Chinese New Year celebrations

Here we are getting ready for the first Chinese New Year "Vegetable" (festival) as Katie called it.
































...and the FCC Chinese New Year dinner.





























Lily got her nerve up enough to do the dragon dance holding on to her friend, Laura Joy.

My favorite time of day

Getting ready for bed is the best time of the day around here. We go back to their rooms and Phil gets the girls all crazy by wrestling, tickling and having pillow fights. They laugh so hard that they can hardly breathe. They get to read their favorite books and say their adorable prayers. Lily is daily thanking God for Ella and Emma's birthday party and Katie is thanking him for Kai-Lan (from that new show, Ni-hao Kai-Lan). Then Daddy gets his good night kisses from the girls (I'll have to post that one later as it is quite the event). Phil then tells him that he loves them more than a bee loves honey or a monkey loves bananas or whatever he can come up with and the girls answer back with more of the same. Lily sometimes says, "more than girls love chocolate." Kate's newest is "more than a grasshopper loves grass." Mommy gets her snuggles as I snuggle them to sleep lying between them. I love it! Below, Lily is in pink and they are being silly at bedtime, making faces and goofing off.

OK...got to go...I left them fully clothed listening to a new CD in the kitchen...now they are completely naked and laughing...which means they are bored and about to get into trouble!

Look, Aunt Lily, we had snow down here, too!

"Hurry, girls! It will only be here for a few hours and not again for 10 more years; let's go build Frosty the Snowman!" Poor Katie is wearing the first warm clothes I could find...tourquise tights with floods...no time for fashion...we are on a mission!













Kate LOVES to watch the Frosty the Snowman movie that Grammie and Grandpa got us, so this was an extra special event.

Ta-Da! He looks monstrous here compared to his actual 18 inch size.

Now...to learn how to make and throw snowballs...

Kate dodging Daddy's snowballs.

Lily gets the hang of it with her signature "I'm sticking my tongue out so I can concentrate better" move.

Watch out!

Rick Burgess' testimony

Most of you here in Alabama have probably already heard or watched this testimony. But many of my friends and family out of state still haven't and I promised I would send you the link. Rick Burgess is a comedic radio host. He and Bubba ("Rick and Bubba, the 2 sexiet fat men alive") are heard throughout the US and are hilarious. Rick's 2 year old son recently drowned. Following the morning graveside funeral for his son, Rick spoke at an afternoon memorial service for his son. His words are powerful and speak truths of the Christian faith. To hear him, go to the Rick and Bubba website, then click on the Bronner Burgess Memorial page, then click on the 3 videos you see there. I've never heard a testimony that I have pondered and prayed over so much.