From Our Family to Yours...

GLORIA!

Yesterday my mom and Rob treated all of us to a wonderful evening of dinner and the Prestonwood Christmas Choir presentation. It was truly a lovely evening. We went to Maggiano's in Plano for a family style meal. It was great! We had a party of 16 and more than half of them were kids. The waiter had a lot of patience to deal w/ 10 children and all the challenges they bring. The restaurant was perfect for the whole family. We ate up in a loft area where they put big parties with kids (I think- because there were 2 other parties up there as well). Anyways, the food was excellent and the service was great. The atmosphere was very nice as well. If you are ever in the Plano area I HIGHLY recommend Maggiano's it gets 4 stars in our book. Prestonwood was just amazing. I can't get over the size of that church. Everyone was very welcoming and what an impressive children's area they have. I can't help but always check out what other churches are doing in the children's area. It's just in my blood :) . John Tesh was the special guest at the performance last night. It was really neat to see him and hear why he chose to walk away from Entertainment Tonight. I remember watching him on that show. He is so talented. I just thought how great it was that he followed his dream. If he had stayed it would have been such a waste of his God given talent. Prestonwood has amazingly talented people at their church and what a show they put on! It was a great way to get into the Christmas Spirit.

In this picture they had 2 Drummers dropping down from the ceiling

as they played their drums.

Did I mention they had 500 people in their choir?

The guys hanging out, outside of the restaurant.

The kids by the Prestonwood's gigantic Christmas tree.

***************************************

Thank-you mom and Rob for a wonderful evening!

Are you okay?

Alright, I cannot get enough of this baby! She is just too cute. I love her so much and she cracks me up. It is so funny, it's not like we haven't had a baby before. I don't know, I guess with time and age things are just different. J and I were talking about how we were more selfish when we were young and it seemed like such a burden or at least more difficult. Now though, it is just pure joy. God has blessed us over and over. He is so wonderful. We love you little C, we cannot imagine our lives w/o you. You have brought such joy to everyone of us.