Thursday, December 27, 2012

Christmas :: Part 1

Hello friends!

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas celebrating the birth of our Savior!

John 1:14
"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth."

Isaiah 9:6
"For unto us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."

Christmas is one of my very favorite times of the year! It is so nice to be able to spend time with family and friends.

Here are some pictures from the season!

Team Santa!
Take 2
Our beautiful Candyland house
Take 2
Admire my skillful placing of M&Ms ;)
Cara reading by the tree
Some families watch Elf or A Christmas Carol on Christmas Eve. Our family? We watch Duck Dynasty. So much quality. Si: "Once I reached down to pat a little dog and when I did it was a five pound squirrel."
After-Christmas shopping with my girls Mimi and Jenny (our photographer). We found some really great sales, including 50% off Vera Bradley!! Very thankful for those girls! They were just what I needed :)
Yummm- egg nog poundcake, chocolate sauce (both made by Mom), and ice cream!
CUTENESS
My December 26th! (see how I changed a foot in between pictures 3 and 4? It was unfortunately not a Christmas miracle... just a bench... 1: Cara! 2. Mimi! 3 and 4. Julia and Rach wearing skates! 5. Cute girls! 6. Chickfila's chocolate chip peppermint milkshake!
Annual Christmas picture!
Going through old pictures and found this little um gem... This was the year I decided to stick my tongue out the full duration of the preschool Thanksgiving performance. Why? Who knows. Poor deranged little Lily... Poor mortified mother... 
Mimi and Jenny treated me to Starbucks and sour gummy worms to cheer me up. True friends right there!
This grammatical error was a little painful. The girl's what? #nerd
Awww cute baby Lil cheesin'. To make up for the terrible preschool picture... :)
Coming soon: more Christmas, MY SENIOR PICTURES!, anddd... a review of 2012!

Meanwhile on the homefront, Julia programmed Siri to call me Princess...

Love,

Lil

Monday, December 17, 2012

Life in Pictures

We joined the "festive neighbor club" :)
Jenny is 18!!
Love these people!
First time hanging out in months! Love this girl! 
12.12.12!!
Julia and Haven-lou :) 
Dad's office gettin' in the Christmas spirit :)
Artsy :)

Concert!! 
I CAN'T SEE. Sit down people...
DIY Family Project:: Christmas Tree!
Abby's recital! Love these gals!
On his FB page!!
Julia and Rach got to see TobyMac up close!!
Union acceptance!!
More concert
This girl had her birthday! Love you! 
Now we are over 5000 :)
Goodbye college algebra!
:)
Selfie at the concert!
Jenny's 18th!! Love you!!
My coach is better than yours :) Our Christmas present and a gift card for finishing a hard practice!!
I was clearly an artistically gifted first grader. #rightttt 
Love this girl!! #hackingjulia'sitouch
My screensaver :) They make me happy!
Concert
Umm pet photos with Santa? 
That great moment when your prof writes that he doesn't know what you were saying... uhhh...
and more concert :)

One Thousand Gifts:: Take Thirty-Nine

1330-1353

1330. Christmas break!
1331. that finals went well
1332. that after a week of not having my voice, it is finally coming back!
1333. this amazing weather

1334. that God is still in control after such a horrible tragedy in Connecticut.
1335. comfort and peace amidst grief
1336. Albert Mohler's response
1337. heroic teachers that sacrificed their lives to protect students

1338. Makos Christmas party
1339. my Makos!
1340. lots of laughter and fun
1341. two swim meets in one week

1342. my awesome coaches
1343. getting to go to the fabulous TobyMac Hits Deep Tour!
1344. worshipping with a packed out Bridgestone Arena
1345. praying with concertgoers for the families affected by the Connecticut shooting

1346. a decorated Christmas tree
1347. Dad and Cara putting up our outside lights
1348. Christmas festivities
1349. 5000+ views on our video!!

1350. getting to see friends I've really missed
1351. dear church family
1352. Christmas Spectacular!
1353. Starbucks with the sisters

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Makos Christmas Party!

These people make me happy :)

So much fun!
Gettin' crazy :) Just take a moment to appreciate this picture... Soak it all in...
Love these girlies!!