Thanksgiving part away

Daddy wasn't able to get off work the week of Thanksgiving.  So we drove to NY the week before Thanksgiving.

We stopped at KK on the way there and on the way home.  YUM

On the way home, Tyler followed us home on "his way" to PCC to visit Bethany.  While he was in FL, C's little friend KJ that moved away spent the night.  Then Ty spent the night again on his way back home.  Then Alyssa came to spend a few nights with us.  Nana and Papa spent one night with us when they dropped her off.  We have been a regular bed and breakfast since we got home.  "We'll leave the light on for ya."

Misc.

Some visitors in my garden.

Uncle J's "costume" for work

Not sure……...

Put a request on Facebook for more canning jars.
One friend gave me 36!  Another 6.  I have plenty now!

Kids Choir under new management.

Got to spend a few hours with this cutie.  Who is getting so big!

Our first snowfall of the year (can you see it?) This was November 12. It's gonna be a long winter.

And this is how my son goes out to play in said "snow"

Was looking for something in K's room.  Found a purse with these items in it.
Which one does not belong?  Made me laugh.  She was always a squirrel.

11 years old

When C turned 10 he kept reminding me that he was double digits.  That didn't bother me too much.  For some reason 11 is bothering me a little more.  10 is still kiddish.  11 is way to close to a teenager. He's just looking way to grown up.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BOY!

Fall Soccer

C played fall soccer this year.  It wasn't a good year--for many reasons.  But we did meet a new family. Their kids now attend our AWANA.  The one boy has the same name--C and is homeschool.  Kinda funny.

Since Daddy was assistant coach, he wasn't available to take many pictures.  I didn't do so swell at taking pictures.  For a few reasons: I'm not that good and I'd always forget.  But here are two; I can't find any more.  Mother-of-the-year award.

At an end of the year pizza party, I looked over to see C at a table full of girls (yes even the one in white is a girl).  I thought it was kinda funny.  Even sharing a chair with one of them.

Together We Build

Our church bought land a few years back.  Once weekend in October, church launched our building program.  We hope to have the new church started (hopefully finished) in the next three years.

The blueprints.  The dark is phase one and the light is phase 2 (way in the future)

The church will be in the flight pattern of a little local airport which means we can't have our steeple on top of the church.  To solve that, the steeple will be in front on some kind of a lower wall.  Still making it look like a church.

We started the weekend Friday night with a banquet (the food wasn't that great).
Many details were given  and the above programs were handed out.

The weekend continued with a picnic as the new site.  

The "outline" of the building was staked out and had rough sketches showing what you would see if you were "standing right there"

We also had the PCC Proclaim team for the weekend (still not sure how we managed that)

One of our niece Bethany's best friends from college was part of the team.
We wish she could have stuck Bethany in her suitcase and brought her along.

Sunday School was a recap of some of the details plus some Q&A time.

They have come up with some ingenious ways to raise the money we need.  One is piggy banks.
 Nice color, huh?  Daddy's mom even has one to collect money!