Christmas 2010

It certainly has been a Merry Christmas for the Flanders family! Last week began with a blessed Sunday at Landmark Baptist Church. We were encouraged by several key visitors, a special Christmas Sunday school, and a church-wide fellowship service. At the fellowship, we were so blessed by a generous Christmas gift from the members of LBC. Lis and I did all of our Christmas shopping in one day (Monday)! Boy were we whipped when we got done. We celebrated Christmas with the Greens on Christmas Eve. We had our family Chistmas on Christmas morning, and then celebrated with the Flanders side on Christmas Day. Probably the highlight of our day was a trip to Frankenmuth sledding with mom and dad Flanders and the Fosters. We had a great time, and were quite taken back by the bravery of both Luke and Megan on the hills. Our little Luke went down all the hill with the big kids and had a great time! Notable gifts included... a shopping cart and doll house for Megan, a toy barn for Luke, a dry erase board for Caleb to learn his letters with, a light-bright and electric football for Andrew, and legos and games for Micah! We thank the Lord for such a great time and are looking forward to celebrating the New Year with church and family!

Detroit Lions 7 - Green Bay Packers 3

To all my packer friends, this one's got to hurt. So sorry:) go lions!

Luke's 3rd Birthday

Our little Luke turned 3 today. Hard to believe how fast our "Lukey-bear" is growing up. For his birthday, he got new cowboy boots (a Flanders family staple) from Grandma and Grandpa Green, new toy airplanes from Mom and Dad, and a new train set from Grandma and Grandpa Flanders! Our prayer is the Luke will come to know the Lord as soon as he understands, and will serve the Lord all his days. We love you, Luke!!

Putting up the Christmas tree!!

Last night, the Flanders family put up our Christmas tree. As always, it was a special family time of joy mixed with fun mixed with a certain amount of pain and frustration (toddlers aren't exactly professional ornament hangers). This year's tree had to be significantly smaller due to the size of our current living room but it is not lacking in spirit. While decorating, the kids seemed to enjoy putting many ornaments on one branch of the tree. Needless to say, mom had to do a little redecorating for sanity's sake. We are thankful for the season and looking forward to spending another Christmas together!