Fabulous Christmas Party

We had the most amazing time at our Christmas party!  We had a delicious lunch from Zaxby's, sang Christmas songs, played Pin-the-nose-on-Rudolph and Christmas Bingo!  The children enjoyed it and so did we!  Thank you so much for making it such a special day!!  We posted a few pictures of us opening our Christmas Gift this morning and WOW!!!!  We were so excited for such a wonderful gift!!!  THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS!!!

I did not take a lot of pictures of the party and I apologize!  We were having so much fun that I totally forgot!

A little help from a sweet daddy before our party began!  Precious!  It makes me smile to see such a beautiful sight!  Love this pic!

Mom comes for a Christmas party visit!

A Christmas kiss for her little brother!

Precious, no other words!

Beautiful pic!

Our star student with her mom!  Thanks for being our game leader!

A Christmas party and a birthday party!

Grandparents and a little brother came to enjoy our party!  Love!

Playing pin-the-nose-on-Rudolph!

Check out her tricked out Christmas ride!  Adorable! 

This takes the cake!  Thank you Chi Chi (Christy Smith) for making this the cutest ride in town!!

I love this woman more than I can express!  God put her in my life for so many reasons!!  She is amazing!!!  LOVE!  I had to make this picture extra large because I love it!

We are so excited about our "over the top" class gift!  MY goodness, it was too much!  Thank you from the bottoms of our heart!  We got so many special things from individual children and they all mean so much to us!!

Happy Birthday Sweet December Girl!

We celebrated an early birthday on Thursday!  We enjoyed eating ice cream sandwiches.    Happy Birthday to a very sweet little girl!  We hope your birthday wish comes true because we want to see a unicorn!

Look at that beautiful face!!  What a happy birthday girl!

Merry Christmas! Devotional for Christmas!

Veneal Williams featured some of our artwork in her latest daily devotion!  Enjoy!

"(Mary) wrapped (the baby) in cloths and placed Him in a manager, because there was no room for them in the inn." Luke 2:7

And what about now?  Is there room for Him...

in your heart
in your day
in your thoughts
in your actions
in your plans
in your prayers

As the 25th gets closer, don't let Him get squeezed out due to stress, busyness, commercialism, shopping and other demands of the season.  The craziness can cause us to flip, if not careful.

Let's be sure to take a daily, quiet moment to securely and tightly wrap God in our hearts, and allow His Light to shine in us.  As we make room for Him in all we do and say, the true JOY of the season will be ours and will radiant to others in need of His Peace.

friend, we are loved and chosen by God,
love, JOY and peace to you

By Veneal Williams

Looking For Our Gingerbread Man

I hope your little Doodlebug came home on Monday and told you all about our Gingerbread Man!  We baked a big Gingerbread Man and when we went to take him out of the oven, he was gone!  Luckily, he left us a note with a clue.  We followed all the clues and we finally found our Gingerbread Man!  The children were so excited as we looked for the Gingerbread Man; it is one of my favorite things to do each year!  It's a lot of planning to pull it off, but it is worth the extra work!   

Veneal Williams wrote a devotional about our Gingerbread Hunt and now I have a new reason to love doing this activity each year.  Her devotional gave me a new perspective on this fun filled day.   Please read and enjoy this beautiful devotion that was inspired by our  Gingerbread Hunt and her love for Jesus!  She reminds us of our most precious gift at Christmas!

"You will seek me and find me when you seek me with ALL your heart." Jeremiah 29:13

They were on a mission and filled with excitement.  The gingerbread man had escaped their room; luckily he left them a clue.  They followed the clue, only to find another.  And that clue led them to yet another.  As i watched them on their quest, their spirits were not damped  by the continuous journey, and their anticipation only mounted with each clue they found.  They were focused and stayed on the right path, and soon to their delight the gingerbread man was recovered.

What have you been hunting for? A special gift, a unique gadget, five minutes of peace?  For me, it's been some baby Jesus' to give as reminders of the reason for CHRISTmas.  As i searched from store-to-store, i came up empty handed.  How could there be CHRISTmas without baby Jesus?  I finally stopped and remembered. 

There was and is a baby Jesus, but i had ignored the clues and looked in all the wrong places.  He is not in the stores, but in our heart.  When we accepted Jesus as our Savior, we asked Him into our heart... right?  He is still there. Unfortunately, we are the ones who cover Him up with others priorities and scoot Him in a corner.  So, i have no gift for you, because you actually already have it.   And here is your clue of where the best gift is -- in your heart.

Know it, believe it, live it... and be filled with Him always.

friend, we are loved and chosen by God!  

Written By:  Veneal Williams