Oak Hills Family Fun Day

Our church had a great family fun day to celebrate it's 50th anniversary. R and I picked up my mom and headed over this morning. :) It was so much fun...

R got her face painted for the first time... yes, it's a chocolate ice cream cone! ;)


R jumped in the moon bounce.
R petted the softest bunny ever.
R got to sit on a pony.
R rode the "train".

And best of all, she got to go up on stage to sing praise and worship songs.

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas...

Well, a little bit! ;) We have a small 4.5 foot tree that we bought 3 years ago when we moved back into an apartment. Rachel is now almost as tall as the tree! She had such a blast helping me put up the ornaments. She loved to look at each one while I told her about who gave it to us. There are many stories from each ornament that makes it so much fun to share with R. :) Here she is showing off our little tree finally done! ;) (I usually try to put up the tree and decorations on the Friday after Thanksgiving, but we actually spent the morning at the stores then hung out at my parents house for leftovers. ;) Saturday was another day of relaxing and then going to run some errands then enjoying church. Sunday was the day we finally got to start the Christmas season in our home. ;)

On Sunday morning we went to eat at a local Mexican restaurant because Ben just has to have tacos or chilaquiles once during the weekend. :) When Ben was paying for the meal, I took R to the car to leave. The waiter came running out after us and gave us that reindeer that R is holding. He said that he was addicted to playing The Crane Game located in the restaurant and he had many stuffed animals. He said that he gave one stuffed animal to each child at his table. That was so sweet! R just loved on him all day. :) That was a nice blessing for R! :)

Craft time! R and I worked on a craft one night last week when Ben was working late! It was so much fun to get our "creative juices" flowing. She had a great time making this gingerbread bag for her friend Payton. :)

R showing off her new Disney princess slippers.

Matthew 1:21She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."

Thanksgiving 2008

We had such a great time at my mom's and dad's house for Thanksgiving. :) We were able to eat our lunch outside this year because it was so much warmer than other years. :) It was so nice to see our family and friends. :) And of course the food was delicious! :)

God has blessed me tremendously and I am so thankful to Him each and everyday for His love and faithfulness and grace and mercy and redemption and goodness...

Here's a recap of our Thanksgiving day:
We took pics before we ate...
I'm commanding Ben to hurry! I was getting hungry and you don't mess with Hungry Melony! ;)
After lunch R was having a blast playing with her friends. Here she is running to her "clubhouse".
Yum, I want pickles too! ;) R's playing with her friends eating pretend food!

The Girls! Ashley, Fatima and R

Mom and DadBen and I

The loves of my life! :)

Colossians 3:14-16 And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.