Progressive Dinner!

With a few people gone for the holidays this week, it was decided that we wouldn't hold normal Bible study groups but rather team up with other groups and do fun activities. Our Bible study and another decided to have a progressive dinner! I'm sure you have all heard of these ... you travel from house to house for different courses of a meal enjoying one another's company as well as the new surroundings at each spot. It was a great time! I didn't have my camera out the whole evening but I caught a few pics to share!

Our first stop was Megan and Devin's apartment near DMU. WOW! It was so beautifully decorated for the holidays and their appetizers were delish!

Allison and I had the pleasure of hosting way more people than would fit in our little house for salad! :) We were apprehensive but it turned out just fine and we all enjoyed ourselves thoroughly!

Ava was singing a lovely song for Allison and we all were listening in and giggling to ourselves! :)

Nothing says "Merry Christmas" like an elf and her jolly friend.

Ashley and Ava enjoying the sights and sounds of the season.

Derek and Brandon loving their salads.


Here's Allison and I posing in front of one of our Christmas trees but I'm pretty sure it just looks like there's a star coming out of our heads. The tree is back there, I promise.


Without some background information, this picture is just positively silly. You see, Ryan was one of my leaders this summer for my outreach group for Epicenter. We were a part of the "Body Builders" - our goal was to use our actual bodies to build up the body of Christ in our local church. We helped countless people move and.... well, that's mostly what we did. We gained some serious muscles this summer and by the looks of things, we are still buff and tough.
Salad was a success... onto the main course of lasagna at Heather and Molly's! Yum Yum! Here's a shot of Katie and Allison relaxing after a great meal!


What a fun night! It was great to spend time with our church "family" before heading home to all of our other families for Christmas. I'm so thankful for the people the Lord has brought into my life and always love spending time with them.

I'm home now in Minnesota .... BRRRRRRRR!