Jonah

Our children's choir recently did a production on Jonah. It was fabulous! I must say that I have never seen so much work go into a children's production, especially at a small church. Thank you VERY MUCH Vanessa and Peggy for all your hard work. Here are some pictures of A.J., who played the captain of the ship on which Jonah was trying to run away from God.
At the beginning of the program, all of the kids marched in to "The B-I-B-L-E." The preschool choir was able to join them for this song. Abigail was very excited to get to sing with her brother's production. Here is the song:

And, here is a video of one song during the production:

Football Season is Over!

A.J. has been playing football for a few months now. He has loved it! His team, the 49ers, only lost two games (both to the Broncos). They played the Bronco's for the Sugar Bowl (the championship game). The lost, but they were still second for the season. We were very proud of how hard he played and his dedication to his team.

Here are some pictures from the game. A.J. is number 18. In this picture, he is on the far right (almost out of the picture):
Here he is making a tackle on the pile:

They received a medal for the great season:

Of course, Abigail had to smile for the camera, too!

Halloween with the Pierce Family

We love Halloween! It is the first holiday Allan and I spent together before we were even dating. I remember it like yesterday. My roommate, Erica, Allan, and I had gotten a pumpkin to carve. As we sat around the coffee table (yes, we were carving a pumpkin in the living room), Allan said, "You girls draw the face, and I will handle the carving." To some, that may sound sexist, but to me, I thought "okay... he could have my children some day." And guess what... he did!


That night started a tradition for us. Every year, we carve our pumpkins, eat chili-mac with caramel apples for dessert, and watch Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin. This year was no different (except we carved pumpkins a few nights earlier).

Here are some pictures of our Halloween adventures in 2008:

A.J. and Abigail when we got home from trick or treating...

We made ghost cupcakes for A.J.'s class (thank you Nana for the pan), and this is Allan putting on their eyes. It was a team effort...

Here are our finished and carved pumpkins...

Here are some of our friends who joined us for caramel apples and the movie.
Grandma and Pa...

Josh, Ashley, and Emma Grace:

Clay and Karen...

Message for Grandma Ina and Grandpa Wally

This is a special video message from A.J. and Abigail to Grandma Ina and Grandpa Wally. We all miss you very much, and the kids thought this would be a fun way to send you a message. Isn't technology great?? Below the video is a transcript in case you can't understand 4 year old language! We love you!

(A.J. speaking) Hi Grandma Ina, Hi Grandpa Wally. We love you. And next week's our bowl game. I hope we might send you a video clip of it. Love, A.J.

(Abigail speaking) My mommy have Jesus in her heart. And, she love you very much. We miss her (meaning you) so much. We love you. And we love everybody in the whole family: Grandma and Pa and A.J. and Abby. From, Abigail.

And... don't you wish you had rosy lips like Abigail????

We had our annual Fall Festival at church this past Sunday. Abigail originally was going to be a chef (you can see that costume in the post for her Dress Up Party at school). However, a friend from church gave her some fall clothes and in the bag was this Minnie Mouse costume. Once she saw it, there was no more chef! So, now I have Minnie Mouse vs. the Jedi in my home! Oh what fun!

We had Abigail's face painted once we arrived (thank you Mrs. Ashley Earle) and Mrs. Michell had a camera without dead batteries like mine! Thanks Mrs. Michell!

Shrinky Dinks

Amelia, Heath and Chase gave Abigail some shrinky dinks for her birthday. I know you all remember those from your childhood, right? We have already had so much fun with them. Here are some pictures of our first attempt at making them. I was pretty pleased.

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip

Abigail's preschool took a field trip to the pumpkin patch. Because A.J. was out on Fall Break, he was able to go with us, too. We had a great time. Here are a few of the millions of pictures I took. You will notice there is no picture of the kids with their pumpkins. It turns out that when carrying two pumpkins for them (which normally Allan would do), I forgot to take a picture, too. Oops.

Here is the three of us on the hayride down to the pumpkin patch:
We attempted to take a picture of the entire group on the field trip. A.J. is in the back, and Abigail is way over on the left side.
Part of the trip was a petting zoo. Good thing the kids didn't see the "for sale" sign by the door or we would have come home with a bunny!

This is Abigail's 3 year old preschool class, with their teacher Mrs. Karen.