Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Lots of People, Parties and Praise

Cheers from the Storm Trooper, the Princess, the Ninja, the Victorian and the Pirate!

It is one of our traditions to celebrate these three birthday boys in November. 
Happiest of Birthdays to you!

We love our friends! Here is a group of homeschoolers on a field trip to the Botanical Gardens. We often get asked if we have "off" of school when we are out during public school hours. We happily answer that we homeschool and the learning never stops =)

Best buddies Kaden, Maverick, Sam, Sy & Eli

We recently set this basketball arcade in the boys room- not sure the long term plan, but for now, it has been hours of fun competing and beating personal bests.

Silas turned 7 this month, and we threw an impromptu Minute to Win It party. 
These are the sweet boys that joined us...

How quickly can you put together a cereal box cover?

Or transfer balls from one bowl to the next?

Their willingness to try these hard things blew me away! What a fun group of boys- praying they develop rich godly friendships in the years to come.

I found Theo here one day (I think it was Thanksgiving) probably taking some reprieve from the chaotic atmosphere of planning and preparation. May as well read some classics :)

On Thanksgiving, we also celebrated Viv and Sy's bdays. My sister did an amazing job hosting (though I hardly have a picture to show for all of her hard work!!).

So fun celebrating with cousins!

Here are our future world changers for Jesus- our community group's kids 
enjoying some pulled pork and fruit at our last potluck. We are so thankful for each one!

You know its CC day when....4 vans are all lined up 
outside of a building full of classical kids ready to learn!!

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. 
We have so much to be thankful for, and praise God for the blessings that he bestows on us. We don't deserve one bit of them, but because of the cross, we can enter into a personal relationship with our heavenly Father who cares more about us than we can even imagine.