Too Cold to Fly? No Way!

Sure it's winter time, but it's never too cold to fly.

A while back, Primo painted Thomas' plane. Thomas just finished painting Primo's plane for him. That's right, they painted each others plane. Now the twins can fly together. It makes for a really neat show in the air!

Samaritan's Purse and Billy Graham Library

Poppy and Memaw came to Charlotte, NC to volunteer at Samaritan's Purse, packing Operation Christmas Child gift boxes that will go around the world.

We visited the Billy Graham Library that is all decked out for Christmas. The library is featuring this season: library tours, horse-drawn carriage rides, a live nativity with real animals, Christmas stories read in Ruth's Attic Bookstore, caroling and festive music, holiday goodies in the Dairy Bar, special exhibits featuring Graham family Christmas memorabilia and a gingerbread replica of the Library and Graham Family Homeplace.

If you are in Charlotte, NC or can travel, we recommend a visit to the Billy Graham Library. Also consider giving to these wonderful ministries. If you would like to return to the blog, after viewing a link, click on the back browser.

Samaritan's Purse Gift Catalog (click on web link):

https://giving.samaritanspurse.org/c-7-gift-catalog.aspx?skinid=1

Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham is encouraging prayer for the millions of children who soon will begin receiving shoe box gifts from Operation Christmas Child.

Samaritan's Purse Operation Christmas Child (click on web link):

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1909243165/bctid4043674001

Give the Gift of Hope This Christmas (click on web link):

http://www.billygraham.org/giftcatalog_index.asp?c=main

Billy Graham Library (click on web link):
http://www.billygraham.org/BGLibrary_Index.asp

Christmas with Poppy and Memaw

Anthony loved playing with Memaw and checking out Poppy during their visit. Anthony loved his Christmas presents and lots of smiles, hugs, and kisses. Poppy and Memaw, come back soon!

First Christmas Lights

Anthony got to experience his first Christmas lights and wow were there a lot, over 450,000 of them! Our church celebrated the holidays at the McNeely's home.

We took a ride through the lights with the Christmas music playing. Anthony had his hot chocolate, without the chocolate! Grandma Midge and family were there. We had a wonderful time!

It's starting to feel a lot like Christmas....

Count Down to One!

We are counting down the days until Anthony's first birthday! He will be one year old on 12/29/08. This year has been a blessing to be able to spend so much time with our son. Anthony has been growing fast and learning every day.

Bath Time - It took Anthony almost a year to begin enjoying bath time. Friday, November 21, Anthony got in the bathtub with his ducky and didn't mind it a bit. His daddy has been giving him baths every since he was born and then his mommy follows up with a lotion massage and gets Anthony ready for bedtime.

First Steps - Anthony took his first steps yesterday! He took two steps on his own to come to his mommy and he took three steps on his own to come to his daddy. It won't be long before he is up and running!

What's All the Fuss About?

Today was a funny moment. Heather went to work on internet classes. Those who don't know, Heather is taking classes to become a Board Certified Christian Counselor with the AACC (American Association of Christian Counselors).

The internet would not work, the televisions were fuzzy. The logical thought would be the cable was out. Comporium, the cable company, decided to place a service call. Heather explained that if she had just been watching TV or surfing the internet then it would not matter how long it took to respond, but she was paying a nanny to watch Anthony while she completed online classes so every minute the internet was down was costing her time and money. The cable company understood and put a rush on getting someone dispatched to the site.

A few minutes later (literally less than 15 minutes), not 1, not 2, but THREE Comporium service trucks were in the driveway. The problem....Anthony had crawled behind the recliner and unplugged the transformer. As the cable man pointed to the transformer behind the chair and explained what had happened, Anthony looked on with his hand in his mouth as if saying, "What's all the fuss about?" Thank you, Comporium, for the fast response and being so understanding!