Dec 24, 2007
Dec 22, 2007
Christmas Times with the Griners
Here are some pictures from our fun Christmas outings with the Griners. One afternoon, we let all the big kids make gingerbread houses. The children were very creative with their "architecture" and Max enjoyed exploring the Griners house for the first time as an expert crawler.
Patrick-Griner 2nd Annual Trip to Lake Lanier Lights was super! Again, we met the Griners and parked their car and all climbed in the back of Jack's truck. It was a chilly night, but with the camper top, a futon matress, and plenty of coats and blankets, we all stayed toasty warm. Christmas music blaring in from the front seat, children squealing with glee at the miles and miles of lights, and Smores by the fire at Santa's workshop made the night another great Christmas memory. Max thought he was one of the big kids standing in the window staring at all the twinkling diplays. As always, one of the highlights of the night was the stop at the live nativity scene and Kinsey enjoyed some rides at the carnival area before we left.
With my piano now at Jacob and John Scott's house, we decided to have Christmas gift swap and caroling around the piano. It was so cool to be sitting around my step-grandfather, Max's, piano, with my youngest named after him! The kids had a great time opening gifts and working on a "project", then we ate, sang some songs and then watched The Polar Express. Great way to wrap up a fun season of holiday events with such a wonderful family! We love you guys!
Patrick-Griner 2nd Annual Trip to Lake Lanier Lights was super! Again, we met the Griners and parked their car and all climbed in the back of Jack's truck. It was a chilly night, but with the camper top, a futon matress, and plenty of coats and blankets, we all stayed toasty warm. Christmas music blaring in from the front seat, children squealing with glee at the miles and miles of lights, and Smores by the fire at Santa's workshop made the night another great Christmas memory. Max thought he was one of the big kids standing in the window staring at all the twinkling diplays. As always, one of the highlights of the night was the stop at the live nativity scene and Kinsey enjoyed some rides at the carnival area before we left.
With my piano now at Jacob and John Scott's house, we decided to have Christmas gift swap and caroling around the piano. It was so cool to be sitting around my step-grandfather, Max's, piano, with my youngest named after him! The kids had a great time opening gifts and working on a "project", then we ate, sang some songs and then watched The Polar Express. Great way to wrap up a fun season of holiday events with such a wonderful family! We love you guys!
Dec 20, 2007
Santa and his Reindeer
OK, these pictures are a few weeks old, but I just realized I could download other people's pictures from Shutterfly! :) Jack took the kids and met the Griner family down in Greensboro to sit in Santa's sleigh and meet four of his reindeer. They also went to Reynold's Plantation to see an almost life-sized gingerbread house. The last two weeks have been overwhelmingly busy, but hopefully I can get some more of our fun Christmas pics posted soon.
Dec 17, 2007
Baby Dedication
Monday, December 17 Yesterday, Max was dedicated at our church. As you can see from the pictures, he was the oldest of the babies there! He also was by FAR the loudest of all the babies, yelling "dadadada" during the entire lighting of the advent candles beforehand. Kinsey was a very proud big sister and worked very hard to keep her brother quiet during "big church".
Dec 14, 2007
Kinsey's Christmas Musical
Friday, December 14. Wednesday, Kinsey participated in her very first Christmas musical. I was worried that she would just freeze like a statue and didn't think she would remember the words and hand motions to the songs, but she did wonderfully! We were proud parents!
Dec 2, 2007
Patrick Elves
December 2, 2007 This is too fun! Check out this website. Very easy to make your own.
http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1140706225
http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1140706225
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