A Christmas Down Under!

First I (Deana) want to say that Cheryl, Michael, Kevin and I could not be more proud of you guys and the job you did on Sunday! Wow!!! From lights/sound, props/backdrops, and acting, the whole thing was perfect!!! You remembered your lines and got to where you were suppose to be with such precision...way to go!!! I have heard from more than one person that it was the best they have ever seen you do! You guys just keep getting better and better! Wait until they see NEXT YEAR.....okay, never mind, let's wait awhile before we go there. :-) Anyway, enjoy some of the pics we took!!

Creation Festival!!!

Where should you have been Friday if you wanted to hear/see/feel 4 hours of Christian rock groups and 1000 teenagers praising the Lord? Well DUH!!! With US, of course at Creation Festival!! I could totally still feel the BASS thumping in my chest even AFTER we left! Crazy! But where else could we have heard Kutless,Thousand Foot Crutch, Pillar, KJ-52, Fireflight, Worth Dying For, Run Kid Run, Esterlyn, and Capitol Lights in ONE PLACE and on ONE NIGHT?

Run Kid Run got things started....

....then KJ busted out with his "Mountain Dew" song....

Imo shows why he's a ladies' man...

Worth Dying For led us in some amazing choruses of praise....

Thousand Foot Crutch

Kutless

Did we have fun? I dunno....you tell ME!

An evening with Lindsey Kane!

You girls loved Lindsey Kane so much at the "Virtue En Vogue' conference that we invited her back to our church to have a great evening of worship and a much needed reminder that God is aware of EACH one of us and our individual needs. She was a great sport even though she had just come off four days of fighting the flu!! It was great to meet Jenny, Lindsey's "bum drum" player! She sounded great!

Many of you, like Livvy, stocked up on LK t-shirts and CDs!!

Thanks Lindsey! Hope to have you back soon!!

Progressive Dinner!

For the uninformed, a "progressive dinner" is one during which you travel from place to place, having a single portion of the meal at each stop. It's always a blast and this year was the best one yet! We had a huge turnout and couldn't have done it without the gracious help of Vanessa Willie and Cheryl Katrenick to help us drive and get everyone to the destinations! We started out at the Moser home with some of the most amazing breads, spreads, and appetizers! After some games and a little football watching, we moved the herd to the Bentley's home for some delicious soups and some frogwatching, all followed by some praise and worship, led by Parker, Nick, and Livvy! That was awesome! Along the way we gave Shelby a call and took a card to her house to let her know we were thinking about her after her shoulder surgery. Then it was off to the Crawford estate for a romantic candlelit dinner for 30 or so and some incredible lasagna!! Tom had a fire going for us which felt amazing in the chilly air, and we stood around it and gave some thanks and praise to God for all He's done (hope the neighborhood association didn't mind, even though it was 10:00 p.m.!) ! And finally, having sneakily and covertly led all of you to believe that it was OVER at that point, we rounded everyone up and headed to the Teen House for one last moment of prayer, only to have dessert and some surprise birthday cupcakes waiting for Parker! These were the biggest cupcakes ever seen by mankind!! The Teen group salutes you Mosers, Bentleys, Crawfords, and Crystal for your generosity and hospitality!! We love you!
The Mosers were our first destination!!


Singing at the Bentley's...Dude! They already have their Christmas tree up!!

No matter how wide he opened up, P-Diddy was not able to get one of those cupcakes down in a single bite. Props on the attempt, though.