Happy Hayes Family: December 2007

Sunday, December 16, 2007

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all our family and friends who are stopping by to read our blog. We hope you enjoy what you find. Most of all, though, we hope that you take time to contemplate the Awesome Gift our Savior is to us!

Love,
Chris, Robin, Steven, Ryan, and Andrew

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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Random Pictures

Our new school room set-up. We moved down to the
office in the basement even though it's not finished. It's
nice to have all our school stuff out of the living room!
We just made the move two weekends ago.

Sharing a story...

Wrapped up like an Eskimo - couldn't resist taking
this picture. :)

Wrestling Brothers

Meet Cyclops, the Pirate

My dying washing machine: It's not supposed
to do that, is it?

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Arctic Circle Update

Well, Heather. Here it is...too bad it snows here, and that we don't have mountains, and that it gets cold, and that we don't have an ocean, and that Laurel, Amelia, and Evan's grandparents don't live here...It's pretty, though, don't you think?

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Look William!

Hi, William! Grandma Nancy saw Andrew's slippers, and she said that you have some just like his! They are fun, aren't they?

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Small Group Family Get-Together

Chris gets together with a small men's group every other week for Bible study and fellowship over breakfast. November 30th, we all got together as families for a big dinner. The Kilburns' graciously hosted this large group of people.

Chris, Terry, Uncle Ed, and Keith - the men's group

Clara, Nancy, Martina (Keith's wife), Aunt Robin, and Kelly

Steven, Megan, Tyler, Ryan, Travis, Joshua
(clockwise from lower left corner)

Kay (Uncle Ed's mom) and Jan (Terry's wife)

Aunt Robin, Joel, and Alex

Terry & Uncle Ed

Martina's dad from Spain & Rachel

Josiah & Kelly

Alex, Andrew, and Melanie

They couldn't resist a silly shot! Those boys!

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Thanksgiving 2007

This is the first year in our 13 year marriage that we did not share Thanksgiving dinner with Chris' immediate family. It was kind of weird! We had a great time with Pa & Grandma, Uncle Tim & Aunt Diane, Joey, Jenny, Delilah, & Kya in Watertown, Minnesota. Dinner was fabulous! And it was nice to be able to spend some extended time with them all - this summer's visit got cut quite short due to a scheduling error. Diane, Jenny, and I got out for a while on Black Friday to do some shopping and have lunch out. (Of course!) We had a nice time being with family!

We drove up early Thursday morning. This is
Andrew enjoying his muffin at Perkins.

Ryan

Kya

Steven

Delilah

Andrew all dolled up with some fun jewelry!
You can tell that Tim & Diane have
granddaughters - they have lots of fun
dress-up costume dresses and a whole
jewelry box full of fun items!

Pa & Ryan

Kya helping Grandma Jackie get dolled up!

Ryan, Kya, Andrew, Delilah, & Steven

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Some Beautiful Fall Pictures

The Last Leaf: one lone leaf clinging
to the tree in our front yard.

The red of the burning bush and the red barberry
contrasted with the green of the yews: just so
pretty! And throw a cute little boy in the picture,
just for good measure!

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Monday, December 10, 2007

Annual Shopping Trip

In addition to Black Friday (which we weren't together for this year for the first time in 13 years), Deb, Lisa, Jillian, Andrew, and I make an annual shopping trip to pick out gifts from Grandpa Mike and Grandma Deb for our kids. This might be the last year that Andrew and Jillian can accompany us for this trip, since they are getting so savvy with what's going on. We had a really fun time together (Duh!), had a yummy lunch at Applebee's and just had a great day. I was actually able to buy quite a few presents for some of the kiddos on my list (since that was the theme of the day).

Getting ready to start our shopping day

Cheesing it up at Target

Kisses for Jillian

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Classical Conversations Presentation Night

Friday, November 16th, 2007, our Classical Conversations group had a Presentation Night. The kids recited all the Bible verses, history sentences, history time line, Latin conjugations, English grammar, Science facts, and Geography locations they had learned up through week 10 of the semester. The kids wore their uniforms, their art work was displayed, and most importantly the program was followed by a cookie reception. Grandpa Bill, Grandma Nancy, More Grandpa, and More Grandma were able to join us. We missed Grandpa Mike and Grandma Deb - they couldn't come, because Grandpa Mike was sick.