December flew by with many guests, Christmas activities, pictures, memories, and travels. Hold on to your hats and enjoy your coffee as we fly through some pictures of our December. ;)
Dec. 1 - We had the Wilson family over for Sunday dinner
We enjoyed the afternoon with them!
Dec. 3rd-9th, my dad's cousin Katie Gafford flew from CO to spend some time with us. Her time here was packed full of fun and memories! One day friends from PA drove to KY to spend the day with Katie at the Creation Museum. After their activities, the kids got to play at our house for awhile. It was so good to see the Mosleys again!
Katie and Cheryl watching the kids play.
Saying goodbye to these dear little children!
Katie spent a day with us at GBS, seeing what our lives are like there at school.
Eating in the cafeteria with Katie
Dec. 6 was the first evening of the GBS Christmas program - which was called Promise.
I'm so glad my friend Kimberly got to be a guest player again, in the SWSE part of the program!
The violin section, missing 2 players.
My friend Natalie got to come for the Friday night program! It was so sweet to see her, and she brought me beautiful flowers!
Natalie took this picture during the program.
Following the program that evening, I joined some other friends at the Arenders' home for a snack and visiting time. A bunch of sweet little girls.
Sweet ladies who brought the food for the party.
The young people going through the line.
Saturday, Dec. 7th, Daddy took Katie to the Ark Encounter to go through it.
That same day, Kimberly and I went to the Ark for the GBS Christmas program that was to be held there that afternoon. Getting music ready to go...
Ready for God's help in playing/singing/ministering to 2000+ people at the Ark Encounter.
Daddy and Katie came to the program, and Elizabeth and Mother came, helped pass out programs at the doors, then they got to sit and listen too.
The choir with the different screens behind them.
God answered so many prayers and helped us in many specific ways that afternoon and evening! Praise the Lord!
Kimberly and I enjoying the lights before we headed home.
A quick supper when we got home.
Sunday, Dec. 8, Katie went to church with us where she got to see Sis. Regina and others that she knew.
For Sunday dinner we had GBS students Lori, Audrey, and Danette with us as well as Katie.
Sunday evening was the last GBS Christmas program, back on campus. Melanie and I under the archway of lights after the program was done.
Katie and her niece got to come that night as well...
The next week was finals...
Eating with friends in the cafeteria...
Snuggles with Daniel...
Time with friends...
Friends of mine, Laura and Josh, Jonathan and Meagan
Another final and a picture with our sweet teacher...
Our church always puts on a Christmas Drive-Thru play in the church parking lot. We weren't able to be involved in it this year, but we did enjoy going through it one of the evenings.
Dec. 15th - the Stetlers and Strouds came over for Sunday dinner.
I was not at home that day though; I was with SWSE and the choir as we went to a church near Columbus to do Christmas music for them.
Getting ready for the service...
Loading up afterwards...
Dec. 18th - was the Burlington church Christmas party!
Sweet girls enjoying little Ellisyn
We love our church people! There are many older saints in our church that are a blessing to be around!
Regina and Mother
Some sweet expressions...
Some fun, sweet, and mischievous boys...
Bro. Sankey took good care of Ellisyn while some games were played.
Sherilyn directing the kids gift exchange...
Then they did an adult gift exchange in the form of White Elephant.
There was a lot going on in this picture!
Bro. Darrell Stetler and his youngest granddaughter.
A sweet photo of the Harms that I snapped after church on the Sunday before Christmas..
Daddy and Mother
Dec. 22 - Sunday evening we went to a church in Loveland for the Stetler trio's Christmas concert.
It was wonderful and so worshipful!
Dec. 23rd, we went to the Creation Museum to see the lights with Bro. Hyatt.
It was a nice temperature and a beautiful evening.
Over break I worked a few extra days at Chick-fil-A and enjoyed being with my coworkers!
Christmas Eve was Wear-Your-Christmas-Sweater day!
Christmas Eve with Abi and Gaby with us, as well as the Weed family, friends from on campus, as well as distantly related cousins. :)
We enjoyed the evening together visiting, playing music, and making sock snowmen.
Tori and I with our snowmen...
The Weed family
Christmas day we had Abi and Gaby with us, as well as Retha and the Coopers, from our church.
In the afternoon we visited and played some games.
Dec. 26th we left for MO. We met Jeffrey and Lesa in St. Louis at the Arch and got to go up it!
Here we are at the top!
The view from up there!
Peeking out the little windows...
Waiting on the elevators to go back down...
Then we went outside and took pictures under the Arch.
After the Arch, we traveled further into MO until we got to my aunt Marlene's house for supper.
A. Marlene fed us such a yummy meal!
We left Jeffrey and Lesa there then traveled on to Joplin to stay with my grandparents. We enjoyed spending time with them the next day.
Visiting with Grandma and Grandpa Scoles.
Lunch at Grandpa and Grandma's....
Later that day we went to Tim and Brenda's home. Tim talking about their backyard. This was my first time to see them in this home.
Brenda was due with my new little niece a few days before that, and we were praying that she would be born before we had to leave MO so we could meet her!
Lesa, Charissa, and I swinging in Tim and Brenda's backyard.
It was so good to see my little nephew Felix again!
Playing games together
Felix and his Grandpa
Felix really connected with his Aunt Elizabeth!
Opening a few gifts for Christmas...
Charissa and her Grandpa
Elizabeth playing Play-Doh with Felix.
Dec. 28th - we took Grandpa and Grandma Scoles to A. Marlene's house where many of the Scoles relatives spent the day together.
Grandma didn't know about 2 people waiting to surprise her!
A. Sherry didn't think she was going to get to come, so she really surprised Grandma.
Looking at wedding photo books and visiting...
Lunch...
So much yummy food!
Good to see my cousins again!
Gift time...
Grandpa and Grandma with their 6 children, all together in one place only every few years!
Grandpa and Grandma with all the grandkids that could be there.
Our family with Grandpa and Grandma.
While we were gathered with relatives 1.5 hours away, Tim and Brenda were having their little girl!
Dec. 29th, Sunday morning we got to meet her before church.
Church with Grandpa and Grandma...
After Sunday dinner we went back to Tim and Brenda's to spend more time with the new sweetie!!
Introducing Piper Noelle Albertson!! Born on 12/28/2019
Big sister Charissa is so glad to have a sister now!
She is just as precious as can be!
Grandma snuggles are the best!
We were so thankful that she came while we were in Missouri!!
Tim, Brenda, and their 3rd little blessing, Piper!
Elizabeth and I with 2 of our 4 nieces. <3
We were sad that we couldn't see Randy and Joy and their kiddos this Christmas, but we hope to see them this spring before the kids get too much bigger! Joy has been sending lots of pictures to help our hearts as we miss them! In this picture the kids are wearing the sweaters that Mother sent them for Christmas.
I've been enjoying taking pictures of these winter berries in our side yard.
Good job making it through my looonnnnggg post about the last month of 2019!!
Now here we are in 2020! God has been so faithful and He will continue to be!
Trusting Jesus, Emily Albertson
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