1st tour of 2014!

hello, everyone! finally we found out how we can post some pictures again. thank you for your patience! since we have not posted pictures since October there will be quite a few coming up :) 

I will start with a few pictures from Christmas...

:: Shakirah is all ready for the holidays! ::

:: all together again ::

:: watching Shakirahs' expressions was so precious... she just gave Grandpa his gift ::

:: baking Christmas goodies ::

:: four generations ::

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moving on to January...

:: having fun cleaning up the Christmas decor ::

:: all ready for the youth banquet ::

 :: making some "new year cookies" with friends ::

 :: making birthday cards for the widows ::

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moving on to February...

:: Tania celebrated her 18th birthday! ::

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:: singing with a home full of friends ::

:: delicious cheesecake ::

 :: getting ready for the tour ::

:: first stop in MN ::

:: beautiful sunsets ::

:: frozen waterfalls along the way ::

:: the prison crusade was such a blessing!::

:: then, because of an ice storm the rest of the crusade was canceled...::

 :: because of the ice storm, there were many volunteers stuck in the hotel for a day or 2, so we decided to order some pizza and make salad for around 100 people :) ::

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 :: singing/music sessions were a blast ::

 :: playing games ::

:: who's the scum? ::

:: "swap" for all ages! ::

 :: we so enjoyed having Josh and Steph and Shakirah there for the crusade... here we are enjoying lunch with some of the volunteers ::

 :: with their babies :) ::

 :: Shakirah loved the the view while driving ::

:: bonding time ::

 :: so cute ::

:: aww... ::

 :: bowling ::

:: we love it when our schedule works out so that we can enjoy hearing other groups sing for a change... that was the case on Valentines Day when we went to hear Triumphant! ::

Hopefully there will be pictures and updates coming more frequently from now on :) we love you all!