It has been very cold out, but we have been enjoying going out and playing with bubbles. Yesterday we were out for hours, experimenting as the day warmed up slightly. We also used different bubble solutions and different ways to blow bubbles. It was a fun science experiment!
We even had fun destroying the frozen bubbles.
If you click on a thumbnail, you can see a larger sized slideshow of the pictures.
This is why I often let the kids pose themselves for pictures. After spending most of the weekend playing light saber games, these are the perfect pictures to remember the weekend playing with friends.
When we came back from Swaziland trying to earn support to return, we started in a new Sunday School class and needed to find friends. We mentioned something along the lines of we would love to visit with people. We only had a few people take us up on that offer.
Dave and Kristi have been our friends ever since. Our children became friends as they came along also. On New Year’s Eve, we spent the evening at church, playing laser tag, watching a magician and being thankful that we could all be together. Megan was so exhausted she fell asleep early and slept most of the evening.
The rest of the weekend was spent talking, playing games, and just discussing how God has been working in our lives. It was a great weekend!
And I learned one very important lesson. Since we did not really know what was happening New Year’s Eve, I left my camera at home and ended up using Allan’s phone camera. The pictures are not great, but the memories are.
My kids were all part of a Christmas play this year. Audrey and Adrian were both wise men. Megan got to be a scribe. Mark worked on lights and sound and Andrea helped where needed.
It was a lot of work but they did well memorizing their parts. They enjoyed getting to know the children at church better during the rehearsals. All of them enjoyed performing the play and did a great job!
Enjoy celebrating Jesus’ birthday!
“For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!” Luke 2: 11-14
Allan had today off of work. Unfortunately, he got up his normal time. He went upstairs because the lights were on and discovered Megan and Thor sleeping with the Christmas lights turned on. He noticed the milk and cereal on the table too.
When we asked Megan about it later, she said she woke up hungry and got herself breakfast. Then she curled up to go back to sleep. She said that Thor was upstairs keeping her company.
Allan and I enjoy tea most evenings. We have found a new favorite! Make a batch of Rooibus tea and add a few crushed cardamon pods and a pinch of saffron. Let that steep and then add honey and coconut milk. Enjoy it while relaxing.
Megan asked if we could please play with Christmas lights like we did last year.
Fifty years ago today, CBS aired how the Grinch Stole Christmas for the first time. The Grinch has been one of Mark’s favorite cartoon characters since the first time he heard the book.He enjoys the movie too and we try to watch it at least once every year.
Last winter, we had very few birds at our feeders. Adrian has had to refill the feeders every other day this week! We are hoping the birds enjoy their free food all winter.