Christmas!!!!! ~Katherine

Merry late Christmas and late New Year!!!!!
This year we went to my uncle and aunt's house for Christmas. We had Christmas morn
ing at our house with my mom, dad, sis, and nana. We had a good time but we had to rush because we had to be at my uncles at 9:00. Here is a few pics of Christmas morning.......
This is a picture of my nana watching us open presents.....

This is my sis with her new piano.......uh oh!!!! :-)
This is my baby Missi with her new hedgehog...thanks Geoff :-) !!!!!


My dad and me with my new cute soft pink slippers........they are so comfortable !!!!!


Christmas at my uncles was fun too. We had a nice brunch and then opened presents.



My Aunt Lori's boyfriend Geoff, My aunt Lori, My nana, and my little cousin Jadon



My nana and her 3 kids.......Lori (my aunt), Chris (my uncle), and Karen (my mom)












Jadon (my little cousin), Kathy (nana), Me, Kayla (sis), Adam (big cousin)

My Trip to Juarez Mexico ~Katherine

Hey!!!! My mom hasn't posted in a REALLY long time but I am posting to catch you all up. On December 4th-8th my dad and I went to Juarez Mexico for a missions trip with our church. Part of the youth group went and we had a blast! While I was there this little girl (she was 8) came to the construction site and she wanted to help. She was the sweetest girl ever and her name was Abi. She lived in Juarez with her sister and 2 brothers. Her older brother was named Kevin and he was blind but he knew how to go everywhere and he was very smart. Anyways Abi and I clicked and she was always around trying to help clean the construction site with us. I wanted to take her home so bad!!!

Here is a pic of her......isn't she cute?!?!


We played soccer with the kids at a "park" which was so trashy!!!! It made me so grateful for the parks we have in the U.S. They had no grass and their field was made of dirt but in the middle of it there was a HUGE puddle of water and there was no way we could play soccer on that so we tried to fill it with only a little success but enough to play. While we were there, some of my friends that came on the trip painted the girls nails. They loved it so much and it made us feel really good to see the smiles on their faces. At the end of playing soccer, the people in my youth group that came took a picture with a couple of the kids that played. It turned out really cute.


Here are some pics from the construction site.......


Here are some pictures of us on the way home in the plane. We had a fun ride.

The top pic is of my friends Josh and Taylor :-) This pic is of my friends Elise, Maddie and Me

This was the BEST trip I have ever been on and it changed the way I think about my possessions. I am a lot more grateful for things. I definitely want to go again!!!!!!
:-)