So, after receiving two concerned e-mails from dear friends on the same day ("You haven't been blogging lately. Are you okay?"), I've decided it's time to catch up. This was going to be about five posts, but alas, between work, church, hospitality, and Friday Night Lights, I haven't had any time to sit down and post properly. Enjoy a quick snapshot of the last month of our lives.
First, some Thanksgiving shots. I would love to show you pictures of all my kids enjoying their meals, but I just can't. I'm sure you understand. You can, however, click here to see a picture and a little blurb on our school's website.
Nathan is preparing the steaming meats for Thanksgiving.
Our hands posing with the food table
I look knackered, which I was. Nathan was chipper, as usual.
Here is an awful, blurry picture of Pamela putting lights on our tree.
Here's another awful, blurry picture. Please go to Pamela's blog to see more details about decorating the house for Christmas (at the bottom of the first page). She's got another house tour on there as well as pictures from our Christmas party last weekend (I got ZERO pictures. How is that possible?!) and lots more cool stuff. Check it out.
Our friend Kristine came up for the weekend and we baked our brains out.
The usual
Kristine was an amazing pastry chef. We made a bajillion cookies and colored icing and decorations for my students and my Focus group from church.
Here's my Focus group! I meet with these lovely ladies (minus Kristine and plus a few more) every Thursday night to study the Gospel of Mark.
Aren't the girls so festive and talented?
One of my Chinese kids decorated this one. I'm sure it says something bad in Chinese, because when I told him I wanted to take a picture of it, he promptly covered it with pink sprinkles. You can see the news story on our school's website about Kristine's visit and our carols and cookies time here. P.S. The kid pictured is not the one who decorated the above cookie. :)
Last week, Nathan and I made our first visit to the big Sainsbury's. I don't have an appropriate California analogy, but here's a Georgia one. In England, Tesco : Kroger : : Sainsbury's : Publix. We took a few pictures. Here's some sliced turkey with the stuffing already in it.
Since when were beans called pulses?
There's also non-biological powder. I don't understand the difference. I know that it's all laundry soap, but I'm not sure why the word biological is in there.
Hey Amy, with the t-shirt by Disney and the undies by Playboy, this guy sporting moral polar opposites of fashion has to be on your team.
Mumers, Nathan really wants to take you to this all-you-can-eat buffet when you come next. Side note: my mom hates buffets and thinks only fat people eat in them.
Okay, I think that's it for now. I'm going to do a separate Christmas post in a bit...
Hope you enjoyed the big catch up post!
