December 23

We went to church this morning.

Mr. Chochola gave all the Sr. High students Christmas gifts this morning, "All of Grace" by C. H. Spurgeon and "Don't Waste Your Life" by John Piper. (Two of my very favorite books!!)

This evening Amy and I joined the rest of the family at a Praise-apella concert which was really fun!

After that Amy, Mary Alice and Myself went to Barnes and noble to spend our last evening together before she leaves for Thailand.

One of the books we looked at was this book of anonymous secrets that people would send in. It was sad, funny, disturbing and sweet.

Then as we were walking out we ran into Joe and Allison.

Then as we were getting in the car we ran into Rachel and Ryan.

So we went back in and hung out for a while, laughing and talking about different quirks that the different family members have.

It was a good way to spend our last night with Mary before she leaves! I'm going to miss her!

And I still have a ton of Christmas shopping to do. Only Joe is checked off on my list...