Christmas in Orlando!

This year Gwen and I flew down to Orlando for a great Christmas with her family. It was my first Christmas down there and it was a huge blessing. Gwen has a large family and it was a blast spending time with them. We miss them all so much! There is no way we can cover it all in one blog but here are a few of the highlights:

Gwen's Mom and Dad

Gwen's brothers, Todd and TJ holding their ipod nanos (we shaved TJ's head a few nights earlier)

Gwen's brother TJ and his dreads

Gwen and I at the park looking at Christmas lights

The whole crew!

Todd, Dorie, and I
Gwen and her older sister, Brook

Gwen with her stocking on Christmas morning

Benett and I

Gwen's sister Brook, her grandfather, Dadad, her brother-in-law, Kent, her sister Dorie

Gwen and I with her brother Gary

07 Providence Staff Christmas Party

The Providence staff had its annual Christmas party last Thursday night at the North Raleigh Hilton. It was a blast! The food was great and it was so fun hanging out, talking, and laughing with our Providence staff family. Below is most of the youth staff.

Below is our former assistant Sarah, former intern Lori, Shelly, and Gwen.

This is Gwen and Lori. Lori was a great intern for the past couple of years. We're going to miss her!

This is Steve giving Lori her going away present. We can't believe she's gone. Congratulations on graduation Lori and we're praying for you as you move on.

Below is Blake, our middle school pastor, and I.

This is Mike, our Refinery Director.

This is Jeremy. Jeremy is a faithful intern on the youth staff.

This is our senior pastor, David, and Lori and Gwen.

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Can you believe it is almost Christmas again...time flies by. Here are some pics of us by our Christmas tree. Our dear friends Garrett and Lara came over and Lara took these pictures for us. We had a great time hanging out with them:) We love you guys.

Joel put on all the ornaments this year, he did an awesome job, I am so blessed to have such a sweet husband.

The lights were a bit of a hassle this year, but after much patience and communication we had a fully lit tree.

Hope you all have a Merry Christmas. May God richly bless you and your family. We will be spending Christmas in Orlando with my family, so we will post more pics of Christmas after our trip. We love you all and appreciate you so much.

Youth Staff Christmas Party

We had our annual youth staff Christmas party last Wednesday at Steve and Tina's. We had plenty of food, lots of laughs, babies, white elephant gift exchange, and lots of fun as usual. Gwen and I scored a $5 Dominoe's gift certificate, some sipping chocolate, and peppermint oreos. Gwen and I are blessed to serve with such a great team. No, Gwen and I are not in any of these pictures.