Tanner is scouring his letter that Santa wrote back (to he, Alex and Elise). They couldn't believe that he knew the things he knew. Like that they had baked cookies with Nana, and that he thought he'd be at the house around 2am. Tanner read and re-read this letter to make sure he was prepared for the big night. Elise loved her big girl 'puter from her grandmimi and granpa in Texas.

Tanner got what he wanted. A super spy video watch. This was number two on his list. Number one was a 22 Cricket gun. He didn't get his number one request this year.
Alex was thrilled with the batman cave which was number one on his list. Santa knew!!
Up at 6:30am due to her brothers excitement! Elise got into the fun right away....especially after realizing that her stocking had candy. She was more interested in that than any gift this year....ah oh.

Number 15 on our Christmas list

We continued with our Christmas list tradition of trying to think of ways to make the month meaningful with an outpouring of Jesus love each day in some way. This day we are waiting for our friends at the Meridian Care Center to arrive to visit the residents. All dressed up with jingly shoes. Those were a big hit with the residents!Our friends arrive! The Weaver and Sanders family. Two families that we co-op for homeschooling with and support each other in every way. The kids had made homemade cards for the residents and were ready with Christmas carrolls.

Here is Elise "performing" at our church Christmas program. She had no words for any of the songs, but had plenty of funny faces during the performance.
Elise with her best buddies, Will and Elle. Elle is actually really happy, but loves to put on her mad face! These three are front row most Sundays hamming it up.