It was...

my birthday...
and this is what my love got me.

Do we look the same?

2 birthdays and a baby shower?

2 birthdays

1 pregnant belly (wait, make that 2)

14 grown adults in silly costumes

7 children in cute costumes

1 rainbow cake

1 Lanigan tail

1 ZZ top style beard

  

it was a mancake weekend..

James
Steve
Andrew
Jono

we are men...
we fish
we hunt
we nap
we start fires
we cook mancakes.

Gracie and Chloe, (and future child)sorry for our smelly man ways.
Get better soon.
(Gracie was not shown for reasons of illness)

The Volleys (think the Office's Dundies)

and the winner is......
1. Eric Mackeigan – “Can you get the next slide, no the last one, is that video rolling”
2. Sarah Nelson – “The Not so - Secret Shopper Award”
3. Haley Straza – “My Mamma didn’t Make me do it award”
4. Rebecca Schultz – “That’s artsy for ya” –
5.. Bill Crotta – Chairman of the Board Award
6. Marty & Sarah Chiarot – “what would happen if Gordon Ramsey Married Martha Stewart Award”
7.. *Becca Vandecamp – “You ain’t from around here, are you?”
8.. Sam Vos– “Hey, Sam Can You?... Award”
9. Steve Frank “City TV Award"
10. Renyck Beattie – Stubborn Old Mule Award
11. Ron Aldred – Cliff Claven Award
12. Amanda Myles – These Rubber Boots are Made for Walkin’ Award
13. Freedom House Youth - CAK Award (The Compulsary Act of Kindness)
14. Leanne and Randy Frank – “Takin’ Care of Business”
15. Jim Killgore – “Silent, but Violent Award”
16. Lori-dawn Cavin – “Honourary Freedom-Houser Award”
17. Dwayne Hill- The ““We Built this City Award”– Prophetic Lifetime Achievement. ” Award
18. Golden Volley Kurtis Miller

I had some visitors over the holidays...

two girls whom I love..

one slightly more than the other...

but both equally wonderful.

come back soon please.

a living nativity...

Last weekend,
the community that I have become a part of,
was asked to put on a live nativity for the whole city to see.

It looked something like this.....

What does Christmas look like to you?...