Christmas Mail

Busy writing Christmas mail

Little Lambs

all of us Little Lambs and Story-Hour teachers got a big Thank-You

we sang for the moms, honestly they sing a lot louder in the basement

Last Time Iowa pictures for a while

This picture makes me smile

Can you believe it is almost Christmas?

no snow in Iowa and not cold either

we did gourmetten for Sinterklaas yumm!

usually Elijah gets a bath after he eats

at the night of the consistory party, he had a bath first

but as you see, the order is important!

we had lots of quality time

this is Stephen with his "old" glasses

 and here he is wearing his new glasses

this is not the picture picked for Christmas

in that one Elijah smiles without his tongue sticking out 

Last day in Iowa

Enjoying the last morning in Iowa

Selfie Stick

We had a consistory party with wacky game prices from the $ store

The Selfy Stick was by far the most fun

Worth the $1 for sure

Sidecar Coffeeshop

We spend a while at the coffee shop

Just until Elijah was done 

We brought some reading material along

A Day at the Shaffers

Putting see through plastic on

Now we keep on seeing the beautiful wood

This is how we have been using FaceTime. Elijah chasing the computer and interacting with family far away

It. Was 10C so we went for a walk

A bit breezy but nice

A gorgeous Iowa sunset

Late Fall Light

The weather is gorgeous here in Iowa

There is sun and in the evening it gets that pretty low light

Gourmetten

We had a real fun meal tonight 

We started with 2 candles (2nd Advent)

We did want to see what we were eating, so we turned in the lights

Iowa

Made it to Iowa last night

Saw where we started hiking last Minday

Sharing floor space