Still Growing & Thankful: December 2010

So November was another exciting month. Marked with Liza getting her Godly Character award for prayer, our first snow fall, a trip to CoeurdAlene and the 5Th month of the year long beard.

CCS does a monthly Godly Character Award that they give at chapel. Liza here with her friend Jace and Teacher Mrs R. Ryan and I can hardly believe the blessing of Liza in our lives, we are not worthy of her sweetness.

We were planning to go to Boise for Thanksgiving but the roads ended up being too bad. So the weekend after thanksgiving Ryan and his parents took the girls to CDA so I could get some items on the "to do" list done. They built a snowman w/ Sibley.

Okay, so because my husband is so proud of his beard, I figured, I should be also. His goal this year is to grow it for an entire year....(sigh). He started in June. Only 8 more months to go!

The blogging world has been alseep in our little home for the last two months. Of course, that doesn't mean we have been asleep. October is always a busy month for us. It marks the annual "Cow Plop" a major fundraiser for Cornerstone Christian School, where the girls attend. It always promises to be a great time. We also celebrate another wonderful year of our Liza. She turned 7 this year and that is so hard to believe. And of course, we can not forget that day where we all dress up and ask people for candy....nope, can't forget that. This year we went to our church Harvest party on Saturday and as always, had a great time.

October also marked a hard month for the employees of Costco. The loss of 3 of their employees over a 3 week time period. It was almost unbearable. Ryan spent a lot of time over that period of three weeks, praying, helping, loving, giving, crying....... It was awesome to see God at work during this and although it was a heavy time, it was an incredibly graceful time as well. Seeing so many people from so many backgrounds and beliefs come together for the greater good. We are proud of of our Costco family and VERY proud to work for them.

Liza has found a new love for Lego's. She got a few boxes for her birthday and has been able to create all kinds of stuff. Lauryn has decided that indeed, she does enjoy school. It only took about 2 months but once she got the groove of it, she decided she could handle it. We will see what next year holds when she has to be there the entire day.

October is also the month when Ryan get's to go on his annual fishing trip. From what I am told, this trip is THE TRIP of all trips. They can't keep the fish off their lines, they sleep in a glorious log cabin on the Salmon River in Hells Canyon and they are surrounded by the people they enjoy to be with and of course, plenty of refreshing drinks. They don't go for wanting much, on this trip....or so I'm told.