Merry Christmas!

One of the things we like best about our year to have our big family Christmas in Philly with my (Ashley) family is that we get to have our own Christmas morning at home.

The morning began with all of the kids piling on our bed for a few cuddles. Caedmon and Greg read to us about the very best gift ever given to the world 2000 years ago. We then talked about why we give presents on Christmas. After that, we let the kids look at their stockings before we all ate breakfast. Then the craziness began!

We are so blessed to have family, and supporting churches who shower us with their love and support at Christmas time. Here are a few pics.

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12 inches and counting

It has been snowing steadily all day long! We have about 12 inches outside our back door.
The kids had a blast sledding and playing out in the snow today. Here are a few pic from this morning. There is a lot more snow on the ground now!






It has been snowing steadily all day long! We have about 12 inches outside our back door.
The kids had a blast sledding and playing out in the snow today. Here are a few pic from this morning.

Long week

I am sorry it has been while since I posted anything. It has been a long week. Greg has been having back spasms at night which have keep both of us awake. We have been dragging through each day bleary-eyed.

Last night the pain got so bad we decided at 4am it was time to go to the emergency room. We are so blessed to live with students who are willing to come over at any time of day or night to lend a hand!

Amazingly the ER was not crowded, and we got right into a room. Greg's x-rays came back clear so the Dr said it was a muscle problem. 1 Demoral shot and a Valium later, Greg was in la-la land.

He has slept most of the day. His back pain seems to have dulled a bit, we will see how tonight goes.

I would appreciate your prayers for our family right now.

On top of it all it appears that we are in for 10+ inches of snow over the next couple days! I restocked the pantry this afternoon so we are all set for the winter wonderland. Check back for pictures!

ACF Christmas Party!

Last night was our final ACF large group meeting of the year. What a night! We had about 50 students in our little apartment! I have never seen so much food fly off the counter so fast. Students came dressed as their favorite Christmas song or in an ugly sweater.

Here is a slideshow of the nights festivities.

Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser

Our students hosted a spaghetti dinner on Saturday night to raise money for scholarships to attend a couple upcoming conferences. It was exciting to see them take hold of an idea and work so hard to make the time so fruitful! Our 3 previous attempts to raise money (car washes) were ALL rained out-- we knew rain couldn't hold us back this time. But SNOW could! It wasn't much (2-3") but enough to keep some folks from coming out. In all, about 25 people joined our students to hear about ACF and the conferences (Urbana and Jubilee). Several students spoke about the impact the fellowship had on their lives and what they hoped to learn from the conferences.

For the low turnout, we were thrilled to have raised $570... and a few more folks want to send checks! Praise God for the great time!

This is what we do on our nights off!

Wednesday nights are fun around here. It is one of the few nights that we don't have students over, so we have a good time together as a family! Here is a pic of Greg and the kids goofing off tonight.

Enjoy!