Miscellaneous December

We stayed pretty busy in December, and although I've blogged the majority of the activities, there are still plenty that didn't get blogged yet.
Our church had set up a booth at the local Mall to wrap presents, free of charge! Some of our community group had the opportunity to go and serve one night,

Hailey came with me, isn't she such a cute little helper?

She was such a big help with putting on bows too.

This was an amazing outreach. I remember one guy was just floored that we were all taking time out of our busy holiday schedules and volunteering our time and that a church would work together to do something like this, all for free and not expecting anything in return (not even accepting tips). Our church set up the booth from after Thanksgiving until Christmas Eve and we had over 200 volunteers wrap over 15,000 gifts!! What a great way to show the true meaning of giving at Christmas.

One night Andy came home with all the ingredients to make homemade pizza's for dinner. Hailey made BBQ Chicken and Tegan made Ranch Chicken,

We went to a birthday party (for one of the boys in Hailey's class...but for some reason only got one picture of Tegan playing. Maybe I was too busy socializing?) It was at an Indoor Playground that just opened.

We met up with some friends that had moved away but were in town for a visit,

We spent time with Oma and Opa, playing catch in their yard and fighting over who got to help sweep and clean,

We also went to their church for a Christmas Music celebration,

Hailey made sure that we brought the church bank she colored and added coins to that she got from last time she was there. (She remembered the teachers said to fill it up and bring it back for their building project, so she did).

Andy was able to help welcome a wounded soldier home, they had an amazing turn out even in the pouring rain!

The girls wanted to do a little switch-a-roo one night for beds, and Hailey slept in Tegan's crib and Tegan slept in Hailey's bed. They even switched minkies and lovies.

We've been going back and forth with Tegan with her crib and her toddler bed. She seems to like her toddler bed though.

The girls even had a great time with Harrison, while Rainer had watched them for me one day.

Yes, I will have to say, it was quite a busy December! Time for a little relaxation?