Graham Family Christmas 2008

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread

Heaven in your mouth. Simple enough, and my kids love it. Not healthy but yummy in your tummy! Thanks Mom for the recipe...

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread
3 3/4 cup flour
2t. baking soda
2t. cinnamon
1t.salt
1t.nutmeg
1/2t.ginger
1/2t.cloves
2 sticks butter or marg.
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 1/2 cup pumpkin
12 oz. mini choc. chips

Combine dry ingredients in a bowl. Another bowl, cream butter and sugar. Slowly add in each egg. Add dry ingredients, alternating with pumpkin. Add chips last. Pour into 2 greased loaf pans and bake at 350 for 60-80 mins. Enjoy!

Siblings instead of cousins?

Todd's brother and sister-in-law have two girls, Zoriana and Katerina. Garrett and Katerina look like brother-sister, and Zoriana and Joshua look like brother-sister. Hair color, skin coloring, all are the same. Kinda craziness!

Graham Family Christmas

Today we celebrated Christmas as a family. We did a gift exchange, and a white elephant exchange. I received Trivial Pursuit! What a deal- I definitely gained from this exchange... Thanks family! We had a great time, and Garrett didn't want to leave. He loves playing with his cousins. Merry Christmas!

Is anyone else sick out there? Garrett is barely eating, and Joshua threw up last night in bed, and again this morning on our rug... Joshua is barely eating, which is fine since his stomach isn't happy... What is this bug? YUCK!

Cincinnati Children's Museum

Garrett, Joshua, and I went to the Cincinnati Museum Center today. It has become our favorite spot, one that we will miss big time. We would highly recommend going now, when they have their Holiday Display with trains. The museum was empty today, so we stayed extra long and played hard!

85% and chugging!

Well, we are at 85%, and four weeks till our finish date. One of our v. p.'s did share that they will allow us to go past our date (January 10, 2009) to keep support raising, but we are praying (feel free to join us) that God will finish us up by the 10th. I am starting to think of it like a pregnancy due date. I never past mine, but I can only imagine how incredibly hard it would be. I know we will finish, and part of me wants to finish now, and part of me doesn't. Finishing equates to moving from every family member and friend I know. Finishing means starting this amazing adventure that God has been preparing our hearts for, for 2+ years... Finishing means leaping and waiting for God to give us wings. The picture shows us at the Christian Business Networking Day at the Vineyard Community Church. What a blessing it has been!

Hilton Head 2008