone sick every week. But, now, everyone seems to be feeling fine.



Phil and Sarah are getting ready to go to the Homeschool prom next weekend. It sounds like this is a very strict prom. It's being put on by several homeschool moms. There are 900 kids coming to it. It's suppose to be very, very fancy. It's being held at a very elegant hotel in downtown Dallas. Sarah and Phil will be spending the night because the prom is not over until 1 a.m. and Phil has to help break down the tables, decorations, etc. He will be working probably until 3 a.m. Yikes! He is getting his costume tonight at a costume rental place nearby. He has to dress up from the Medievel time period. I'm hoping to take Sarah later this week to get her prom dress. She wants a blue dress. That's her favorite color. I'm sure they are going to have a wonderful time!

Sarah will be graduating on May 31st. Mom is planning on coming here for it. Everyone is welcome! We are in the process now of getting her announcements. Everyone will get one soon. She is hoping to get enough money to go to beach camp in Florida with her youth group for her Senior Trip. She's been working hard to save up her money. Her boss from Chick-Fil-A has given her some extra hours and she also has a babysitting job for this weekend. She went to this camp last summer and loved it and is wanting to go back.



Phil and Timothy are making a vegetable garden in our backyard. Timothy is very excited about this. I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that he loves to eat? Here is a picture of them planting. I'll keep you posted on how the garden is coming along. :)

We are going camping May 1-4 in Oklahoma. We're all looking forward to that. It looks like a beautiful place. The kids are excited about making S'mores.

Well, I think that is about it on our end. Please browse around the blog because I've just added a lot of pictures. Don't forget to leave comments so that we know you viewed them.

We love you all very much! Please come see us soon, if you can.

Crystal

Easter 2008

We had a beautiful Easter this year. The kids enjoyed their gifts and we all enjoyed the church service that evening. Here are a few pictures...

Snow In Texas

March 6, 2008

In Our Backyard

Snow in Texas doesn't happen that often, but when it does our kids love it! We actually had 2 days in one week where it snowed. One inch the first day and about three inches the second day.

Check out our cute Abby. She loves the snow!

Making snowballs

Warming up by the fire...






Poor Timothy was sick with a fever that day and wasn't able to go outside. He was so disappointed.

Christmas 2007

Christmas 2007 Photos...

Sarah- 17

Mandie- 14

Timothy- 8

Abby- 4