the last day of November

Well, its the 30th so I thought I would take this opportunity to share the November news before we embark on a new month!
The week before Thanksgiving Josh went to his annual ETS (Evangelical Theological Society) meetings this year in Atlanta. He presented a paper and caught up with old friends from all over the world. And put his resume (CV) out there for some schools. He had a great time and is in the midst of writing, job hunting, working and still giving his family priority. He is doing an amazing job and we all would appreciate your prayers.
The same time that Josh was gone two of my sisters came and stayed with the kids and me in Cali. We had a blast and the four cousins were able to meet for the first time!
We had a nice Thanksgiving with friends and ate way too much. Josh cooked a bird and I made pumpkin pies so we had plenty of leftovers. yummo!

ALL BUNDLED UP

HALLEL LOVES SCARVES THIS WINTER

COUSIN TIME

CYNTHIA AND SABRINA

ENJOYING THE SUN AT THE SPIT

READING BOOKS TOGETHER

JOSH PLAYING FLAG FOOTBALL
Then we had a few fun family days of Christmas shopping and of course getting a tree! I love the smell of pine and the kids are in love with the lights! It is so fun this year to talk about Jesus' birth and see Hallel beginning to understand.  She has been singing along to some of the Christmas songs. Yeah Christmas, here we come!

DECORATING THE TREE

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

boots

my 3 favs

This morning Josh, Simeon and I were sitting on one couch and Hallel was on the other couch drinking her milk. She got down with two blankets in one hand, her milk, and a pillow from the couch and said, "sit by you". It was sweet and a good family moment.

all dressed up

My 2 favorite little cutie pies were donning their adorable costumes at the Harvest Festival on campus. Of course, I brought the camera to the fest but between eating the annual chili cook off lunch and Hallel experiencing a jumpy house for the first time the camera never made it out of the bag. So you will have to settle for quick snap shots while Hallel was in tears that Simeon's mane was touching her and that i wanted her to put her bunny gloves on. Simeon just sat there the whole time with wide eyes. They never stop making me laugh!