Gingerbread Houses and Some Catching Up....

 

This season is so busy.  Honestly I will be glad when Thursday rolls around and I begin my vacation until the first of the year. I am hoping then I can enjoy the holidays, catch up, relax and just breath!

 

Basketball season has started.  Logan is the only one playing this year so that isn't too bad.  Great timing for him too since he was just fully released from the orthopedic from the broken collar bone just last week.  Christian has begun conditioning for spring baseball too since he was released from the back fracture.  So all back to norm there and the busyness begins again!  Gosh has Christian missed it though.  They were both stir crazy. 

 

We had our Christmas Spectacular at church last weekend and as always they did a fantastic job.   

 

We are mid way through the second quarter at school and the kids are all doing really well.  Actually, Jonathon takes 2 courses at the local community college for his senior year in high school and he just took exams in those classes last week.  He did well for his first college courses.  So he has an easy week this week with just two classes at the high school each day.

 

And the Christmas celebrations have begun.  We had one for work last week and one with my best friends from our ministry team, Oaks of Righteousness....www.oaksofrighteousness.com  

 

This weekend included the celebration of  my best friend of 33 years daughters college graduation. So proud of Ciera. 

 

But this weekend closed with spending some time with the kids baking chocolate chip cookies and a gingerbread house.  The baking has just begun!

 

Jonathon and Allie attempt the construction of the gingerbread house - they insisted on no help.

Then they let the girls decorate

Logan watches on before he gets his chance for the finishing touches

they were eating candy as well as decorating  of course

the finished product...though I will say, next year I am going back to helping with the construction, since the house collapsed shortly after it was put together and after many attempts to reassemble I just threw it away. Oh well they had fun!