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Our Aunts Surgery

No, we are not trying to set a family surgery pattern. It just happened that way. :)
Our Aunt scheduled a surgery at the beginning of January for a bunion on her foot.  So the three girls went over to help out afterwards.  Once we got all situated in her house, the phone rang.  It was her doctor saying that something wasn't working in the hospital and they would have to turn off the electricity in the hospital. As you can imagine, the surgery was canceled.
Since we were already situated at our Aunt's house we decided to stay the night! While we were there she took us shopping to some of her favorite stores and ice skating. Over all, we had a fun time getting to know her more. What a better way to get to know an aunt than to spend an extended amount of time with her? We've thoroughly enjoyed it.

We took a walk with Abby (the chocolate lab) to the lake.  It was very cold. 



We enjoyed being with Abby too. You wouldn't believe how excited she is when we walk in the door. She is such a sweet pup!

Like the star? We saw it at a mall we shopped at. We thought it was unique.

We also did some school work. Since our aunt is a chemist, we were sure to bring chemistry books along!
What a blessing it is to have time with our Aunt.  The surgery was rescheduled to the 17th of January and she is now recovering well!

New Year's Eve Party

Posted by: Grace
A New Year is here!!  What a joy!!  This year we hosted a New Year's Eve Party.  At the party we had snacks, worship, fellowship, and a Talent Show. 


Each year we aim to make a Jesus Cake.  It is a Pistachio and Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting.  This year Patience decorated it. It was very tasty.    

Patience also made some yummy peppermint bark.  We made a gingerbread Christmas tree and house too (see them in the background?). 





Some good friends of ours brought this delicious desert.  It is like a Reese's and deliciously scrumptious! To our greatest dismay, when we first tasted the recipe, they claimed it to be "secret", and that it was for a while...until we shared  favorite recipe with them. Fair trade, huh? We thought so!



Fellowship time was wonderful too.

 

The talent show was very fun.  We had people sharing songs, jokes, skits and more!  We had a contest and judged by the funniest and most professional performance. 
A couple we know skillfully performed a skit/song. It was all impromptu, which made it funnier, because they forgot their lines. :p  So Mr.Wilkes jumped in near the middle with the words on his iphone and did a little cowboy jig, which broke the awkwardness of not knowing their lines into hilarious laughter. 
I forgot to take pictures of the talent show. :( Oppsies...
Then we worshiped until midnight. When the clock struch twelve, we played on any instrument we could get our hands on as loud as we possibly could. From trombones to harps and from pot pan lids to whistles. Despite the all the noise, it was literally a "blast"!

Christmas Celebrations

  This year we had Christmas at two different locations.  One at our Grandparents house on one side of the family and at our house with the other side of our family.  It was a busy day, but we enjoyed it. 
During the Christmas season we didn't stop playing music.  We had concerts and played at a nursing homes time to time. 

 

I (Grace) sent this embroidery work to my "twin" in Australia. It took a long time to get there.  We were wondering if it was lost or something.  We were relieved when she e-mailed to say that she got it.  (If you are wondering about my "twin" you can visit a previous blog about ATI in 2013.) 

Over the Christmas season we processed some deer.  Mr. Wilkes helped us process some of that. :)

Here's some of the packed deer on the table.  Looks delicious, eh?



We went to watch Handel's Messiah at the Strathmore hall for my birthday, then later in the month went to the Kennedy Center sing along.  We enjoyed them both for different reasons, but having the music in front of us at the Kennedy Center was unbeatable!
 

 

Tabor's Surgery

Posted by: Patience

Tabor had a surgery a few weeks ago. Bad stomach pains sent him to the ER which sent him to the hospital who gave him the surgery which left him appendix-less. Can you guess what went wrong? Yep, my very own little brother had appendicitis and now he is missing that organ called an apendix. We won't post any pictures about this story. :)
You should have been around when he was gone. The house was sooo empty. Every time I passed by something that meant something to him, I would remember how much I loved him. Tali cried twice, and the whole family spent their extra moments remembering how special his place in our home is to us.
Glad you're back buddy! We missed you!!