Puppy Love

Believe it or not, Reagan and Cooper have really taken to the dog of a couple in our small group.  They just love Essie and ask about her all the time.  They were able to visit with her a little tonight...and then the dreaded question came..."when can we get a dog?".  umm, if I have my way, that'll never happen!

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

All About That Bass - Christmas Remix

A new Christmas classic from our church!  They played this on Sunday, but it has just now been loaded to YouTube.

2014 Level Up Party

After the 2nd service this morning, our church held its annual Level Up (Back to School) party for all of the kids.  They served hot dogs & ice cream and had lots of activities available for everyone.  

Cooper was in the mood to have his picture taken today ~ Reagan, not so much!

 muscle man!

 trying to cool off with some orange sherbet

 there was a crazy hair station, as well as face painters

 a ballon artist

 bouncy houses

and a dunk-tank

 Reagan and her friends from small group

 Cooper in one of the bounce houses

 bouncing down the slide

 Reagan had fun in the bounce houses too!

 Check out the action from last year's party here.

After all that fun in the sun, we put on our winter clothes and headed to the ice skating rink for a couple of hours.

Play -N- Skate

We started the day off playing at the church's playground.  After church, we had lunch with our Bible study group and then on to ice skating practice.



another great day to play on the playground

Today was skills evaluation day.  The skaters were tested to see if they had learned the skills necessary to move up to the next level.

getting measured - Reagan should be able to glide backwards on one foot the length of her body

She did it!!!  Next skating session, Reagan will move up to the Basic 3 class!!!

Public skating session

skating is so much fun!

We are so proud of Reagan and all that she's learned in skating in such a short time!