A busy Friday Part 3

After the mall, we weren't home very long when Lindsey and I had to head to a Girl Scout Cookie Rally. We spent the evening playing games, making crafts and getting all excited about selling girl scout cookies. Lindsey would love to sell you all some girl scout cookies!

A busy Friday Part 2

After the nursing home it was time to hit the Apple Store. Brian had to do some business there and they even had a place for the kids to play the computer games. I'm sure, before we are even ready for it, the kids will ask to go to the Apple store for themselves.

When you're at the mall, with three little kids, and they are good about not touching all the expensive computer gadgets -- you just feel like treating them to ice cream!

A busy Friday Part 1

After getting back into the groove of things with school, we looked forward to a fun-filled family Friday. Our first stop was a nursing home where some kids and parents, from our church Life Class, went to do crafts and play time. It was great fun to see young and old spending time together.

It is always fun to get a whole group of 'little ones' to pose for a picture.

It is also fun to see the adults clamor around to shoot the pictures.

New Year's Eve

Aunt Nar had planned some fun activities over Christmas, but we just didn't get to all of them. So....on New Year's Eve the kids got to make some gingerbread men. They love to help in the kitchen, but baking is of course their favorite thing to do.

Snow Ball Fights

In Iowa,Lindsey's favorite thing to do was pummel people with the biggest snow balls she could make. After awhile we just didn't recognize who this creature was!

December Fun

We were able to spend a week in Iowa, with Janet's family, for Christmas and of course the snow was a huge hit!

The Nutcracker

Our family went with 75 other homeschool families to see the Nutcracker this past Tuesday. It was a nice treat for this holiday season.

Saying Goodbye

On this past Sunday we had to say goodbye to our friends, Stacy and Hans and their children, as they follow God's leading to the mission field. We met Stacy and Hans in our Life class and our kids have become good friends as well. As crazy as this time is for them they had us and two other families over for one of their many farewell parties. Hans had gotten 4 deer this year and so we had a cook out. It was such a special time of fellowship, singing songs, and time spent in prayer over this exciting journey for them. As we all have felt, this is so very sad for us to say goodbye, yet happy to see God's calling and provision for their family. They have a special place in our hearts and will be in our prayers as they follow God's leading.

Their son, Joshua, helped plan this party and all of the kids were thrilled to see that he had planned a pinata for this get together.

The Star of Bethlehem at Morehead Planetarium

We have enjoyed our year long membership at the planetarium this year. This past Friday night we went to see a program about the Star of Bethlehem. The kids are standing in front of the multi-million dollar machine that makes the stars and planets come alive.

December 12 in North Carolina

We couldn't resist snapping one shot of the kids as we were all headed to the indoor pool at the Y. It almost felt like we could swim outside as it was in the upper 70's and was supposed to hit 80 that day.

Christmas concert rythm section

The Christmas concerts went well this year and here is pictured Brian with the rest of the rythm section. There were four concerts in all and it was a blessing to see it all come together.

A sunset looking at our backyard

Kidz Praise Christmas Concert

Austin, Lindsey, and Reece each were in different choirs for their Christmas concert. Austin had a speaking part this year and we would have to say that Kidz Praise is Reece's most favorite class at church. Here Reece is singing in this picture above. Lindsey is in the front row on the next picture. We mainly got Austin's speaking part on video this year. Janet helped with the 5 year old choir so it was a busy yet great evening.

When will I ever use this?

I think we got Austin saying his first "When will I ever use this?" in school this year. For third grade English, Austin spends time daily diagramming sentences. He is doing a great job in English and we can all understand why he would ask this question in regards to diagramming.

Thanksgiving Weekend

This past month, as is the case with many families, is a flurry of activities. I'll try to update our family and friends on some of the Megilligan happenings. For Thanksgiving we traveled to PA to see Brian's Uncles, Aunts, counsins and of course Granny (pictured above). After returning home we spent a family day of sleeping in, going out for brunch, watching the past 9 family Christmas videos, and decorating the house while listening to Christmas music. It was a great weekend.

This past weekend we had our annual "Pig Pickin". It was at the fire station and hosted by the tech guys from church. The kids love this event because they get "free reign" to climb on the fire trucks and run around the station with their friends. Of course the adults enjoy the fellowship and all the great food.