Our church, Heartland Community Church, is trying to raise money for a new kitchen that can be utilized by the childcare center housed there, and also the congregation. Those in the picture above ran in a 5k or a 10k and got pledges for the kitchen. I am not sure of the total yet but our goal was 10,000. Haley ran in a 1/2 race for kids. And was the first girl to finish and was 3rd overall. I will post how much we raised as soon as we know.
On our vacation to Williamsburg VA we stopped by some good family friends, the Davis'. Here we are at Bob Evans. As a family joke we had all the kids stick their straws up their noses. L to R. Mikayla, Haley, Curtis, Colin, Kelsey and Jenna. 
Our church has just had our 3rd annual Daddy Daughter Dance this past Saturday night. It was so fun to plan and decorate for and attend. We had about 25 dads and LOTS of little girls dressed to the 9's all anxious to dance with their princes, their daddies. Our theme was "Dance with Cinderella" and our last song of the evening was Stephen Curtis Chapmans "Dance with Cinderella." What a tear jerker! We had a dinner this year before the dance, complete with Princess crowns, twinkling stars, magic wands and a disco ball. This is definately a highlight of the year for the girls and I and Jeff too. Jenna planned all the music and was the DJ for the evening. She did an outstanding job! 
Mikayla had the one and only solo in the Christmas concert for school this year! She tried out, competing against 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade boys and girls and she got it! She had to sing a couple verses of the song called, "All is Well". It was a beautiful song that I had never heard before, but of course quickly became my favorite song of the night! She had to wait until the very end of the concert, so 1 hour, to sing during the LAST song. I could tell she was very nervous but did a marvelous job. She didn't forget any words, sang on key and sang strong. I was a PROUD mama! 
One of Haley's Christmas gifts was a "snowman kit." She loves to make snowmen and always hunted throughout the house for the hat, scarf, eyes, nose etc. It was quite the hunt. So we found a snowman kit with all the needed accessories she could ever need, including the pipe! Here is her first snowman. It turned out quite cute. 
We had a wonderful Christmas! Here are some of the highlights:
Jeff and I surprised the girls and got them a kitten for Christmas. Meet Sammy! He is a cuddly kitten that can't sleep unless he is curled up on your lap. The girls love him....and so do Jeff and I. He is getting very comfortable with us though, as his ornery streak is coming out! As you can tell he loves sleeping with the girls. He is very playful and finds anything around the house to play with, even snow flakes falling outside the window. (top right picture) We are glad he has joined our family. I am sure you will see much more of him as the years go by.
