A Christmas Song from the Guices

Merry Christmas!

Joy to the World, the Lord has come!

Let earth receive her King!

Laura Grace (7), Benjamin (5), Isabel (3), and Caleb (10)

Trimming the Tree

We spent our Friday Fun Night at our business trimming the tree and decorating for Christmas. Some helped decorate cookies and string popcorn while others made bows and trimmed the tree. We topped off the night with hot cocoa and Christmas music.

A huge thanks to Holly's mom for sending lots of Christmas decorations, stockings, greenery, and bows.

A big hug from daddy

Thanksgiving with our Gold Members

During the month of November, we invited our gold members to our home for a Thanksgiving meal. We enjoyed sharing our traditions and delicious food with them. The menu consisted of turkey and dressing, sweet potatoes, cranberry salad, green beans, fruit, pumpkin pie, and apple cake. Pecans and yams were shipped from America and the pumpkin and cranberries were bought in Dubai when we visited last May! They all seemed to enjoy it. Some of the comments were..."the sweet potatoes taste like baklava (a traditional dessert served here)", "do you have anything salty?", "very interesting", "thank you, ,thank you", "can we have some more rolls?"

We were able to seat all 16 guests with three Americans at each table for practicing English and enjoying lots of laughs!

Fall Party with Compass Members

What a blast we had with our friends carving pumpkins, eating lots of candy, and playing games. Each team had 30 minutes to carve the most unique pumpkin.

First place went to the "Kind Pirate"

One member walked away with a jar full of candy corns sent from America for guessing the correct amount.

Lots of laughs with friends

Happy 5th Birthday Benjamin!

We can't believe our Thailand boy is now 5 years old. He is beginning to love legos like his big brother, he loves to doodle and draw, and he is a great singer! Last week I caught him on video singing in the mirror using a broom as a guitar.

Egg racing

Picture taken after digging for goodies in a plate full of flour

Storytime with Isabel

Our sweet little Izzie reading to Daddy. I just loved watching her expressions as she made sure she was reading it correctly.