Christmas for the farris'

Here are a few photos of our Santas. They were pretty cute- well the little  one was anyway!

Christmas is almost here. I cant wait to travel home. I can wait, however, to work Christmas  Eve 7pm- 7 am. Oh well, thats life. We will go to my parents on Christmas Day to do presents with them and my brother and his girlfriend. Mackenzie cant come home, she has to work Christmas eve and then after Christmas. Then we head to the Farris' to do gifts that night. Friday, my parents go to the lake so we hang out with Daves parents and are going out with Danny and Karie on a date that night. Saturday is wide open but may include Macados or poker. Sunday we are going to NC to Bridges Church and lunch with our old crew from Winston. Yay- that will be fun. Then to the lake for Christmas with my cousins Sunday night. Monday is open but may include a basketball game. Tuesday we are having Christmas at the lake with my grandmother, aunts and uncles and more cousins( the other side). Then we have new years eve and day, which is unplanned as of now. Sounds like a busy trip. When we get back, Alyse is coming to visit, which we are stoked about. Yay- Christmas is fun! 

Safe travels to you all and Merry Christmas!!!

we have good kids here

I am so proud of our kids. We had asked them to bring $25 of their Christmas allowance to buy for a needy family in our area. They came through tonight. They brought close to $500 to buy the family of 9 outfits and toys. We had a very generous person donate $600 to fill up the oil tank at the families house so they could have heat. She also donated a huge bin of really nice clothes. Another family bought shoes for all the kids, one family bought all their socks, one bought all the underwear. That made it nice for the kids to be able to get clothes and toys. It looked so awesome to see all the presents all wrapped up for the family. They will be so excited to see all the goodies, that we hope to deliver Christmas eve.
Thanks for all the time and energy and of course the money!

Elfyourself with J's teachers

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Eastside staff pics

Here are some pics i took of our staff at the Christmas party!

mike lee
sandra & cameron
nancy & tom
tim & roxanne
denise & pasquale
rj & misty

jonathan & lori
craig & amy
dave & mandy
wayde & terrie
barbara & jeff
jason & tera
nathan & edie
nick & jessica
jessica & brandt

J is awesome!

I am so proud of Jeremiah. He has been doing so great in school. His teachers both told me he is like a new kid. He doesn't talk back anymore, he isn't hitting or getting into trouble, he is using his manners. It is so nice to finally have a little payoff for all our hard work with him. He has been a really difficult kid and it has been hard for me. I think it is because he is so much Dave and so little me that i found him so challenging. It is just now that i really enjoy him consistantly. The past 3 years have been really difficult. He is really good with Thomas. H eplays with him and is usually gentle. He shares with him. I love it now that he gets it. A friend really complimented his behavior the other day as a few kids were being really rough and hit him and kicked him. He handled himself really well. She said she would have had a hard time blaming him if he did haul off and hit them back because they almost deserved it. He said to me "they didnt make good choices mom, but i chose to not hit them back". Finally, he gets it! That is awesome and makes Dave and I so proud. He is getting to be so grown up, which i love and hate at the same time. It makes life so much easier but then again, he will never be 5 again. I just wanted to brag a little on my sweet big boy J.

Fireproof

http://www.fireproofthemovie.com/main.php

I hear great things about this movie. If you or someone you know is struggling in their marriage or even if they have a great marriage, there is something to be learned from this movie. I havent seen it yet, but from the reviews, the trailor and my friends reactions, it sounds amazing. Encourage your friends to see it and/or buy it in January.
Let me know if you have read the books, fireproof or love dare, or if you have seen the movie. How was it?

crazy hair

Thomas has some long hair. I do think it is cute so i havent cut it yet, since Dave begs me not to but it is getting long. That last one looks a little like Cindy-Lou-Who.