Mercy Chefs

We had a few tornados come through the area and Audrey and I had the opportunity to go help with some of the relief. We hooked up with an organization called Mercy Chefs and went out to Garland one evening to see what they needed us to do! Our friend, Jill, came with us. We prepped food in a truck for breakfast the next morning, then went on deliveries in the surrounding neighborhoods with a nice man who had given up a whole week of work to offer his service. It was an amazing experience and we were so glad we were able to help!

December Stuff

Having a birthday at Young Academy is always fun. My friend, Carol made these delicious cupcakes in the shape of a pencil. I mean!

This was at Cane's one night. Who knows why, but it sure looks funny! We were on our way to a concert in Plano, where Uncle Mark and our friend, Madie were singing with the DMCO.

As you can see above, Neal had surgery, actually back in November. It was a bit of a rough road for a week or so, but once he went back to work and got used to the aches and a little additional fatigue, things seemed to get back to normal.

Parker and Tyler made a bunch of little trinkets on their 3D printers to sell to their friends at school. 

I took Miles, Dillon and Matthew, my Bear scouts, on a tour of the Keller Police Station. The officer was so great; we had a lot of fun!

The week after that, we lucked out with a tour of the fire station!

It took us a while, and I had to do all the heavy lifting, but we finally got a Christmas tree! It was our biggest tree yet.

Miles was in charge of lights.

Later in the month, we had a piano recital. Miles was chosen by Ms. Ruby to play the "Premusic." He did a great job and looked so handsome.

I found this beautiful flower crown on Etsy and just had to get it for Audrey's Christmas dress. She looked so lovely.

Three siblings in one week!

Living apart from every single person in my Parker family is sad and I don't like it. :( One lucky week in December, I got to see three of them! It was beyond exciting.

Julianne and Ben were able to come see us for a week during Thanksgiving. It's the second Thanksgiving she has spent with us! We had fun reminiscing about the first one, back when we suddenly were hosting about 30 people. I was so grateful she was there that year and this year!

Elliott stopped into town on his way to San Antonio for business. We grabbed some Torchy's Tacos and had a good chat. So fun; we love layovers!

I got to fly out to Arizona for a quick weekend that ended on my birthday. I love going to visit the Courts! Life is good there in Mesa.