Snow in December

We were reported having 7 inches of snow. It was so beautiful falling.

A few pictures of the kiddos.

Bryce's Death Star Destroyer. He was very pleased with his creation.

Aubree had a great time playing.

Saturday - ice on top of the snow.

Such a good Daddy - the ice made great sledding. Sadly Daddy had to do all the work!!

Both kids got dumped but survived and continued on.

Their ice sculpture!! Bryce is still hoping for a White Christmas....

Children's Christmas Program

A Gingerbread Tale was the title of the play. The story was rewritten from the Gingerbread Man to show God's sacrifice and love to us. The music, play and sets were created by two wonderful church families who lived and breathed this play for several weeks.

Aubree did her parts very good. The kids interviewed a senior adult and shared about them. Aubree remembered her part about their Senior Adult and her verse.

Bryce was a townsperson and one of the narrators. He said he got a little nervous about the Senior Recognition part because he couldn't remember how to start his, then he remembered.

Aubree's Creations

While everyone else was unpacking the van from the Asheville trip, this was Aubree's project. The jar was make in Literature Club. Aubree brought back flowers from Outdoor Mission Camp. She came in the house and filled the jar with water. Then she cut the circle out and punched a hole in the middle. Finally she put the flowers in and taped the paper down. About halfway through, we realized she was not helping us...

Her Lego Car creation.

I think she used Bryce's drawing book to get started.

Also, Aubree took all the pictures. I think I've gotten her down to taking two or three pictures of each 'creation' instead of TEN!!

Science Experiment

Making ice cream on Saturday night. And yes, they do have gloves on. They had to shake and turn the bags for 6-8 minutes.

The results were yummy. Bryce said it was the messiest and yummiest experiment yet!

Mountains

My favorite picture

We visited friends in Maggie Valley. This is the view from our short and very steep hike.

Before the unpacking was finished, this was Aubree's project. She made the vase at Literature Club and wanted flowers to put in it. This is her "orginial" design to hold the flowers in the vase.

AWANA Grand Prix

Bryce's third Grand Prix.

This is the first year he showed the desire to work on the car for more than 5 minutes. He designed a tank for his car and him and Daddy even added a turret (I think that's what it's called.) He sprayed painted it and put the wheels on. Bryce won 3rd place in Design for the T&T Clubs.

Aubree's first Grand Prix.
She was excited to pick out her design and paint her car. We were afraid she was going to run out of paint. Bryce helped her put her wheels on her car. Aubree won 3rd place in Speed for Sparks Girls. She was so thrilled to get a trophy she really did not notice there were only three girls in her division.

Fall Festival

I had a great plan and thought it was going to work. Aubree got this outfit a few years ago in a dress up box. It's a beautiful shirt and skirt. The skirt has butterflies outlined in glitter. The problem is that the glitter literally FALLS off. (Read: lots of glitter everywhere in the house.) Since she has decided to wear it for the Fall Festival, I think how great it will be to leave all the glitter in the church parking lot. Well...as soon as we get to church, the outfit came off, because it was 'too itchy.'

Bryce did not want to dress up this year. He tried to come up with several Star Wars characters, but never settled on one.

My anxious children 'posing' as they are ready to go!!

Sweet butterfly girl!

Bryce won a cupcake in the cake walk.

Bryce rode the horse and after standing in line, Aubree 'changed' her mind. He wasn't quite to sure what to think about the bouncing, but I think he enjoyed it.

Aubree and her snow cone. (Yes, she is holding an ice cream bucket. She informed us the didn't want a Walmart bag.)

One more Fall Festival gone. This year the kiddos were able to go around by themselves and play games. I think they spoke to their friends, but they didn't really hang around with them. Aubree was so excited a new friend came that she dropped all of her candy because she was jumping up and down.