We had a great Thanksgiving here in Charlotte. We feel incredibly blessed to be living so closely to both of our families. We divided up our time between each family and we wouldn't have it any other way. The day after Thanksgiving we had a family birthday party for our nieces, Penelope and Adeline. Todd's mom did a great job of hosting a princess theme.
In work news, I've been teaching my 1st and 2nd graders what a call number is. I figured it's never too young to start training them in some useful library skills and to my surprise...they actually understood it! I'm very proud of them especially now that they are starting to find their own books and shelve their incoming books on a temporary cart under the right section (Easy, Fiction or Nonfiction). Plus I've been working with 3rd-5th on the Dewey Decimal System and it thrills me to see them checking out nonfiction books that they didn't realize our library had.
Todd is working hard at Elevation Church and loving it! He works on editing videos and compiles the final edit that is sent to the local news networks that feature a 30 minute segment each week of Elevation. Together, we are starting to build community with other couples and fellow coworkers through an egroup, staff events and volunteering. The Lord is certainly at work in our city and ourselves. The best is yet to come!
I can't believe Christmas is right around the corner! I figured I'd show a few pics of how we have decorated our house (mainly for us because this blog will be fun to look back on in a few years and reminisce). So far this is the only photo I've taken...
My mom gave me the simple green wreath and I added the burlap bow, berries and glitter picks. It's pretty simple and really inexpensive. Two things I am all about! More pics of the inside to follow soon!
Now, did you think I was about to end this post without a picture or video of our baby Maggie? Todd's mom taught her a cool trick called "up bang" and I tried to capture a video of it for you all to see. Ignore my stern southern voice ;)
Happy Monday!
-Sara