Last night was our last youth group meeting before Christmas. I made oreo truffles with red and green chocolate. We played Bingo with the youth and then we had an extended worship session to celebrate this season of Christ’s birth.
It was beautiful.
That’s all for now,
The Jaderstons
When I was little my mom would make my dad homemade fried chicken just like his mom made him on his birthday. As far as I remember, it’s his favorite – especially his mommas recipe. December 2nd has turned into a lot of things over the years: Sometimes we were in school and distracted, sometimes dad had meetings, sometimes I’m really far away and forget to call (oops), and sometimes it’s the first time my husband will preach at our church. But December 2nd will always be my dad’s birthday – even when we can’t celebrate together.
Young Kelsey was a little bit afraid of her father. You could say he was the disciplinarian in our family. If dad needed to be involved we knew we did something really bad. Now that I’m a little older (and much more mature) I have learned that dad isn’t that scary. He’s actually not scary at all. He’s loving, patient, and would give anything for a great game of golf. He’s supportive, he’s a gifted provider, he loves my momma well, and he is most of the time brutally honest. He’s a great coach (coached his three girls in golf and will soon coach #4) and he loves absolutely everything about family tradition.
Some favorite moments with my dad:
1. When we were little my sisters and I would always watch Monday Night football with Dad (well like the first 10 minutes) and we would always dance around to the Monday Night football song and dad would “sack” us when it was all done. Good times.
2. Golfing with my dad in Arizona – just the two of us. We’ve been paired up with some quite interesting people which gave us lots of moments to giggle.
3. Just before Mike and I’s wedding – My dad and I stood outside the sanctuary and peeked in through the blinds. It was just a moment filled with joy.
4. Walking down the aisle. My dad and I shared a very special moment that resulted in one of my favorite pictures from the wedding. It was the perfect way for him to give me away.
Anyways, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAD! I love you! You’re the best dad I could have asked for and I hope you feel celebrated today.
Hello again World!
This little blog of mine has been a little bit neglected but I am really ok with that for now. My husband and I are enjoying this season together and our puppy is getting zero neglect. I know I’ve said it before on here, but the holidays are my favorite. We had a WILD Thanksgiving weekend of which I intended to take many photos and took none. It was an epic failure on my part but it gave me more time to really enjoy our family and loved ones.
We began our journey in Sterling with the Jaderstons. We had a delicious meal, some family Taboo, and a serious battle in Medal of Honor. Wednesday evening we headed to Wichita to join my family for a little bit of Thanksgiving Eve festivities and prepared the Turkey for the 34 people who my family was feeding Thursday afternoon. Alfred came along for the ride and the festivities and really has turned into a great puppy. He travels really well which is good because he had 11 hours ahead of him. On Friday morning, at 6:30 AM, we left for Minnesota with my mother in-law, brother in-law, and the pup. We arrived in Minneapolis at 6:00 on Friday evening and had approximately 45 hours to enjoy our family. Like I said, WILD!
The good news though is that Alfred is an EXCELLENT traveler and we had a ton of fun with family. Thanksgiving is like a wonderful preview to December and as much as I never want to ride in the car again I cannot wait to enjoy this season with our loved ones. We’ll travel a lot (luckily flying some this time) and we won’t get to spend every night in our own bed, but it will be so worth it. It will be wonderful.
I just really love December!
Since I didn’t take any Thanksgiving pictures I’ll throw in some Alfred pictures. He is the cutest Jaderston anyways.
