Christmas lights

We decided to take the boys to look at Christmas lights last night. They got all ready for bed - showers, PJs on, robes, and slippers. We did not tell them where we were going, we just got in the car. Our first stop was to the Chesapeake Energy campus. The only word that came to mind was WOW! Each tree was wrapped from top to bottom and each one was a different color. It was spectacular! I am going to post some pictures, but they really don't do it justice.

From there, we drove to NW Oklahoma City to a neighborhood I had heard about on the news. It is about 15 houses all on one street and they have connected them together and put the lights to music. You tune your radio to a certain station and listen to the music as you drive through. Very well done. The great part of this story comes in while we were waiting in line to get into the neighborhood. The car of teenage girls behind us do a Chinese Fire Drill. The boys want to know what they are doing - of course. We had a discussion of what a Chinese Fire Drill is and why it is called that. M then pipes up and says ''I want to do that!" G responds with "I would be SO embarrassed if you do that." So...... M gets out of the car and runs around it!!!! The girls behind us thought that was great and started honking at him. G is about to crawl through the floor board at this point. This all starts a chain reaction - the car about 3 cars back then does their own Chinese Fire Drill - running all the way up and around our car as well. Lots of fun and clean entertainment for the evening.

Wishing all of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Birthday!!!!

We celebrated G 11th Birthday on December 13th. We had a family party on the 13th and then had a friends party on the 19th. What a blessing you are to our lives G - you bring laughter and creativity into our world. We thank God for you everyday.

Green Belt

So proud of G this month. He had made the decision a couple of months ago not to take his test for green belt in Tae Kwon Do because he didn't think he was ready. On December 12, he was ready! Each test seems to get longer and harder (as it probably should) and there was a lot to do and remember. He did great and here are the results:

Praying for Friends

Friends,
If you don't already know, we have several friends who have adopted and are going to adopt from Eastern Europe. One of those is our music minister and family - the Malones. They have 2 children with Down Syndrome that they have already adopted that grew their family to 7 kids. They currently have 3 children with Downs. They are all precious and we love each one of them!
They have (this week) committed to adopting another angel - Ruslana (soon to be known as Ellianna - not sure of the spelling). There is a time crunch for them right now, but God will provide as He leads. In order for this sweet girl to be kept in the baby home and not moved to a mental institution, they must have all of their paperwork submitted (and funds raised) by February 1st. Humanly, this seems impossible, but with God all things are possible.
I am writing to ask you to pray for them. Pray that God will provide exactly what is needed for every step of the journey. Pray for all of the details here and abroad to be worked out. Let God work in your life as well. You can follow the Malone's journey at www.themalonefamily.us.
We love each one of you and wish you a very Merry Christmas this year!