December greetings!

Hello! Well, December is already here! That's exciting but hard to believe.
Today we had our first snow! It wasn't a lot, but it was snow! Saturday, we
had a small Christmas music recital at our house for Annah's piano students
and Donald and Jennifer brought a little girl neighbor of theirs who had 
come over last week when Samantha had her piano lesson. We hope she
comes over more. 

Friday night was Christmas Coffee House Night at the Family Vision Library: 
always a special coffee house night! And they had a special unveiling of a 
wonderful addition to the library! Miss you, John, Audra, and Avery!

Sunday night, our church group had a Christmas banquet at Yacovelli's. It
was our first time going there. It was a blessed evening. The guest speaker
who had preached at church in the morning, gave the Gospel. 

Mom has already taken us Christmas shopping two days in a row, which we've really
enjoyed! Dad took us Sunday night, we found some really nice Christmas cards!

So here's some pictures!

The beautiful addition!

Matt and Bethany Coad beautifully sang  some Christmas songs.

Mr. Buchannon (on the mandolin) and his partner added a nice, Bluegrass touch to the evening!

Jennifer came with the girls!

Nora likes music!

Nora enjoyed chewing on her pretty shoes.

Gluten free brownies and cookies for our recital

Brownies with peppermint pieces

Our Nativity scene won't fit under our Christmas tree!

Who Christmas is all about!

Annah's 3 students, Abby Kohler, Emma Kohler,  Samantha Feldmann, and Samantha's neighbor

Dad opened up with prayer.

Annah played several songs on the piano. And we just got our piano tuned!

Annah played a beautiful version of O Holy Night, plus some others.

Abby Kohler

Donald didn't leave for work until Samantha had played all her songs.

Samantha

Emma Kohler

Nora enjoyed it!

In the end, we sang selected Christmas carols

Leona and George, Aunt Jean and Nora  It's fun to m,ake Nora laugh.

Nora and me  Annah did my hair.

Dad and Nora

Samantha and Nora in their beautiful matching outfits Annah made for them!

Sisters

Beautiful banquet tables at Yacovelli's Cafe'

Programme and menu

Name cards for everyone!

Mr. John Hedrick opened up.

Mr. Charles Grey led the singing.

Dinner starts with salad.

Cooked carrots or green beans with mashed potatoes and your choice of baked chicken or roast beef!

Red velvet cake with an Oreo cookie for dessert!

Special music

Mr. Craig Rolinger gave the Gospel.

Me, Dad, Mom, and Annah

Christmas is coming: so exciting!  

Please continue to pray for the Wilkerson family, as they are going through a 

season of very hard times and has gotten discouraging. They have been treated very

 harshly lately by some people, and the children are also suffering from it. 

"God sent His only begotten Son into the world, 

that we might live through Him." 1 John 4:9