The Doehne Family

Monday, February 4, 2013

Holidays 2012

Christmas feels like forever ago....but I am going to do my best to paint the picture a month or 2 late! December was filled with Holiday fun. There is always so much to do-and it feels like our weekends are full of excitement all the way up until Christmas day. This year was no different. Connor performed in the Cherub Choir a few times, we had good friends from FL come visit, CMU Cookies with Santa, as well as our usual visit to the Birkdale Village Santa (I love how it is the same guy year after year). We had a few Christmas parties and Connor had a fun preschool party. Mimi and Papa arrived the weekend before Christmas, and spent the holiday with us. They partook in all the fun traditions we have established being in NC for Christmas including Christmas eve cookie baking, Christmas Eve service at our church, and driving around to look at lights. The boys got their 3 presents from Santa and a few...make that a ton more from other friends and family. They both really enjoyed everything this year. Here are a few photos of our Christmas...

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Connor's Big Debut

Connor is in the Cherub (3 year old) choir at our church. They have weekly rehearsals that began back in September and this past weekend was their first 2 performances. Friday night they sang for the community at Christmas in Davidson- a wonderful little small town festival honoring all things Christmas. It has a live nativity (done by our church), horse and carriage rides, Santa picture opportunities, booths of crafts and hot chocolate, and lots of fun performances. His 2nd stage opportunity was during the 9:30am Sunday worship service. In celebration of the first Sunday in advent, they had all of the children's choirs sing.

So without further ado here is Connor in the DUMC Cherub Choir....

Connor's 1st Choir Performance
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Monday, December 3, 2012

So Much to be THANKFUL For

We are truly blessed...there is no doubt about it. And I make an effort to thank God every day for what he has given to me and my family. I also ask him to help those who need it. Being thankful isn't about saying it once a year, but about giving thanks all year long. Just a little thought following our Thanksgiving celebrations.

This year we were able to spend it with Oma and Inky, who came up from FL for the week. We cooked, ate, shopped Black Friday, and shopped more on Saturday, we got our Christmas trees, and Jeff and I even managed to escape for a date overnight at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville. In all, it was a wonderful holiday that filled my heart with love. Here are a few photos of the week: