First Turkey!

So I (Caroline) feel like I have made a big step toward being a good cook! I attempted my first turkey. We had a small group of students coming over from church and I offered to cook a Thanksgiving style meal, which had to include a turkey! So after some advice from my mother-in-law this is what I came out with. Judge for yourself and don't feel bad if your mouth waters ;)

BCM Christmas Banquet 2009

This year, the BCM did something different for their banquet; all the money we paid for tickets went toward missions. It's amazing to think that they money we paid put someone on a plane for east Asia and they are there right now sharing God's love with people who have never heard the name of Jesus. Please be in prayer for the students who are in East Asia and North Africa this break. They are learning the true meaning of Christmas this year!

My classroom and some of my students

I started teaching this year at George Elementary School in Springdale, AR. I teach general music to Kindergarten through fifth grade. It is a great job and I love everything I get to do. I have an honor choir and a small drumline that performs at character assemblies. My kids keep me laughing and smiling even on days that are hard. Here are some pics of my classroom and some of my students.

Family Reunion

Back at the beginning of October Cole and I traveled to El Dorado, AR for a family reunion on for my Mom's side of the family. We really enjoyed spending time with extended family that we don't get to see that often. We ate lots of good food and shared lots of laughs.

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UBC Fall Retreat

This year for retreat, the college ministry at our church decided to go to Castle Bluff, a retreat center that is about an hour and a half east of Fayetteville. We divided students into teams for a competition that lasted the entire retreat and on Saturday after lunch, used the facility's zip line and climbing and repelling walls for a little recreation. The retreat commenced with us stopping on the way back for catfish at the Kings River store just outside Kingston, AR.

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Halloween

At UBC where we go to church, the college ministry started a Halloween tradition about four years ago which became a really big hit. We have a costume contest called the Runway where people come and strut their stuff in their costume down a real runway. It's so much fun and the costumes get better and more creative each year. The first place winner this year was a chinese dragon. Cole went as sleeping beauty for the first half of the night and as a snowglobe the second half of the night. The snowglobe suit was built out of plastic trash bags and he attached a small air pump on the inside to keep it inflated. He then made himself look like a snowman so when he got inside his "globe" he looked like a snowman inside of it. I went a little more simple and made a snow white costume and yes I did have 7 dwarfs to go with me.

Fall Pictures

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Recently, we had a student from the BCM take pictures of us on Old Main lawn. She's a budding photographer and we figured we would give her some practice! Enjoy the pictures!