Christmas Morning

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! We certainly did!! The girls' gold gift this year was a real "hair fixer" chair. Ella says that she is going to be a hair fixer when she grows up, and they absolutely love doing each other's hair. So, this gift couldn't have been more perfect for them...what a blessing! They have already had a ton of fun in their new salon. And have had us ALL in the chair. :) Here are a few pics from Christmas morning. Look for a sequel soon of their new set up.Notice the mp3 player in her ears, and her tongue sticking out...now that's concentration!

We Wish You a Merry Christmas!

I absolutely love the Christmas season! I have to have my decorations up right after Thanksgiving, as to maximize the amount of time we can enjoy them. And every year, I spend lots of time on Christmas cards. I have taken thousands of pictures, just so I can have the "perfect" one. This year we're changing things up. We've decided not to send cards out. Along with most people, we are looking for ways to trim our budget. We are asking God to help us be creative with that. So, here is your "Christmas card" from the Hildebrands. Just imagine you've walked to your mailbox to recieve it. :)

We pray that you catch many glimpses of Christ's love for you during this Christmas season!

Merry Christmas!

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7x7

I know many of you read Angie Smith's blog. If you don't, you really should. She is an amazing woman of God, and yet when I read it I think she sounds just like one of us. God has used her blog to speak to me many times. One of her latest posts came at just the right time. With the election and all that is swirling around us, it is getting harder and harder to be a parent. My friend Shana and I have had many conversations about how we are supposed to raise our children to love the Lord in this Babylon that we live in. Then I read Angie's post and I felt the Holy Spirit speak to my soul, "this is how." We have to bathe them in prayer. If we don't, who will? I added a button on my side bar. Check it out. It is called 7x7 because it is seven prayers to pray over your children each day.

Happy Halloween a Few Days Late!

We love Halloween! It is so much fun watching the kids dress up and have fun! The last several years, several of our friends have come over and we all go trick or treating together. That makes it even more fun! This year even us adults got into the costume action. :) Here are all the kiddos, minus Catherine and Chandler who joined us later.

Eric and Wade started conspiring at church last week about their costumes, but it was top secret! They were too funny about it. All the kids thought Eric was Hannah Montana, but I'm thinking he was a little too out there for her, so I'm going with Brittany Spears. :) I'll let you decide for yourself! The other two were prisoners, must be friends of Brittany...ha ha.

Of course when we found out the men were dressing up, we couldn't be out done! So, we decided to go as them. I think we got pretty close...how about you?

Princess Jasmine and Tinkerbell

After hitting the neighborhood houses, we headed to Aunt Jen's for a yummy Halloween cake, did I mention that Jenny rocks?

Girls 'n Grace

I recently made a new discovery, and with Christmas around the corner, I thought it was worth sharing! Maddie and Ella are both huge American Girl fans, but there is a new set of dolls out that I am really excited about. They are called Girls 'n Grace. It is the same concept as the American Girls, except these are based on Christian principles. Plus the dolls are the same size, so they can wear the American Girl clothes! This is a quote from the website:

"Each of the characters in the Girls 'n Grace series discover and grow in a relationship with God based on His new covenant of grace. Simply stated, they live in an embrace of God's grace."

This is a very new series founded by Christian author Pam Davis. Currently there are only 2 characters and several look alike dolls, but more are coming soon. They also have mother/daughter bible studies coming soon. Check out their website and see what you think!

Pumpkin Time

So, Eric has been having severe pain in his tooth. To make a very long story short, he ended up having an emergency root canal done on Sunday. Bless his heart, his face started swelling and has just been miserable. Yesterday, he just wasn't up to going to work. Problem is, if he stayed at home, he couldn't sit still. He would have gotten into some project and would have ended up in worse pain than he started. I have been wanting to take the girls to the apple orchards and the pumpkin farm in Ellijay, so he agreed to go with us. I drove so he could rest. Despite him being drugged, we really did have a great day! Here we are eating apples at Hillcrest. Maddie normally isn't an apple eater, but her front tooth is close to coming out and we told her that eating an apple would help. :) She's already asked for another apple this morning.

I thought these were some cute pictures of the girls in the pumpkin patch.

searching for the perfect pumpkins

Notice, Maddie is still eating her apple.

the final selections