Middle School small group paint party

Youth small group paint party/sleepover was a blast!  We ate junk food, had a devotional, danced, ate and slept very little (not that I would know I went home around midnight ha!!)

Small group Christmas Party

Wednesday night we had our small group Christmas party/Bible Study and we did White Elephant gifts.  It was HILARIOUS! I don't think I have laughed that hard in a really long time.  I LOVE my small group and so thankful for them and their investment in our lives.

Heather and Dustin

Tabby and Mitch opening sardines and Mitch totally ate them.  The kids were so funny to watch while he was eating them!

Then Sydney wanted to try it and came back for MORE ugh!  You go girl!

Jared and girls Sydney and Meredith (Hannah was sick with pink eye)...

Sweet Luke...

Haha sweet girl Meredith...

 Love these people and thankful for the serious moments and all the laughter!

See ya later party

This week our buddies Adam and Amy moved about an hour away and our small group had a dinner for them to say "see ya later."  We don't plan on it being good-bye and hope to see them often! We will miss them in our small group and as friends as well.  Their friendship has been truly sweet.

Amy and Hannah

Me and Amy

Sweet Oak deciding he wants MB's tomato ha!

Two of my favorite people Mary Beth and Amy :)

Whitney and Amy

Lucy and Story

Some of the boys Luke and Eli with Brayden

The girlies...

Such a fun evening and we look forward to seeing them soon!

We love you Adam, Amy and crew!

Introducing our small group...

Our church doesn't have corporate worship on Sunday nights, instead we have small groups throughout the week.  Our small group meets at our home on Wednesday nights and it is one of my favorite times of the week!  We have some new faces in our group this year and we are thrilled to have them join us!  

But first, happy birthday to the sweetest 4 month old I know!  Oakley is such a happy baby and his personality is really starting to come out!

Oak's new trick...sticking out his tongue!

Our group has LOTS of kids!  NINE to be exact and eight of them are Kindergarten and under.  It is wild and crazy and lots of fun!

Adam and Amy (have 3 kids Story, Meila and Oakley)...

Mrs. Debbie...

Dustin and Heather (3 yr. old son Luke)...

Jared and Hannah (with Meredith here and Sydney not pictured)...

We have really enjoyed our group this Fall and look forward to many more great times as we fellowship and study the WORD!

Tonight we studied Revelation 2 and it was so convicting!

^"2 I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have testedthose who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. ³ You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.

⁴ Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first."

My commentary said something that was so good..."But the Ephesians passion and fervor for Christ had become cold, mechanical orthodoxy.  Their doctrinal and moral purity, their undiminished zeal for the truth, and their disciplined service were no substitute for the love for Christ they had forsaken."  Wow...Christ warns us that we can go through the motions all day long, be pure and disciplined, and have a desire and zeal for truth, but we are not in love with Jesus, all else is in vain.  Oh how I desire to be so in love with him that all else just falls into place.