St. Nicholas Day

Here are some pictures of our St. Nicholas Day (on Dec 6). The night before all 16 of us kids left out our shoes for our parents to fill with candy. In the morning we woke up to chocolate, oranges and socks. :)

Waking up in the morning!


Peeking at the shoes. :)

Little Boys.

Shoes are full of candy.

Everyone

Isaac has new socks.

Us girls in the ''Hen House''.

Lots of chocolate!

Little Girls

Everyone got fuzzy Christmas socks. :)

God Bless!

Abi

Christmas in Kansas part 1

My family has come up to Kansas for the holidays! So today we put up our Christmas tree, it looks so pretty! The only sad thing is its fake.

Yes, that's my brother. :)

Grandma, Peter and Ellie plotting.

First part done.

Second part!

Third part, now its looks like a tree...sorta. :)

Lights help.

Pretty huh?

Issac loves the glass balls. :)

He got bored soon.

Mia pretending to propose to me. :)

My siblings put Woody on the tree, mom made them take him off. lol

God Bless!

Abi

Life

At Big Woods

Well here I am. Back at Big Woods. And it is good to be back here. Although I can't help but say its funny to be back in warm(er) weather and have the problem of misquitoes in December. :) It has been a blessing to see this years Intake, it has just been so great to be back again.
I can't really even think of anything else to say other than, I'm glad to be back. I'll post agian later with some pics.

God Bless!
Abi

Going back to Big Woods

This is just a quick update, I'll post more soon!

Wow, I can hardly believe it. The time for us to leave Oregon has come, we leave early Wednesday. The time we have spent back home has been absolutely wonderful, family and friends have changed so much! My whole heart breaks to be leaving my home, the faces, the hearts and hands are so familiar, so dear to me, and they always will be. But I am looking forward to the community of missionaries that await us in LA. I am looking forward to the praise and worship, to the laughter and friends that will be there. Life is full of changes, leavings and beginnings, we just have to accept God's will and go with what he says. Next stop: Big Woods

Things I love about the USA part 2

Before I continue to list things I love about being home I just wanted to tell y'all why I am doing this. Its not because missions is so hard and horrible, its because its so wonderful, that when you get back home you think about all the little things God has blessed you with. Little things like real milk, different meat, things you don't always think about. :) Here are some more things I am thankful for:

4. Hot water! I love having hot water in the shower.

5. Ovens that you don't have to light. ;)

6. Apples! In St. Lucia apples were so expensive, there is nothing I love more than to read a good book and eat an apple.

Things I love about the USA

1. Milk. I love having milk that's not powdered and I don't even like milk that much.

2. Meat other chicken! LoL

3. Cold weather...I love warming up in a blanket! It doesn't look like this in Oregon yet, but it does when it snows. :)

I'll be adding to this list as I think of more wonderful things!

God Bless,

Abi