December update!

This month has been so busy that it has flown by! I cannot believe that we are welcoming in 2010 in a matter of hours. Here are a few things that kept us busy this month...

We had a Christmas dinner for all of our Make Your Mark families. We've gotten to know the kids well over the last year but we want to know and love on their families too. And since our theme for MYM this year has been serving, we helped the kids to prepare a dinner for their families. They cooked, served, cleaned up and presented their caregivers with a gift of homemade goodies that we baked the night before the dinner.







And a few days later- still working on serving others, Make Your Mark delivered over 700 stockings to kids around Charlotte who would have little to nothing for Christmas. It was amazing spreading joy to kids and their families. I don't have any pictures from that day- but this is a look at a portion of what we handed out.



We went home for a quick Christmas visit. Ross has had a to work a lot lately so we were only there for 2 nights but we had a nice time and received way more goodies than we deserved. We went to the Laniers Christmas night and played such a fun game! We were all given a persona that we had to act out and Ross had to guess who everyone was. It was hilarious. I had to act extrememly hyperactive and then completely lethargic a few minutes later, Dad had to act like he had gas and was having a hard time passing it (really out of character for him!), Debbie was the grinch, Danny only answered questions with a sentence starting with a vowel, etc. It was so much fun...




And the last two days I went back home to catch up with a few of my best friends. I don't have any pictures from the first night but Carly, Jean, Caroline and I met at Papa's and Beer in Asheville for dinner and caught up. The food was amazing- I'd heard all of they hype and it lived up to it's reputation for sure. So great to see those girls too. Yesterday I met up with Melissa, Kylie, Ashley and newly engaged Sarah (!) and we spent a few hours together. We took our obligatory Christmas picture in the Christmas trees on dispaly at Sears. Love these girls and our all too infrequesnt time together.



We're wrapping up 2009 with some friends tonight. This year has been incredible- we're so blessed with great health, jobs, families and friends surrounding us but more than that a Lord that loves us immeasurably. We cannot wait for 2010 and the challenges and celebrations it will bring.