Saturday, December 24, 2011

Introducing….. THE NEW ABBEY !

 

 

Meet  Brinley

{ mom choose that name b/c how do 6kids name 1 dog?! and I really didn’t want to do the ‘pick a name out of hat’ and end up calling “Monster Truck” to “come” ! for the next 10 years:)

……. but we let each kid choose a middle name for her.. SO in order of the kids ages ..here are the names they chose….

Noel…

Quality Street …{someone likes chocolate }

Jewel….

Planet…..

Milly….

White….

ABBEY!!

~ our new “baby” arrived this morning to wake up the kids who were sleeping under the tree.

{ today was our Christmas morning}

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She is SO sweet that even my d/h who does not really like dogs is totally taken with her !

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She is a Bichon Yorkie Shitzu cross and she is VERY loved :)

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Christmas Fundraiser 2011 is in full swing !

 

It has been one wild Fall for us..…{ OK for me }

I keep telling people that I feel like I got on a ride in September that still has not stopped …. !

{ I even got my first grey hair ! }

BUT with our first term report card session now complete, - phew- Bless my teacher !!

       

We can now focus on!!

DECEMBER  ~ !

Oh how we love December and Christmas here at the Abbeys house! 

I am passionate about Advent ! 

{ You can read about it in last years blog post }

…we really focus our kids on giving at Christmas Time and SO  this year to give …. first in line is

This little lady OF OURS

 

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WHO …….is going to cut off allll

                    her hair !!! -

to her ears !!!–

before Christmas …

to raise money for our new orphanage in Mexico that we are sponsoring this year !

We are all learning Spanish here at Abbey Academy this year {even DAD} and hope to be able to go and visit the orphanage over the next few years for Christmas, as a family missions trip!

Miss Grade 2 has been growing her hair for three years to do this fundraiser ! And is Sooooo excited that she raised $30 dollars at church yesterday, for the little kids who don’t have Moms and Dads!

We were talking about how that could feed five babies dinner for a whole week !

It is such a gift to see her eyes sparkle at that thought…  she is a little mother hen and like her mommy has a soft spot for babies:)

She is donating her hair to be made as a wig for cancer patients too.

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{ I am thinking I might have a wig made for myself out of those goldilocks !!}

Let us know if you would like to sponsor her fundraising effort!