Christmas Eve Service

Christmas Eve Service at church 

such a pretty girl! 

Candlelight service

first time kids got to hold their own candles 

Horse drawn carriage ride after the service 

Papa John, Corben, Mason and Mommy 

The beautiful Christmas tree in our church lobby.  This picture was actually in our local Fresno Bee newspaper and online. 

Roasting marshmallows for s'mores! 

Then dinner at Toyoko Steakhouse 

New tradition...and we all used chopsticks for the entire meal! 

Life Group Party

We had our Life Group over for a Christmas Party.

It was an Ugly Sweater Christmas Party, we had a photo booth, minute-to-win-it games and we enjoyed dinner together. 

The Neal Family 

Us 

Kiddos : Kensy, Maddy, Corben, Mason and Zach 

The Kain Family 

The Grossmans (baby on the way) 

The kids had their own table 

And the adults enjoyed dinner at their own table 

Adult Group Picture

The entire group 

O Christmas tree....stack cups and take down in 60 seconds 

Christmas Nutstacker

Stack 8 nuts using a candycan 

Snowball Toss

Toss marshmallows through a wreath and 10 must make it into the bowl in 60 seconds. 

Then our three winners had to do a tie breaker challenge game to see who was the winner, the guys played rock-paper-scissors for who would compete first. 

Boys being silly boys 

Girls having fun! 

Fun with Papa John & Meme

Mason getting a Pedicure with Meme 

Movie time....Annie! 

Baking cookies!

Mason is quite the helper in the kitchen 

We loved having Papa John & Meme stay with us for a week during Christmas