THREE!!!!!

I have to throw in amidst all the Christmas stuff (because it is thrown in amidst all the Christmas stuff) that Piper had her 3rd birthday on the 5th. Three - is it possible?? This little girl is all fun, loads of laughs, super sweet, and sometimes a little naughty. She is absolutely adored as the baby of this family.
 Happy Birthday Pippi.

 Such a treat that our new little friend, Jing Yan Lauren, who just got home from China with her forever family 2 days before, was able to come celebrate with us!!! She is too cute for words...

 And how could I not include this beautiful little Jireh in Santa get-up. So so so cute!!!

Happy birthday my little Pipster. You are loved, loved, loved.

CK Christmas

Our Created Kids Christmas party was, once again, a super fun celebration, with people we dearly love.

Madison - almost 13

Carson- 11

Allyson- almost 10

Colson - 8

Wilson - 6

Tyson - 6

Piper - almost 3

It's so fun to get dressed up. And I have to point out that my girls' outfits were dropped off anonymously on our front porch. What a blessing!!!

Posing in front of the tree...

 Making ornaments...

 She loves her daddy...

 With our good friend, Lydia...

 Ally and Clara...

 Ty's ornament...

 Such sweet girls...

 Best buddies...

 The "cool" guys...

 Lydia getting into mommy's purse to get some lip gloss...

 My precious, precious friends...

 Girls who will change the world...

 And of course there was dancing - which somehow lead to Pip being on the floor...

It is so easy each Christmas season to go through the motions. I have been trying to truly reflect and ponder and worship this season. The God-man invading human history in the form of a baby so that he might die and reconcile sinners with a holy God is mind boggling and nothing we should ever grow numb to. Thank you Lord for Jesus!

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever!

The oldest 4 were all part of a production of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. They were spectacular. The Playroom Theater Company really puts on fantastic performances and the kids were spectacular in this one.

Madison was the snobby goodie goodie, Alice Windlekin. For being such a sweet girl I was amazed at how well she played that role of a selfish snotty girl Ally played the part of Charlie (little brother turned little sister). Her part was hilarious. She had a lot of the comic relief. Especially when she sings "Sweet hour of prayer, sweet hour of prayer, because there are no Heardman's there."

Carson played Father - who also had us in stitches most of the time. He had to use lots of sarcasm... hmmmm... wonder where he learned to do that? Sweet, Abigail, played a truly convincing Mother and looked stunning to boot!

Cole, sweet, sweet, Cole played Ralph Heardman. He had really struggled this semester. He had all his lines memorized but trying to make sure he said them at the right time was a new challenge this semester. He was fabulous! I was so proud of him. Look at that sweet dirty little face (with Creed who played Leroy)

2nd to the terrific acting abilities, my favorite part of the play was when our precious friend, Lydia, was trying to offer her baby doll when she overheard the line about no one wanting to let them use their baby for the play. Lydia got right up out of her seat and tried to walk forward saying "You can use my baby!" She is SOOOO cute!!

Once again I am so proud of my little actors.

Reformation Celebration

OK - I'm so behind on blogging that I am going to post a few pictures from our Oct. 31 festivities and then link you to my dear friend, Amy's blog where she beautifully recounted the night.

We were missing our sweet Madison as she was in Peru. The rest of the gang tackled Dr. Seuss...

Thing 1 and Thing 2...

 Cindi Lou-Who...

The Mayor of Who-ville...

Ally-Woo-Who...

And the Cat in the Hat himself...

We celebrated the Reformation at my friend, Tiffany's house. You can read all about it and see more pictures here... http://ack-livingmystory.blogspot.com/2010/11/reformation-day.html