YIPPPEEEEE!!!!!!

YEHAW! I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE THE BIG KIDS WILL ALL BE HERE IN A WEEK!!!!!!

SHOULD I CREATE A GOOGLE MAP AND MAP THEIR WAY TO MISAWA????? ::snort::

I'm containing myself....I'll spare you....but we're VERY excited.

Bre will be home in 3 days
Krista will be home in 5 days
Jamin and Josiah will be home in 7 days
Choosing Joy!
©2009 D.R.G.

~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

Texan Masters Snow

Zander gives new meaning to the phrase "Go play in the street!"

Poor boy! He finally had to give in and don a coat....under protest.....but the gloves simply do not cooperate......I guess y'all were right....when it got cold enough he'd wear something besides shorts and his TX t-shirt.....Stacia, however, curled up with a blanket and stayed inside.

Bre will be home in 3 days
Krista will be home in 5 days
Jamin and Josiah will be home in 7 days
Choosing Joy!
©2009 D.R.G.

~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

White Christmas?

We may have a white Christmas yet! Bre, it's SNOWING! It snowed early this a.m.......and is still snowing.....I can hardly wait to show you kids JAPAN!

Bre will be home in 3 days
Krista will be home in 5 days
Jamin and Josiah will be home in 7 days
Choosing Joy!
©2009 D.R.G.

~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

Amusing Car Makes

It's become a family obsession. We chased down this car tonight on slick roads, in the snow...to document this new car make for you. Are you ready?????

What haven't we seen yet????

How about......

From 2009-12-20

Bre will be home in 4 days
Krista will be home in 6 days
Jamin and Josiah will be home in 8 days
Choosing Joy!
©2009 D.R.G.

~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...

Christmas Play 2009 - Part 2

Ah, it was darling.

Our Little Lamb

From 2009-12-20

Our Angel

From 2009-12-20

Our "Joseph"

From 2009-12-20

Jared became the sheep bouncer to keep them from wandering out the side door. ::snort::

From 2009-12-20

Nolan sang and moved props...but he was in the back and I couldn't get a great picture of him...though you can sort of see him behind Zander here....

Who can resit a winking angel? He used to wink at me each Sunday from the platform during the "children's sermon"....so many ladies figured he was winking at them...but I knew tonight who he was winking at. Ah.

From 2009-12-20

Back at home we read a Jesse Tree Devotional and the kids hunted for tonight's advent clue/gift.

The clue led to the Sombrero, which contained another clue, as the gift tonight was too big to hide in the sombrero.

From 2009-12-20

Zander was thrilled to find the boxes.

From 2009-12-20

For years we did PJs on Christmas Eve....and then we had so many sets of PJs that we quit. THIS year we NEED them. It's cold in this house at night. ::snort::

Arielle thumbs through the notebook of catalogs I compiled. She's shopping for Jesus' birthday. From 2009-12-20

All the kids are now into "single digits" on the arriving home countdown. YES.

I downloaded Picasa 3.6 to be our photo editor and such. I'm not quite sure how to make it "organize" the way I want...but I've had fun playing with the "blog this photo" button and the "sync this album" button...wow THAT saves a step in loading photos!!!!

I think I'll do some shopping tomorrow. It's time. ::snort::

Bre will be home in 4 days
Krista will be home in 6 days
Jamin and Josiah will be home in 8 days
Choosing Joy!
©2009 D.R.G.

~Coram Deo~
Living all of life before the face of God...