Happy St Patrick's Day: New York, New York Day 3 - Morning at the Parade

so i can NOT believe that it has been an entire year since i was on my magical trip to New York City,
seriously it almost seems like a dream
this morning I could almost hear Melinda's voice waking Xochi and I up jingling our clover leaf necklaces over our sleepy heads...Happy St. Paatriiick's Day!

our day started with a much needed trip to Dunkin Donuts,
fortunately for me i was intensely stopped by Xochi mid-bite from ingesting the unthinkable...ugh!!!
"STOP...don't take another bite"

we hit the Subway as pros, it being our 3rd day in NY and all, headed for the St. Patty's Day Parade
although our neon green clothes may have given us away as tourists
stepping out into a mass of people adorned with green and displaying heavy amounts high octane energy for 10 in the morning was exhilarating
we joined right along in chanting, cheering, and of course dancing
which led to an image of our trip I will never forget...Xochi's shimmy
{catch a glimpse of the infamous Shimmy in our movie here}

but the imagery that completely caught me off guard in bringing me to tears was the one below,
the marines carrying our country's standard
my own grandfather, a marine himself, had recently passed away and my love for him rushed into my soul as i saw these servicemen carrying the flag.
such power
such reverence

as the parade lasted just about all day, 

we felt okay with sampling it and then heading over to Central Park

the photo above was taken by a young kid who wasn't offended when i asked him if he was going to steal my camera

the photo below has to be one of my favorites of our trip.

such natural friendships

it just makes me happy

and laugh

despite the leafless trees, the ominous feeling of the park was still there

almost feeling as if you had been transported into another world

which i guess i had

this was only the very beginning of our adventurous day which i hope i can share another time

oh such memories that i just wanted to relive this morning.

Xochi and Melinda I miss you!!

oh New York how I miss you too.

{to see more of my New York trip click here, here, and here}

You light up the sky

photo by matthewryanphoto

late last night i drove home from visiting my Daddy at the hospital under a moonlit sky
i am a huge lover of the bandwidth of music {there are a few notable exceptions;)}
i have a soundtrack and a playlist for every occasion in my life
from my anniversary to doing dishes

over the last few years as i have felt the temperature of my refiner's fire rise,
i have turned to the world of Christian rock to fill a need for inspiring words mixed with a rising beat, a sort of substitution for contemporary music at times during my day
i am a firm believer and testifier of the power of reverent worshipful hymns and songs in bringing the Spirit instantaneously into my heart and soul and have had countless experiences when words of these hymns brought peace just when I so desperately needed it.
however there are also times in my life when i can feel the love of my Heavenly Father as i sing out some of these contemporary lyrics
last night was one of those times

as i drove home from the hospital under a moonlit sky
with the image of the current vulnerability of my seemingly indestructible father in my mind
the lyrics of this song brought truth to my heart
and i found myself igniting my voice to sing out in loud praise
i raised my voice in testimony

You light up the sky
You light up the sky to show me that you are with me
And I can't deny
No I can't deny that you are right here with me
You've opened my eyes
So I can see you all around me
You light up the sky
You light up the sky to show me that you are with me



as I woke to a rising sun these words continued to witness of Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ's ever presence in my life.
those hands which made this vast universe is watching over my own father,
one of their choicest servants here on Earth

"He that ascendeth up on high, as also he descended below all things, in that he comprehended all things, that he might be in all and through all things, the light of truth;
Which truth shineth.  This is the light of Christ.  As also he is in the sun, and the light of the sun, and the power thereof by which it was made.
As also he is in the moon, and is the light of the moon, and the power thereof by which it was made;
As also the light of the stars, and the power thereof by which they were made;
And the earth also, and the power thereof, even the earth upon which you stand.
And the light which shineth, which giveth you light, is through him who enlighteneth your eyes, which is the same light that quickeneth your understanding;
Which light proceedeth forth from the presence of God to fill the immensity of space--"

{Doctrine and Covenants 88: 6-12}

such an incredible witness we have received here on this Earth
such reassurance
if only we will open our eyes
and let the light in

today i have received wonderful reports from both my mother and Mike.
My mother said that Daddy slept good last night after his treatment despite constant interruptions by nurses.  He just fell right back to sleep.
Mike went over to be with him early this morning so that my Mom could come home to get a few needed things done.  He reported that Daddy was doing so much better!!  He looks amazing and he is in great spirits!!
Yay!!!
He will have two more plasmapheresis treatments- one today at 1pm and one tomorrow.
The doctors are putting together his next treatment program.
So happy to be able to report progress!

***UPDATE 10:56 pm***
Daddy continues to sound as if he's on the 'mend'.
I just received a text from him advising me that the results following his first plasmapheresis show that his IGM levels dropped to 3660, down about 2000 points from when he entered the hospital.
Such great news!!!
He has another treatment tomorrow.  The third and final planned plasmapheresis.
I look forward to hearing the results from the second to see another drastic reduction.
We are still waiting on advisement from his doctor as to what the new chemotherapy regimen will be.

In some exciting family news, my brother-in-law Josh graduated from the Orange County Sheriff's Academy tonight.  Most of the adults in the family, as well as lucky O, were able to attend and felt proud of Josh's grand accomplishment.  We agreed that we felt a greater appreciation for those in law enforcement after seeing this evenings proceedings.  Jesse, Jani, and Abigail surprised Vanessa and Josh and made it down here in time for the ceremony.  Such a joyful reunion.  I got to hold the delightful Abigail who just exudes energy.  What a wonderful evening for our family!

***UPDATE 8:44 pm Mar 8th***

well i had waited on posting in hopes that Daddy would be coming home tonight

alas he is not

after a communication blunder amongst the attending doctor and nurses,

Dad is forced to sleep what we are hoping will be his last night in the hospital

what is wonderful, most wonderful news is that his IGM levels have dropped significantly 

from the 3 plasmapheresis treatments that he received over the past 4 days.

such a miracle!

it is a comforting feeling to see the life return into my father

{which includes his hankering to bust out of the joint and head back to work...ha}

seeing those numbers decreased allows me to breath a sigh of relief

so dear friends and family

i hope to be proclaiming more marvelous news tomorrow

and even lower IGM level

and Dad's freedom from the hospital:)

nightie night!

to read more on My Daddy and our family's journey with cancer click here or on the label 'My Daddy' in the right column

In the Hospital Again

so I've debated on whether or not I was going to write this...
despite my Daddy's desire to keep a low profile and not draw any attention to himself,
he needs you now
i need you now
we need your prayers and your thoughts today
once again

we have been holding our breath since Sunday, waiting to hear from the doctors
the headaches have returned
oh those dreaded, awful headaches, for notwithstanding the excruciating and relentless pain that comes with them,
its what they mean that we despise most

we learned yesterday from the lab results that the IGM protein, the cancer cells within my Daddy's blood, have made an enormous jump up 4000 points this past month.
4000...
from 1700 to 5700 in one month
that's horrible.

these headaches are caused by the loss of proper blood flow due to the overwhelming amount of cancer cells within the blood that makes it dangerously thick

over the past many months i looked forward to receiving the little texts and messages from my Daddy letting me know that once again his IGM levels had dropped by 200 points...300 points, etc
dropping
that was the trend

then about 2 months ago, the doctor decided that prolonging the use of one of his medications was too risky for his heart.
he was taken off of it.
we all were questioning and wondering if this very thing would happen.

within this hour Daddy has been admitted to the hospital once again
as we finally heard back from the specialist this morning!
Dad does NOT want to be in the hospital as he has "some very important meetings" he needs to go to this week!
Ha, he wouldn't be Dad if he wasn't worried about missing work:)

in the hospital he will undergo plasmapheresis as he had to the first time he was admitted to the hospital.
this is in an attempt to quickly bring down the IGM levels in his blood by replacing the protein-laden plasma with fresh plasma.  this procedure produced great miracles last time it was performed, i am expecting the same results!!

we are also waiting to hear what the new treatment regimen will be for Daddy.  as Multiple-Myeloma is the most aggressive form of Lymphoma it can quickly render medications ineffective at which time new medications must be pursued.  this is i believe Dad's 3rd or 4th new regimen.

i ask for your prayers in behalf of my Daddy and our family as we move ahead down this new path.
for i know that it was through the faith and strength of your fasting and prayers that we saw miracles and felt sustained during those trying months before.
i will post updates when i can.
thank you again dear friends and family.

***UPDATED 3:18 pm***
so i guess its a good thing that its been so long that i forgot how exasperating hospitals are.
my father hasn't even been officially admitted into the hospital yet!
he's in one of those sardine ER rooms waiting...
getting some initial tests done
Mike said he hit the 'testing jackpot...he's getting every conceivable test done"
apparently he will have a real room in an hour or so
and then they will have to have a test on his kidney to make sure it is functioning properly before they can even do the plasmapheresis...
which they hope to do tonight.
oh i forgot how slowly things progress in a hospital!!!

***UPDATED 8:50pm***
i am finally here at the hospital
and the plasmapheresis treatment has just begun
just about 2 hours ago they came in to start the procedure and the machine broke!!!
wow...
couldn't believe it!
we had to wait for a replacement
happily i am reporting that the two attending nurses that i have met have both been very kind

this machine is rather remarkable
when it starts up it sounds like a plane ready for take off
it is a high tech version of spin art that i had as a kid
Daddy's blood is spun around and separates into its various components
the protein laden plasma is replaced with fresh plasma and then the fresh blood is pumped back in

i am relieved to see this procedure finally begin
when i first got here it was difficult to see my Daddy in this state once again
my invincible father weakened by immense pain and nausea
tossing and moaning
he finally received his new doses of medications which quickly reduced him to a relaxed state of heavy snoring and sleep
i felt as if i could breath again

2 1/2 hours he will be on this machine
a sweet nurse overseeing, pushing buttons and checking numbers that i do not understand,
but grateful she does
a little guardian angel over my Daddy
he will have to go through this procedure 2 more times within the next few days
we pray that the results this time will be as successful as the last set

for now i hear the active hum of the machine, the heavy snores of my Daddy, and the soft voices of my uncle and brother both here to aid and support.
for now i am breathing ok

to read more on My Daddy and our family's journey with cancer click here or on the label 'My Daddy' in the right column

Just perfect, rust and all

'shelves' was the word of destiny that i entered into my Craigslist search

out came these

my early birthday present {that's how i had to pitch it to Mike}

aren't they perfect, rust and all

they stand 6' 6" 

span 5'

and weigh 300-400 lbs

they are not messing around

see those boxes back there...

filled with all my project and sewing supplies

my creative vehicles still packed

why are the contents still inside?

because they did not have a home

meet their new home

aren't they lovely?

what made them more lovely was the story that came with them

they were the owner's grandfather's lockers that were given to him when he retired from the LA County Fire Department 30 yrs ago.

701 was his 

the owner is a beautiful mother who will retire from the service this coming August and has never been deployed until now.  she is off to Saudi Arabia leaving her husband and children behind.

it was difficult for her to sell these, but she needed the money.

which i felt guilty wasn't very much.

i know she gained comfort in the fact that i was in love with the lockers and their history.

i was honored to give them a new home and promised to take good care of them.

it is a beautiful feeling connecting with a perfect stranger.

our prayers will be going out to Cerena and her daughter who has been deployed to Iraq.

thank you ladies for your commitment to our country.

a family with a legacy of honored service.

now we need to recruit a few more muscles to help us maneuver these into my craft room.

i can not wait to see all my pretty things inside.

i've missed them.

Walking away from the Wheel

photo by LoftyDreams

letting someone else be at the helm of your boat is sometimes excruciatingly hard to do
especially if you've been steering for awhile
and you thought you had set a dreamingly picturesque and safe course,
say a trip in the French Riviera perhaps,
a course that you thought would have brought you to those things you thought you needed
and for me, possibly could have sent our uninvited guest partially stranded at the next pier

a couple of days ago i had to relinquish the steering wheel back to the Master
He had always been in the boat with His all seeing, endlessly viewing omniscope
but for awhile He would give me a coordinate or two and i would proceed accordingly to my best judgement
this time He did a complete course correction, needing to be at the helm Himself

how i didn't want to peel my fingers from that wheel and surrender it
for He would not have taken it from me
it had to be me relinquishing

and oh it was a sharp one and jolting in its quick course change
not only for i, for i was not the only passenger
others i love felt the jolt as well

and although i didn't see a storm ahead
or perhaps can't see the even greater beauty ahead in this new course
i feel peace...
along with moments of loss, anger, fear, and defeat,
but overwhelmingly peace
in knowing that i have the Master at the helm of my ship
and that He granted me the strength to walk away from that wheel.

An Escape from our Uninvited Guest

we have had an uninvited guest imposing on us for nearly 6 weeks...
not the kind that comes with luggage and needs towels, we like that kind!
but the sort of imposition that you just didn't see coming and you're not quite sure when its leaving
the sort of unexpected, heavy burden that keeps you up at night.
one day when it leaves i'll be able to tattle on it.

well we needed a break from it
and where better to leave reality
than Disneyland

snacks and passes in hand
we loaded up the kids
and headed to 'Mimi's House {Felicity's name for Mickey}

i think everyone else in the state needed a break from reality too
cuz it was packed
nevertheless we had a great day filled with just the sort of diversion we needed

{I absent-mindedly gave her snacks, including chocolate covered pretzels, as we left one ride.  Found her covered in chocolate at the next.  Was laughing so hard!  Way to go Mom:) }

D-land is Mike's personal El Guapo
extremely long lines without places to sit, rides to throw his already unbalanced equilibrium more out of whack, lots and lots of walking, for most parts of the year - the heat, all a reminder of his limitations

but because he is THE MAN that he is
and knows the joy that it brings his children to be there
he goes and tries his very best to be able to do what all the other Dads do
and he takes joy in watching his children's elation
in hearing them talk about this and that awesome ride
in spending time with them at their favorite place on Earth

it is difficult for me to watch his face as he grimaces with each step
his grip on the stroller handle that he uses for balance and leverage
but oh how i can not take this away from him
i can't take away his desire to be there for his children
despite his apologies to me and the kids
although it tears at my heart knowing that this day will effect how he feels for days,
it only makes me love him more

Mr. Bowlerman & Miss Charleston - an applique tutorial

as per our Valentine's Day tradition, I created these appliquéd t-shirts loaded with character and humor, just like the little people wearing them.  tell me what little boy doesn't want a shirt with his very own mustache built right in?!  i will tell you that hearts are out...my boys informed me of that after last year's t-shirt design.

my inspiration for these images came from a quirky mobile i fell in love with which i had found hung in a refreshingly darling nursery on Shine Design.  this mobile is the secret fiancé of a Miss Charleston as seen on Flensted Mobiles

having my monthly sewing class is great motivation to get moving on projects i have been wanting to do. this month i taught a basic t-shirt appliqué class.  i am grateful to Elizabeth at Sew, Mama, Sew! for an easy to follow and thorough tutorial on machine appliqué as well as to Shelly and Karen from Figgy's Patterns who contributed to Sew, Mama, Sew! with a post on knit appliqué.  I am sure you will recognize these patterns floating around Pinterest.  oh so adore!!

lets begin with your supplies!

here is what i recommended for my class attendees to bring:

*t-shirt{s}

*fabric for appliqués - {I recommend cotton or wool felt - use scraps of fabric, or at the most, 1/4 yd}

     I used a black cotton/poly for the hats and mustaches and an old red cotton sheet for the lips

*thread to match appliqué fabric

*fusible webbing - brands: Wonder Under, Heat N Bond LITE, Steam-A-Seam, or Steam-A-Seam 2 

    {you will need the same amount of webbing as you use fabric}

*iron on paper stabilizer or fusible backing {same quantity as your webbing and fabric}

    I wish I could have found the tear-away kind, but I ended up just trimming instead

*iron

*ironing board

*pressing cloth {I use a tea/dish towel}

*scissors for fabric

*scissors for paper {optional but recommended}

*tape measure

*straight pins

*jersey/knit needle {optional but recommended}

on to the nitty gritty:

1. Print out your desired template - Mr. Bowlerman and/or Miss Charleston.  They're not pretty but they'll do the trick:)  If you are doing different sized t-shirts like I did, you can print your template out at varying percentages.  For my 3 boys I printed at 100%, 110%, and 125%.

Click here to download Mr Bowlerman template

Click here to download Miss Charleston template

2. Put your fusible webbing over top of your template with the shiny {glue side} down and trace your template onto the paper using a pencil.  Trim around your tracing leaving a small border.

3. Iron your fabric.  I always like to start out with an ironed piece of fabric before I do anything else to it.  Place your fusible webbing tracing with the shiny {glue side} down to the WRONG side of your appliqué fabric.  Iron it directly onto the fabric following the heat settings recommended by your webbing brand.  Cut out your appliqué, preferably not with your good sewing scissors.  

{we knew as kids that the only thing that touched the shiny scissors that mom placed in its special box, was fabric - not paper, not fruit snack wrappers, not sticks}

4. Arrange your appliqués on your t-shirt in the desired final location.  To ensure center placement, measure from edges of appliqué to side and bottom seams. Place straight pins around the perimeter, making sure to only puncture the front layer of the t-shirt.  This is serving as a general guide for placement of your fusible backing/stabilizer on the inside of your t-shirt.

Great tip from Elizabeth: 

"Keep in mind that the area where you place the appliqué will no longer stretch. (In other words: It’s best to avoid placing appliqués in the bust area of women’s t-shirts.)"

5. Remove the appliqués.  Use them as a guide to cut out pieces of backing/stabilizer for the inside of the t-shirt.  Carefully flip your t-shirt inside out and place your backing/stabilizer, shiny side down, inside the pinned guidelines.  Iron on the backing/stabilizer following the heat instructions on the packaging.  This step was not my favorite and I am open to suggestions of how else to do this.   I ended up getting pin head markings in my shirt.  I guess using completely narrow straight pins would have been fine.  I proceeded by ironing carefully as to avoid pressing any of the pin heads {he he pinheads:)} into the t-shirt.

6. Remove the paper backing from your appliqué and place the appliqué sticky side down onto your t-shirt where you want it to be, measuring edges to seams to ensure center placement. You can also refer back to the original printed template to determine distance of mustache or lips from hat.  Placing a pressing cloth or fresh piece of fabric over your appliqués, iron them in place using heat setting recommendations for webbing.

7. Determine what sort of stitch you would like to use.  For knits you want to make sure you choose a stitch that will stretch with the material.  You can use either an even zig zag stitch or a straight stitch.  Practice on a scrap piece of knit until you feel confident to sew on the real thing.  Make sure the stitch you choose does not cause the material to stretch out and warp in waves.

I prefer a straight stitch, and like to set mine at 3.0.

Change your needle to a new jersey/knit needle if you have one.  

Start stitching, back stitching a few stitches.  Make sure to lift your presser foot and turn as you go around curves and points.  If you have a 'needle down' option on your sewing machine, that makes life so much easier for those curves and pivots.  If not, just turn the wheel to ensure that the needle is down before you lift your presser foot up and turn the fabric. 

Elizabeth gives some great advice if you choose a zig zag stitch:

"If using a zig zag stitich: Starting on the right side of your appliqué, begin sewing, encasing the raw edge of your appliqué in stitches and raising your presser foot to pivot the fabric as necessary. Your needle should always be in the down position before you pivot your fabric. When sewing around a concave curve or angle (as in upper right photo) your needle should be down in the left-hand position, or through the appliqué. When sewing around a convex curve or angle (as in lower left photo) your needle should be down in the right-hand position, or just outside the appliqué."

8. After sewing around the entire appliqué, do a few backstitches to finish.  Remove your shirt from your machine and pull your cut threads to the inside of your shirt.  Trim them as well as any excess backing/stabilizer.  Or if you were lucky enough to find the tear away kind...tear away!

Turn it inside out!  And voile!  Mr. Bowlerman and Miss Charleston appliquéd t-shirts, sure to please any little mister or miss in your life.

My Valentine Bowlermen and Miss Charleston

Happy Valentine's Day from

My Bowlermen and Miss Charleston

our little Valentine's tradition was started here in 2007 with my two oldest receiving matching shirts.

my mother had always given us gifts for Valentine's, so I wanted to carry on a similar tradition.

with the addition of Miss Felicity and growing boys in different departments, finding matching shirts became a challenge.

last year i decided that i was going to make shirts instead.

i love how their Love Rocks shirts turned out

so of course, i needed to come up with something different and zany for this year's shirts.

i have to say that i am completely in love with how they turned out.

My Bowlermen

and Miss Charleston

towards the end of our little photo shoot, grandma and grandpa dropped by after a long road trip visiting Abigail, Jesse, Jani, and Liz

Grandma proceeded to teach the boys how to do the Charlie Chaplin walk in honor of their bowler hats and mustaches.  I loved their attempts... shuffling pointed out feet and twirling hand.

a viewing of The Circus and The Gold Rush are definitely in order

as well as maybe a little Buster Keaton and Laurel & Hardy

but my favorite man of the cinema in a bowler hat has to be Jude Law in Sherlock Holmes;)

now we need grandma to come back and teach them the Charleston... i know she knows it!

i would love to do a tutorial on the making of these shirts so stay tuned...
*tutorial link for Mr. Bowlerman and Miss Charleston shirts here*

In the Arms of Your Daddy

in the arms of your daddy

that is where you want to be 

feeling safe and protected

feeling warmth and strength

i can not fathom how dearly Jesse wishes that for Abigail.  

with every embrace he wants her to feel that.

how he wishes he could do more

but oh how i know he is doing so much.

doing just that 

and more

above those arms are the shoulders which carry oh so many burdens

my Jesse is a man, a man who is a man in every noble and true sense of the word.

how this sister is so proud of him

this last photo is such a stark contrast to the videos of a bouncing and lively Abigail i have seen over the past few months.  

yes baby Abigail is back in the hospital today.

another procedure, i believe her fourth surgery since her birth in July.

thankfully she is already out and recovering in the arms of her stalwart father.

the procedure was suspected to take four hours and they were completed in a hour and a half with rave reviews.  i do not have the exact results yet as to what they were able to accomplish or discover from the procedure, but my mother emailed me this morning with the details regarding the purpose for the procedure:

"she is undergoing a procedure to enlarge her pulmonary artery to allow greater oxygen flow.  Her anatomy has been modified to allow blood to flow via gravity from her brain through the superior vena cava directly to her pulmonary artery bypassing her heart altogether to obtain oxygen in her lungs. The doctors are concerned that her pulmonary artery has narrowed preventing sufficient blood to be oxygenated.  This is why she is needing this procedure.  There are 3 possible things that they will do: 1. check the pulmonary artery to see if it has narrowed & check to make sure that oxygenated and deoxygenated blood are not mixing together and causing her saturation levels to decrease 2. they will probably need to use a balloon to enlarge the pulmonary 3. they may need in addition to the balloon to insert a stint to keep it open.  Hope that makes sense!"

both my mother and father are there with Jesse, Jani, and little Abigail today.  My mother expressed gratitude for being able to come up prior to the surgery so that she could spend time with Abigail, to become reacquainted and play!!

"She's a sweet baby girl and is so active.  It makes me happy to see her so normal!!"

our family has been overwhelmed by the love you have expressed for this champion of a baby, even Abigail.  we would love your continued prayers and thoughts as she moves into recovery and observation.

**UPDATED 5:15 pm**

after speaking with my mom, i have more details to share and great news!
the doctors ordered this procedure because they had believed that Abigail's pulmonary artery was narrowing.  they intended to insert a balloon into it, but after doing their initial measurements and look via wires and probe placed through a tube inserted in a vein in her neck, they discovered that the artery had not narrowed after all.  what they had believed to have seen on pre-surgical tests as her pulmonary artery, was in fact an additional small branch that is connected off of her pulmonary artery which is aiding in the flow of blood to the lungs.   from what i understand, everyone has this particular branch, but it is in a different location within the normal anatomy of the heart.

the doctors were very pleased with how everything looked and was flowing.  they believe that she will not require another surgery until she is 3!  her oxygen saturation levels are currently acceptable though still low.  she will continue to be allowed to be entirely off oxygen, a fete that is only been a week or so in the making.   the procedure lasted only an hour and a half and she was then back in the arms of her daddy and mommy.  although she was a little irritable, she recuperated quickly and is now at home!!!

my mother told me that when she had arrived the day before the surgery, Jesse had made a remark to advise her that Abigail was not a snuggler but was in constant motion.  and boy was that the truth, she twisted and turned, always wanting to be put down and on the move.
today after the surgery Abigail just laid in Jesse's arms.  Jesse voiced concerns that she must not be feeling alright, but my mother simply told him, just enjoy holding her Jesse, just enjoy it!

Christmas in February

Christmas in February you say?
Yes!  I promised my very patient mother-in-law that I would post Christmas photos and I never have!  Life over here at the Johnson household is ever eventful and 2012 is proving to not veer from the standard  roller coaster ride we are accustomed to.
So I'll be throwing up some Christmas posts, just in case you were missing the holidays already.

Mike's Spontaneous Christmas Games

Christmas Eve Captures

Christmas Eve: A day of traditions - Polar Express, Devotional, and Family Feud Game Night

**Added Today** Christmas Day - family and worship