November Happenings

These two love each other and have so much fun together!

 I had the chance to speak to Mia's kindergarten class about my recent trip to China.  I was rewarded this adorable round of applause; love it!

 I also got to talk with Lily's 2nd grade class which was so fun.  I answered lots of their interesting questions and (attempted) taught them to use chopsticks.  I love sharing mission opportunities with these young ones!

 

Our family always loves to take part in Operation Christmas Child with Samaritan's Purse.  We had a great time shopping together and assembling the boxes.  I was so proud when Lily volunteered to pray for the two precious children who will receive these boxes.

 Our school had its annual fundraising gala; what a fun time to get dressed up and have a great time with friends while raising money for the school!

 The girls couldn't wait to meet some friends at Sparkles for the Snowflake Skate one Saturday morning.  Lily is quickly getting good at skating, and Mia is trying to so hard with a great attitude.  She uses the walker most of the time but she's learning!

 It was called the Snowflake Skate because it had a Frozen theme.  The movie played on the big screen the whole time, there was a pancake breakfast, we met Elsa, Anna and Olaf, and it ended with a big "snowball" fight.  It was actually a lot of fun!

 The girls with their friends Olivia and Lily Barrow.  Alyssa, Kate and Avery were there too but we didn't snap a picture with them.

 Lily and I had some time together and put together a Lego zoo; love seeing her creativity.

 Pirate Mia!

 We were so glad to go to our cousin Johnathan's 4th birthday party; such a cutie!

 We took our annual pictures at Whittier Mill.  I was surprised when I saw this brick outside the mill and a little chocked up; it's my grandparents' names who I love dearly.

 I snapped this quick pic of the girls at our photo shoot.  We originally did the shoot a few weeks ago, and it was 19 degrees outside.  We were FREEZING and the photographer said the girls looked miserable, so thankfully she scheduled a reshoot with us.  This totally threw off the cute coordinating outfits I had; this is what I had available.  They still look pretty adorable, don't they?

The girls have fallen in love with Perler Beads.  They made all these in the first little bit of opening the kit!  We continued on the next day too; they are loving these!