Whew!

It has been so busy around here since my last post.  We decorated our tree and the outside of the house on Friday and Saturday.  I also baked about 6 1/2 dozen cut out sugar cookies on Saturday and then worked all 3 services on Sunday.  Yesterday the kids and I decorated at church for our volunteer appreciation we had last night.  It was awesome.  They had photographers there and the volunteers were able to sign up for a time and have their picture taken for free.  After the pictures we had snacks and crafts and a movie playing.  I think everyone really enjoyed the evening.  I can't wait to get our pictures back next weekend.  They are putting them on a cd and families can take them somewhere and print them out and use them however they want.  Such an awesome gift during this time when so many families can't afford to have their picture taken.  There were even families that had never had a family picture.  What a great way to appreciate the people that make our children's ministry possible.

Now, onto what the kids and I have been doing.  We actually made our gingerbread house the day before Thanksgiving but I waited to share the pictures.  Andrew and I made 4 of the little houses in our village and Grace got to do only 1.  She was asleep while we did the others and really her attention span is still short so one was good for her.  I think she would have been overwhelmed with all of them.

 

 

 

Grace enjoyed eating the candies and licking the icing off her fingers more than putting the candy on. 

 

 

  Grace preferred piling all the candies on top of her house.