Catching up Continues with November Part II

November Part II

Unfortunately, I don’t have the calendar I had been using to keep track of events (since we don’t have our household items yet). So I’m going to have to go from memory as far as what happened in the second part of November.

Visit from Ben and Amber and the Surprise Sunday

Ben and Amber had come from Kansas City to visit Pastor Pat, Judy and Emily, so I had the wonderful pleasure of spending the entire day on the 17th of November with Amber. We had such a wonderful time together! We walked around the mall for awhile, went to the PX, had some yummy Carlos O’Kelly’s, but mostly had a fabulous time catching up and talking. We had such a great time!



That Sunday, November 19th, was a very emotional Sunday. It was nearing Corey and Holly and Chris and my last Sunday and some of our friends where dealing with some pretty big prayer requests. After an emotional Praise and Worship time, Chris and I were surprised to be called up and honored with the NMI Distinguished Service Award. We were completely surprised and incredibly honored! Manhattan has become our home and the church has become like family to us. We will always value and treasure the friendships and opportunities and ministries the church has brought about for us.


Visit from Uncle Randy and Aunt Jamie

Randy and Jamie flew down from Maryland to be with her family for Thanksgiving – who live in Olathe – and since that’s only a couple hours from Manhattan, they came down for a visit. We had a fabulous time and they were able to meet Luke for the first time. The introductions were pretty funny since Randy had a beard and Luke wasn’t to sure of that, but he adjusted pretty quick and loved being with his Uncle Randy and Aunt Jamie. We enjoyed a great supper at Famous Daves, walked around the mall, watched a movie, and stopped at the always yummy Chipotle all in an evening and afternoon. We all had a great time together! Here are pictures from the fun visit!














Thanksgiving

We enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving in Manhattan with “the gang” - not everyone in “the gang” was able to be there, but we had a big group nonetheless. We all brought different dishes and we had a spectacular feast! We enjoyed fellowship, games, movies and most of all fun fun fun! =) I also got a wonderful gift from Cherry – a beautiful bright yellow afghan! I LOVE IT!!! It’s so bright and cheerful. Cherry had made one for herself and I just had to have one, so she made one for me too, and it’s absolutely lovely! It was a wonderful Thanksgiving and here are pictures to prove it! =)




Chris and Bobby have always been close...
This was acutally a "dare" in a game we played...



This was another dare...chewing up food and spitting it into someone else's hand...








Farewell Potluck and Christmas Decorating at the Church

On November 26th the church had a Farewell Potluck for Corey and Holly and Chris and I. It was a wonderful time of fellowship with everyone but it was also a bit bittersweet because it really brought home the fact that we were leaving.



That evening we gathered to decorate the church. Chris and I really weren’t much help as we ended up visiting with everyone instead of decorating. But the church looked fantastic with all the beautiful Christmas decorations up! While we were there Lindsey gave us an absolutely gorgeous quilt she made for Luke (and us.) I LOVE IT!!! It is soooo adorable and very meaningful. It is of little barns and there are little animals that you can put in the barns, you have to see pictures!

Saying Good-Bye

Our wonderful friends, Corey and Holly moved at the end of November and it was awful to have to say good-bye. I know I can’t give them a hard time since we left a week later, but it was still hard to say good-bye! We miss you Corey and Holly!!!



Here are some more pictures of Luke taken in November...






Luke would get up on his knees and rock back and forth...
it wouldn't be long until he crawled!





Stay tuned for December's Catch-up Blogs!