Facing the Giants

A few months ago we blogged about Fireproof - great movie! Comes out on DVD the end of January- a must see! Last night we watched Facing the Giants. This is an earlier film by the creators of Fireproof. Another great movie! We don't recommend too many movies, but 2 thumbs up for both of these! Happy Viewing!

A little movie fact: Check out the female sports reporter at the very beginning of Facing the Giants. Does she look familiar? She's the lead actress in Fireproof!

Link to Movie website and review

Christmas 2008

Ok...so this might be a long one due to the amount of activities we've been involved in this Christmas. For starters we tackled our Christmas shopping at the last minute and in the quickest time imaginable.....thanks to the Outlets in Smithfield. I guess it's a sign of the times, but we were able to pick up a great deal of bargains and finished up most of our shopping on Sunday.

We started our Christmas journey at Ashley's Dad's house for lunch on Christmas Eve. Thanks for the Snowman decorations Mary!!

Ashley and I shared our 1st Christmas together. We searched for a while to find just the right "Our 1st Christmas" ornament and I finally asked her to make one just for us. It looked just like the bulletin board at our wedding.


Ashley's Grandma earned a day out of the Laurels and everyone was thrilled to have her home for Christmas. I dropped Ashley off at her mom's house and helped get Grandma into the van for a short trip down Aversboro road. We are so grateful for the generosity of the VP folks for providing the transportation. After a huge breakfast spread of eggs, sausage, deer sausage?, apple/peach turnover, casseroles, etc...we sat around catching up. I didn't have much to catch up on, so I headed to the computer to check out/cleanup/ and provide a health check. I've found it helps decrease the help desk calls during the day from Ashley's Mom :)) ** Just kidding!!!!

We also visited Ma-Ma for a bit and then back to the house for our Christmas steak dinner. Haven't ever had that on Christmas...I'm going to like this tradition.

We got up early on Friday and headed north to Williamsburg to see my folks and family. My brother and sister's families were already there and after lunch we had our Christmas together. Thanks for all the gifts!!. We exchanged our cookies for the annual Reffit Cookie Swap- this is too sweet to miss!

We took the kids to the park on Saturday and visited mom at her shop. So many Christmas trees...and not to mention a whole tree full of elves and faires....yikes.
The girls made homemade marshmellows & watched an old chick flick together. The marshmellows were really good!

We'll be going back Sunday afternoon...but so glad to see our family again :)

Check out all our Christmas memories. Thanks for a great Christmas!

Advent

Seth & I were asked to light the candle of love for the 4th Sunday of advent at church this morning. As we prepare for our 1st Christmas together it was very special to be a part of the service.

Mike's Farm....again!

We headed to Wilmington for our an annual Christmas trip to Mike's farm. They have the best country food I've ever eaten. I polished off 3 plates worth and banana pudding for dessert. As you all know, I've been training for these all u can eat events my whole life :)

Here are some pics of the Christmas Lights Hayride

Folks in town

My folks came down from VA this morning. Another passenger was Cinder my Sister's dog (*sorry if it didn't spell it right Karen :) ) Ashley and Mom have already put together a Gingerbread house. Mom thought it was a nice gift to brighten Grandma Gainey's spirits. We delivered it Sunday night and she loved it.

We had a dog walk and tonight we are going to eat some of the fish I caught in October. A short stay but glad they could get some time away for a visit.


Mom and Dad presented us with our first Christmas gift of 2008...a wreath that Mom made :)



Love you Folks!!!

Our 1st Christmas card!

Not exactly what we had planned, but they came together in a pinch! We postponed our family pictures until the spring, gotta get Grandma well!

Michael Cayden Yount

Michael Cayden Yount arrived 12/2/08 @ 10:42pm, 8lbs 3 oz.
Proud parents Lindsay & Shannon are doing great!

What a precious little baby! Seth & I went by to meet Cayden after work. He is precious! Sweet little face, soft skin, that baby smell, & just snuggles up & sleeps in your arms! What a cutie! More pics here.

I am blessed to have great friends! Lindsay I met at St. Christopher's preschool when we were 3 & have been friends ever since! We joked tonight about how she had such long pretty hair even then & there I was with the short blond peach fuzz! Too many memories over the years, some we won't share! Shannon came along in high school, though it took Lindsay until after college to realize he was the one! They are great friends & it is a joy to see their family grow! Congratulations!