Our family got elfed!

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Family Pictures!

We went out to the park in downtown Calhoun to take pictures for our Christmas card. The park had some really neat props set up for Christmas. Samuel really enjoyed playing on the big boxes. Merry Christmas!

"O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!"

David and I got our Christmas tree this past week! Samuel loves the tree and we even got some great pictures of him helping put on a couple of ornaments. He likes to crawl to the bottom of the tree and play with the branches. So we did put a few special ornaments at the bottom so that he can play with them. David did an excellent job of trimming the bottom of the tree, and we both managed to get the lights on!

Grandma Comes to Town

My parents came up to visit for a couple of days. Samuel kept us entertained the whole time. He is climbing on the furniture and finally doing some walking. Daddy held some cheerios in his hand and Samuel followed him all around the living room to get them. He can even do some turns while standing. We told Samuel that the gig is up, we know he can walk! He really is turning into a bright little boy. Unfortunately I only have pictures of my mama and Samuel from this weekend. Samuel is extremely ticklish, so mama was finding all of his tickle spots. Also Samuel was giving her kisses. I will have to get more family pictures up soon.

Some things are better with time

Wow, does time seem to fly by sometimes. I can hardly believe that my youngest brother just turned 18, and even harder to believe that my mother is about to be 50! As children, we expect our siblings to get older as we do, but it always seems that our parents stay in some kind of time warp until one day you realize that they have been aging all the while. I am by no means indicating that my mother, or "mama", is old or close to getting old(even though just the other day she stated that she didn't like this getting old business!) With David's father battling a serious disease, it puts into perspective just how statuesque these people are in our lives. My mama may be turning 50, but with it comes even greater wisdom and maturation. Exactly what I will need her to pass along to me over time as I have already begun to expand my family. My hopes are to one day become the great woman that she has set herself to being: having...a love for the Lord, a desire to obtain knowledge, the kind of patience that exists only in mothers, a deepening love for her husband, the ability to laugh and to cry, and the assurance that she is doing what she thinks is best for her family. A true Proverbs 31 woman is not built over night, but in the beauty of time one is made. The refining process is not always easy, but can always be found beautiful. To my beautiful ruby in the making, Happy Birthday!

Birthday Celebrations at Dante's Down the Hatch

My mother and brother both have November birthdays just a few days apart. So, the family decided to go to Dante's Down the Hatch, a fondue restaurant in Atlanta. Unfortunately we could not take pictures inside, so we took them right before we left. We had a great time cooking our own food and getting to see one another. For me, family time is crucial and I miss them very much being 3 hours away. I know that doesn't seem like a lot, but it is when your husband is the pastor of a church which means no weekends off!! Anyways, below are the pictures, so enjoy!


The Gale Crew!

What a wonderful blessing to be able to have the entire family celebrate the joy of life and the special birthdays of this month!

My daddy and mama are in love with each other more today than ever before. This is evident in there day to day lives. The Lord continues to expand their hearts to hold more and more love continually.

Happy!

We never seem to take photographs with just the two of us anymore! So here is the love of my life and me, happier today than ever before.