Merry Christmas!

Christmas isn't about the presents wrapped under the tree but rather the presence of family wrapped around the tree.

Merry Christmas to all of our friends and family! Our relationships with each of you are some of the greatest gifts we posess!

Christ Mas

Seth asked me if I knew what Christmas meant. I wasn't sure what answer he was looking for. He told me that in spanish the word mas means more and so Christmas means that we need MORE of CHRIST! His primary president is hispanic and told them this last year. I just thought it very appropriate for the season and suprised he has such a great memory!

Christmas a bit early..

What a fun and busy weekend we had! Seth's team the Warriors won the last of their pre-season games which means they won all 3 games! What a great start to the season. He is lucky that he gets to play with a great group of friends from church, hence the name the Warriors - Stripling that is! Grandma Rosie & Grandpa Harry came to visit and brought Christmas with them! The kids had so much fun opening presents early, introducing them to Tin Star and getting to see the production of Gloria with them.

Falcon Celebrations

Friday the kids had their 6 weeks award celebrations. They are both doing well in school. Emma is really working hard on her reading and enjoys her first grade teacher and class. She received Outstanding Conduct! That means she is a good little student and got no marks! And Seth is also working hard in third grade. He made the Principals Honor Roll and received the Story Falcon award for his class! I can't believe that he gets real grades! He still seems like my little baby! They are growing up so fast.

Thanksgiving Break!

We had a great week! We kicked off with a trip downtown to see Disney on Ice: Finding Nemo. It was amazing! We then headed over to Shreveport for the weekend. It was a rather small group this year with only our family, Laura & Brent, and mom and dad. But it was really nice and relaxing. The girls had fun cooking while the boys watched whatever game they could find on, which were many. Dinner was delicious! We were able to visit Grandmas too. And we got a couple of games of Settlers of Catan in. Laura even won! Beginners Luck! We were just glad she stayed awake with us! And of course we did the traditional Black Friday shopping. The girls were up and out by 4:30! Yes, we are crazy! But it was fun and I got exactly what I wanted which made the whole experience worth it. We also got to see Enchanted which is just darling and check out Christmas on the Louisiana Boardwalk. The kids loved riding the trolley 'Magnolia Belle' and the Holiday show complete with a fake blizzard (they do it everynight at 7pm if you haven't been). We helped Grandma & Grandpa put up their Christmas and so now I'm officially excited for the Holidays! We are going to make the spirit of this Christmas season last as long as we can! The only sad thing that happened this weekend, at least in Ryan's eyes, was that Utah lost and BYU won! There is always next year.... Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!

We Are Thankful For.........

Family friends JESUS CHRIST health SUNSHINE scriptures earth MUSIC teachers HOME yummy food PARENTS transportation A JOB our bodies sports FREEDOM Faith good books MODERN TECHNOLOGY XOXOXO prayer

Emma the Gymnast

Emma had her parent show for gymnastics this week to show off all of her skills and tricks that she has been working hard on each week. I can't believe how flexible she is! She did a great job!