More Christmas Happenings

We have had a really fun week celebrating Christmas. One morning we joined our new/dear friends from our church for gingerbread house building. This was a first for all of us actually. We glued graham crackers (with hot glue) onto empty half and half containers. We then used frosting as "glue" for the candies. It was a lot of fun. We had to keep Coleman from licking all of his glue off his house! He did a good job though.

Callie was mother Mary in her preschool, classroom skit. We then had a birthday party for Jesus and got to celebrate with other kids in her class.

On Wednesday night we went with our same friends from church, Aunt Laura, and Bebe to the "Behold the Lamb" concert. For those who don't know, that is Andrew Peterson. We were so impressed. The music was awesome, and the kids did great considering they were up until 10:30.

These next pictures are all from the Spalding Christmas party. This is a yearly party that Charlie's mother's side of the family has. Callie even had a little part in the reading/telling of the Christmas story. She memorized a couple of lines. We also got to visit with cousins, the ones in town but also cousins from Colorado. From left to right, Callie, Elizabeth, Riley, Reagan, and Annabel. Elizabeth and Annabel were visiting from Colorado.

Singing Christmas carols

Winter Wonderland

This past Friday night we were able to visit the new Winter Wonderland at Turner Field. I say new, because this is the first year they have had the event. We went with Papa and Bebe and had a great time. They had rides, lights, and even a little circus. The weather was perfect for being outdoors. The rides were the highlights for the kids. The highlight of my evening was the little bit of Funnel Cake I got to have. Man, I forgot how good those things are!

Butterfly Party

Yesterday, we had an early birthday party for Miss Callie. Can't believe she is almost 5! I'm cherishing her last days as a four year old. Anyway, it was a really sweet party. We invited 7 girls, mostly neighbors and church friends. Callie informed me she wanted a butterfly party, so we did butterflies. Each girl got a pair of butterfly wings to decorate with little gems, glitter glue, stickers, and fake flowers. They had fun, and it was a good party activity.

a look at some of the goodies!

party attenders Left to Right: Molly Kate, Riley, Callie, Reagan, Anna, Coleman, and Mary Katelyn

A little shot of the birthday girl from earlier that morning. I thought they looked cute in the Christmas outfits. Thank you Bebe for buying them!