Getting Ready for the Holidays

It's that time of year...

Collin making a candle at the Berean Bethlehem Birthday fair.

Hayley making a candle.

Collin and Alethia at Berean.

All the kids getting ready to watch a presentation.

Hayley and Alethia.

Collin and Hayley make bread.

Judah and Tof make bread.

Kristi helps Alethia make bread.

Working with clay.

Kristi and Tof take a coffee break.

Everybody does clay.

More working with clay.

Hayley does the clay thing.

Hayley hangs out with the musicians.

Hayley playing along.

Judah decorates his shaker.

Hayley conducts the musicians.

Collin works on his shaker.

Hayley decorates.

Collin puts the star on the tree.

Collin and Hayley in their Christmas finest.

Sherry visited Hayley's kindergarten to help make gingerbread houses.

Hayley is very proud of her gingerbread house.

Alethia and Hayley get ready to see The Nutcracker.

Kristi and Alethia at The Nutcracker.

Hayley and Sherry at The Nutcracker.

Alethia peruses the program.

Alethia and Kristi at intermission.

After the show: CherryBerry for everybody!

Christmas Pageants

Three of our five grandkids were involved in Christmas pageants this year. Here's a look:

Alethia's first-grade Christmas program was first. Here she is in her pretty new red dress.

All the first graders at Seven Hills Classical Academy.

Alethia and her classmates.

She knew all the words and hand movements.

Alethia and her pals. 

Kristi and Lael, up in the cheap seats, watching the show.

Tof and Judah and Grandma Lynda.

Lael and Sherry.

 

Kristi and Alethia after the program.

Tof and Lael, ready to go home.

Collin and Hayley, all dressed up before their Sunday School program.

Collin and the Sunday School kids.

All the Sunday School kids at Grace Lutheran Church.

Hayley gets ready to sing.

Hayley's an angel.

And so's Collin.

Collin knew all the words.

Sherry teaches Collin's Sunday School class; these are the kids.

After the program, Collin and Hayley relax in the manger.

Thanksgiving

We had the whole family over to our house for Thanksgiving. Food, family, and fun, as you can see.

Collin, Lael, and Alethia on the couch.

Alethia making turkey cookies.

Collin and Alethia and their cookies.

Turkey cookies. 

Collin and Alethia.

Collin and Lael at the white board.

Turkey hands from the grandkids.

All five grandkids playing together.

Collin helps his Aunt Laura in the kitchen.

Olive and cream cheese penguins. 

Lael, Judah, Hayley, and Papa Jim play Twister.

Lael and Papa Jim.

Ben, Amy, Collin, and Paul. 

Alethia and Hayley playing outside.

Lael at the white board.

Ben gets a snack.

Alethia and Tof.

Sisters at the white board.

Alethia and Judah play cards with Mike.

Kristi and Lael.

Sherry and Lael.

Judah and his penguin.

Lael, Alethia, and Judah.

 

Lael in her special hiding place.