Operation Christmas Child

On December 1st, we took a field trip to Operation Christmas Child. It really was a great experience. The kids all brought a shoebox filled with gifts and they explained what happens from there. The girls were able to fill in and color a sheet telling all about them and include their address, so maybe they'll get a letter one day?

It's amazing to see how much goes into this ministry! Many of these kids have never received a gift, ever! How different our life is from most of the world!

Print your blog!!!! Yes, I said print your blog!!!

Did you know you can print your blog with very little effort! I found this tool online where it automatically puts your blog entries with pictures into book form, comments and all! It's going to me my new scrapbook for each year and I can get a couple printed out so each girl will have one some day. The cover and text could be improved, but I would think they will be improving it for the future. Check it out. It will show you a preview in just a few minutes.

For some reason my links don't work, so go here:

www.blog2print.com

Update: Lindsay just commented about www.blurb.com and that one looks like a much nicer quality book for about the same price. I had looked at that one a while back but didn't see the option to download your blog...but you can!!!

The True Christmas...

Please pause music at the bottom of the page first.


That's Christmas! from andy pearce on Vimeo.

Oh, BTW, I stole this from Marge's facebook page...thanks Marge!

Sisters....

Ashlyn gets scared easily during movies. I mean, even when the Man in the Yellow Hat has to tell everyone "there never was a statue!" She use to run to me during any suspenseful, uncomfortable, or scary scene. But I am glad to say, she will now go to her sister (some)times for comfort!

Soccer Comes to an End...

Ashlyn's soccer schedule ended (in early November). She was so excited to get a trophy and really liked soccer. She said she wants to play again, but not with girls that can run so fast!!

Fall Festival

On Halloween, it's become a tradition to go to a Fall Festival at a local church. It's a great time and the girls loved the bungee jump. Kiley even did 3 flips in the air on this thing. We got there early enough that they had three turns before the lines were too long. We met the Morales' there and had another fun fall day! Somehow, all my pictures were before the Morales' arrived?

Did I mention October was field trip month??

Craig took the girls to The Amazing Maize Maze. They ended up on the hunt with the McCoys. They had a great time, although I think it took 2 and 1/2 hours to get through it.

New Hair for Kiley....

My girls growing up. She really wanted a hair "style" instead of a cut. So, instead of me attempting this, we took her to a salon. This was her first trip to a professional hair salon (except once at super clips where I had to go home and fix her crooked hair). She was very excited and picked out the style herself. It looks great on her, although she's looking a little older. sad.....It was styled with a flat iron, but she can also leave it natural which gives it a cool funky curl look.

October was field trip month.

Later in October we went to Riverbend Farms pumpkin patch. This was the best place we've been yet for pumpkins. Lots to do. They had emus, bison, billy goats, horse, cow, turkeys, play area made from farm equipment and a grain silo, indian and bee areas, and a HUGE slide! It was a blast, we spent most of the day there and came home with lots of pumpkins.

Apple Orchard Field Trip

In October, we went on a field trip to Apple Hill Orchard with Classical Conversations. It was lots of fun! They showed us how they sort the apples, make apple cider, and all about bees. Bees are brought in to pollinate the fields. Did you know that the female bee feeds the male? Interesting.....