after we got in late the next morning we slept in and enjoyed miss janets beautiful beach house
even the out doors, nice
a little hot tub
yummy breakfast
then it was out to the camp ground, Grayton beach state park site 28
we brought our hammocks and they were a hit
miss janet made spaghetti dinner
the fire started and never went out
grays last night of being 3!
Chris' sister jenny has a dog, buster, and liv showed her new fondness of dogs
today was the regional meet which is all of IL and IN.
don't let those boys fool you it was COLD!
he finished a respectable 22nd, 20 go to nationals. and cut almost a minute off last weeks time. David looked at the times from the rest of the nation and we are one of the fastest states, which we knew, but in any other state his time would have finished in the top 10 some even top 5!
we had a bunch of loving (very loving it was cold) cheerers today
the loudest one right here
then we celebrated Gairettes birthday with some cupcakes
warming up
aunt lynn and uncle Gladdy never waisting a single minute
and then the feast after. Brooke called an old friend who lives near by the race and she told us of a good burger place and even came to join us, Thanks Kelly
and on the ride home Gray and liv gave us a little concert of worship songs in to their deluxe microphones
the kids helped grandma and grandpa put up their Christmas decorations on Friday. while I got to shop alone at the mall, very nice.
then we came back for dinner and to see the finished product
I guess they worked sky hard
oooh an and they made fudge, a Rill tradition
bonus, aunt Nancy even stopped over, I think to admire the tree
grandma let the kids decorate but this is a little much
picture #1, nice
can't you just see the "ok if I have to" look on his face
another fun day of friends. It began with a morning viewing of Frosty the snowman since it was snowing. VHS only works in my room and watching in my bed is always a special treat in our house.
after I took the first picture I was walking out the door and little A said " now a silly face one! " ahh my girl she knows me so well.
then our living room turned in to a tent city
good stuff. I got so much done with the kids playing all morning and noon It couldn't have been any better however I don't suppose having 7 kids would always go this smooth.
then after naps the Stroms came over for a long over due dinner play date. eating rice pancakes with chop sticks with your cousins, doesn't get much better yum.
what a great surprise of a day, 2 early morning calls meant we had a little extra fun today What do people do without the body of Christ?
you can just see the fun on their faces
and to top it off we met David for lunch at Potillos. what an unexpected treat today was thanks girls!
B had another race on Saturday
he is 3rd from the right-black and white with a black hat
we are experts at this cheering thing
he finished 11th top 20 move on so we run regional next week
B was very lucky to have extra cheering here, grandma and grandpa made the 3 hour drive to watch his 12:22 minute race. Now that's a grandparents love!
since we had to leave our house at 6am this is what the ride home looked like
before we hit our house we stopped at the mechers to see our little A who we have been missing so much for 2 weeks! They are all home finally (I apologise for all those 2 week vacations we have taken it really is to long on this side) you can see that she missed us too! E &A glad you are back home! Next trip we take together!
