Christmas Eve 2014

What a fun day we've had!

we found Snowflake this morning...he brought gifts!

 He left a sweet good-bye letter

Cooper and Reagan took turns reading the letter

 for a few minutes, they could hug Snowflake and say their good-byes

Snowflake brought a MineCraft Enderman

 He brought skate guards for Reagan

 Cooper helped bake cookies...

 Reagan helped decorate them!

Gingerbread Houses

Today was our annual gingerbread house making day.  The kids always do a great job with this activity.

holding her house in place 

 hard at work

 Reagan's finished house

 Cooper wanted to show his house from all angles...

front

 side

 other side

Bang Bang ~ Little Drummer Boy - Faith Promise Style

Another Christmas remix from the very talented creative arts team at our church.

Small Group Christmas Lunch & Party

Our small group held its Christmas lunch and white elephant gift exchange today.  Everyone was able to attend and we had a such a good time!

Annabelle & Reagan opening gifts

 these two say they're twins with different moms!

 Cooper's turn

 more gifts

 ocean animals notebooks for Reagan

 a light saber of his very own

 time for the gift exchange

 Vicki went first - she opened an ornament

 I got a reindeer hat

 John opened a knitted scarf

 Aaron got a Christmas Story watch

 Greg stole my reindeer hat and snow

 ...but, sadly Barb took it from him

 Aaron ended up with a camo nutcracker after Greg stole his watch

 Cooper battling Mr. Mark

Santa's Workshop

Reagan's ice skating club put on an ice show tonight.  The title of the show was "Santa's Workshop" and Reagan's class skated to "You're a Mean One, Mr Grinch".  I took pictures at rehearsal this morning since the show would be in dark with performance lights (not picture friendly!).

Reagan's group wore green pajamas

 warming up

 getting instructions from "the Grinch"

The show was a success!  Reagan did great and had several fans in the audience (Mom, Dad, Cooper, Gigi, Bubba, & Ginger).   We celebrate her accomplishments by going out for pizza!