Our Holiday Tradition With Our Church Staff 2017

We get to host our church staff after our church leadership party each year! 

So first we get to be together with our volunteers and leaders at church. Each team affirmed their volunteers and kit closed the evening saying thank you to all that make our church what it is!

Here were some snapshots of that event:

These four did a lip sync:

We have such an incredible team!

Then we get to have everyone in our home.  We make a big pot of chili and pan of cornbread.  Then we just sit around our house talking and spending time together:  

I didn't get many pictures, I was too busy talking...❤︎
We had between 30-40 people come over and it made my heart so happy to have our home filled with people that we LOVE!

Two years ago we did it for the first time.  It was our first Christmas in our Tustin house.  Then last year we were all set to host everyone, and at the church party, Ryder got sick and spent the evening throwing up with the stomach flu.  I cried.  We were so bummed to have to cancel, not to mention that Ryder could not understand why we couldn't have people over after he had thrown up!  I think that made this year even more special.  It's evenings like these that remind me not only why we moved to be closer to our church, but also how amazing our church and out staff and leaders are!❤︎