It's beginning to look at lot like Christmas...

I finally got a chance to post our pictures of our decorations (for the most part) and our Christmas photo card out-takes. We learned that trying to get 4 in the same picture and all looking in the same direction is not as easy as it sounds. Oh well, it still turned out ok.

Hope your Christmas is coming along well! Two weeks from today is Christmas and we'll be in Costa Rica!

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P.S. Yes, that is a gate around the tree! You just never know with Blue around what he may decide to eat. I finally got around to putting ornaments on the tree now that I know the tree is somewhat "protected". Hopefully, the inquisitive puppy stage will be fading soon since Blue turns one next week. Polly showed improvement around 1 1/2 - 2 years old...so there is a chance!

Holidays Fit for a King 2008

Each year, our church does a thing called "Holidays Fit for a King." It is a time for the ladies to come together and get practical ideas for keeping Jesus at the center of the upcoming holidays (Thanksgiving and Christmas).

We start by meeting together and having breakfast. We also have a speaker that focuses our time together on Jesus and the season. Ladies are invited to help by bringing food for our breakfast or by decorating a table. It is always fun to walk in and see the creative tables decorated either in a Thanksgiving or Christmas theme.

Then, we break up and go to two workshops that we pick at registration. These workshops vary on the topics but the two that I picked were on celebrating Advent and Christmas Desserts.

I have always heard of Advent and of the advent calendars, wreaths, etc. but never have participated in them personally. This workshop was a great time to get verses and true meanings behind a lot of the traditions that we celebrate. See this blog for a lot of the ideas and verses that we received.

The Christmas Desserts workshop was a true favorite. Three ladies led this workshop and gave recipes (AND samples!) of favorite desserts and how they can be given as gifts to bless others during the Christmas season.

I look forward to Holidays Fit for a King each year. It is a reminder that the season is beginning! It is always a great time too to get ideas for my own home and traditions. And to remember to keep Christ at the center of EVERY day, not just Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Here are a few pictures of the tables. Some are a little blurry...sorry! Also click here for more pictures.

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We hope you had a Merry CHRISTmas!

Here are a few pictures from the GA Christmas. Mike stayed back with Polly and the puppies in NC while Miriam went to see her family in GA for Christmas.

Miller Christmas in GA consists of:
* meeting at the community center in Adrian for a huge lunch with more desserts than you can count
* going back to the house "down the railroad bed" where Dad grew up
* spending the night wherever you can find a bed
* meeting for breakfast at Uncle Wayne and Aunt Wrena's house which includes eggs, grits, biscuits, cooked apples, and yummy grilled meats (smoked sausage, pork tenderloin, and country ham!!)
* sitting around and visiting after the big breakfast
* figuring out what to eat for lunch and dinner even though EVERYONE is still STUFFED from breakfast!
* new this year - paintball!!
* new this year - marshmallow roast!!

All of our immediate family (Mom and Dad and my 2 sisters and brother) were all able to be together with our extended famiy. This was Mom and Dad's last year to join us for a while as they will be leaving to go on the Mission Field (language school in Costa Rica for one year and the moving to Antigua, Guatemala). We had a special time of prayer and encouragement over them after our lunch on Christmas Eve. Dad also had the priviledge of leading a dedication of the new babies in the family.

We sure love being together as a family and especially spending Christmas together in Adrian.

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It's Christmas Time...in Creedmoor

Polly says, "Merry Christmas!"

One of my favorite ornaments on our tree...WAR EAGLE!

We hope YOU had a Happy Thanksgiving!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

We enjoyed a LOT of food on the fine china and crystal.
(Here's one of the food tables. We forgot to take many pictures at lunch - guess we were too busy eating!)

Then, Mike and Phillip threw the football while the ladies looked at the "Black Friday" sale papers.

Then, football and NAPTIME

Happy 4th!

We hope you had a happy 4th of July! We are so privileged to live in a free country. We are so thankful for the men and women who have fought and continue to fight and die for our freedoms! Some of the men and women, including Mike's brother, Mark, who have given their lives more recently for our freedom have been remembered in a book entitled Faces of Freedom by Rebecca Pepin. ALL proceeds from the sale of this book will go to Fisher House and Wounded Warrior Project. We are thankful for this remembrance and honor for our soldiers.

Our 4th consisted of doing a little around the house while Mike prepared ribs and got them on the grill early. We enjoyed dinner with our friends, Codey and Laura, and filled ourselves to the top (with ribs, corn, pasta salad, cole slaw, gilled onions, and potato wedges)! And then ate homemade ice cream to fill in any extra spaces! After dinner, we met more friends, Joe and Abby, in Raleigh to watch fireworks. What a fun evening. And all possible because of our freedoms.