Play and Pray

Grace attended her first play and pray this evening. Jamie and I had planned on taking her but our condo association had a emergency meeting this evening at the same time so we couldn't go. Grace was going to have to skip it but my sister took her and my dad picked them up and took them home and watched Grace for the rest of the evening.



Sarah said that Grace did great. She said she kept to herself the majority of the time, but tried to color with the rest of the kids. They made a craft which was a bracelet with a jingle bell on it. My mom came over to visit Grace and she said that Grace was just showing off the bracelet and shaking it, that it was cracking everyone up. I hope that we are able to attend more of the events in the future.

Adopt a child

Sunday at church, Jamie and I decided to each pick a needy child to donate a Christmas gift to this year. I picked a nine year old girl, and Jamie picked a nine year old boy. We plan on going shopping for the gift this evening. I can't wait, I think it is going to be fun picking something out that you know someone is going to be so excited and grateful to receive. Any ideas on what nine year-olds like would be appreciated!!!

Our Lady of the Snow Shrine

We took Grace to see the Christmas lights last weekend. She was in utter amazement. It was such a neat feeling watching her see and be so excited about something for the first time. She pretty much screamed her head off and pointed the entire time.



We got out of the car and let her ride on a donkey. She pretty much wasn't to sure about it, but the amazing dad that Jamie is walked right next to her the entire time. He said that she giggled once. After the donkey experience, we fed the goats some carrots. It was soooooo cold that evening so we hurried up and got back in the car to see the rest of the lights. We plan on taking her somewhere each weekend to see the lights. Hooray for the holidays!!

Bounce House

The day after Thanksgiving I bought Grace a bounce house that was on sale. I thought well we better open it up and test it out to make sure it works. I took it over to my moms to let her try it out. I had to stand right by her the entire time and she mainly just wanted to play on the slide.



It took less than a minute to put it up, and was pretty easy to put back in the box. Here are a few pictures of her playing in it.