Christmas 2012

Christmas for us started on Christmas Eve.  On Christmas eve we always open up all the gifts from each other (our siblings).  And then we each open one gift from our parents (pajamas).

 Hannah gave a present to Elijah.

 Since Elijah is such a musical little guy he really liked his present.  It says Elijah's name and you can program it to sing songs.

 Bradley got Carter a present.

It was a paracord bracelet and a boys survival book.

I got Hannah a gift.

They aren't all in the picture but I got her a baby doll outfit and I made her a baby sling and an ear flap hat.

Carter got a gift for Hayden.  It was some car detailing products, which he is really into right now.

"Elijah" got Bradley some bike lights.

Hayden got Me an external flash for my camera.

Then that night we opened our pajama's from our parents. 

I new about Hannah's and mine though because, well, I made them. :)

For some reason I only have pictures of the younger 4 opening there's up; oh well.

~Christmas Morning 2012~

We started our morning by reading the story of the 1st Christmas in the Bible.  Then all of us kids started opening our presents.

 First everyone one checked their stockings which are always filled with little gifts and candy!

 Then we opened our bigger gifts.

 Hannah got another baby outfit.  She loves baby's if you haven't figured that out.

 The boy's had to open one of their gift's at the same time.

 They both got a bow and arrow.

Hayden got a car buffer to go with all the rest of his car detailing stuff.  

Then came Elijah's turn...

 ...what could it be?

 It was a pop gun!  He calls it his Bang. :)

.He is pretty good at shooting.

 Hannah got a cute little baby doll so that she can act like mommy. :)

 I got a bunch of camera lens and some other things as well.

 The boys also got some guns.

And Hannah got some pink legos, and yes she actually wanted them.

After opening all of our individual gifts, mom and dad give us each something to open and all at the same time. 

 Carter (in the top left) had just opened his and he was very confused because it was a bolt of fabric. :)

 After opening my box I found a note in it that said that we were going to be going to a Williamsburg retreat!  We now have a lot of sewing in our future making colonial costumes for the whole family!

Elijah with his new Colonial gear.  So cute!

After opening all of those gifts, family started coming over for breakfast.  Then we opened and gave more gifts and just had fun with our family.

Here are the rest of the pictures from that day:

We had a very fun Christmas this year with Family!

"For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord."

Luke 2:11

To God be the Glory,

Heather

New Family Pictures

Our New Family Picture.

 The Boys: Bradley, Carter, Hayden and Elijah

The Girls: Heather and Hannah

 The Kids: Bradley, Heather, Elijah, Carter, Hayden and Hannah

 Elijah didn't really like all the attention. :)

We managed to get him at least not crying though for a few pictures.

To God be the Glory,

Heather

White family Album 2012

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Exciting News!!

 For those of you who didn't know; my mom is pregnant!  We just went to the 20 week ultrasound and we found out some exciting news!

 Mom is having a GIRL!!!  I have been praying for a girl ever since mom got pregnant and the Lord has answered my prayer.  I can't wait to meet my new little sister!

Here are some pictures of the babies profile. 

She sure did like having her hand at her face.

For You formed my inward parts; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.  I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well.

Psalms 139:13-14


To God be the Glory,
Heather

2012 Presidential Election

Here is a video I watched recently and really felt compelled to post on our blog. 

"In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem.

Government is the problem."

My prayer is that all who read this post will be blessed,  and I urge you to stand with us on November 6th and vote to restore and maintain our God-given unalienable rights.

Humbly following the LORD,

Hayden

 

Making Apple Butter!

 This year we finally got to make apple butter again!  In the past our grandparents (dad's side) have made apple butter every fall, and it is always a looked forward to event.  They haven't made apple butter in about 5 years though and so we were really happy when they decided to make it again (it is sooo good). 

 

 

One thing about apple butter is you have to stir it at all times, and it cooks for about 12 hours!

 

Here is some pictures of every one stirring:

 

 

 

 

 

Bradley needed some help. :) (it is pretty hard to stir)

 

 

 

While we were stirring all the little kids had lots of fun playing together.

 



 

Can you tell Bradley likes to spy?

 

 This is Elijah's favorite toy.  It looks like a no no (that's what we call things he not supposed to touch), it makes noise and you can push buttons. :)
 

 

These two picture are so cute!

 

 

This is his serious face and it is seriously cute.

 

 

At around 4:00 we dumped the sugar and cinnamon in and let it dissolve for a while.

 

 

More stirring

 

 

 

After it was all done cooking the men moved to pot and we all roasted smores!

 

 

Yum

 

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After eating smores and dinner all of the women and older girls started canning the apple butter.  I didn't get any pictures of that process because I was busy canning.  After canning we all ate a delicious dinner and dessert and then just relaxed after a busy and fun day.

 

To God be the Glory,

Heather

Elijah's ABC book

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