Lovely friends!
Merry Christmas, and a happy new year, to each of you! Thanks for stopping by. We're so looking forward to this New Year's celebration and hope you can join us for dancing, fellowship and a time to praise our Father for His goodness, and, together, dedicate this new year to Him, the moment time ushers in the new year 2015. We love each of you and are so grateful for you! God bless you!
See below for details:
The Ball begins at 5:30, as you know, and we ask that everybody bring a sweet and a saltly hors d'oeuvre to add to the mix! Can't wait for this night!!
We're taking off from work Wednesday to Sunday, and we invite you and yours to come and join us for the weekend following the ball-we'll have all sorts of fun things planned to do during the day and big family meals at night. Come and join us! You can stay here for the weekend, or just pop in and out on the festivities anytime!!
Accommodations
Please call and we'll put your name on a room. Those who want to, can bring on the tents, RVs, pop-ups and any other portable shelters. ;) There are plenty of spots to hook up any RV's to electricity, too.
When you call, let us know whether you would like for your family to stay together in one room, or if you would like for your girls to join the girls over at Wesley and Rachel's, and your boys to join the guys at their spot.
FOOD PLANS
Below is the menu. Every meal will be covered dish, and we'll make the food here-just bring the ingredients to the meal you want to join in, in the amounts that you usually use for your family, and we'll mix it all together for food, glorious food.
Breakfasts are normally from 9:00 to 11:00, Lunch from 12:30 to 1:30, and suppers generally happen at 6:00.
Wednesday
Supper: The Ball! As mentioned, please bring a sweet and a saltly hors d'oeuvre.
Thursday
Breakfast-An Everything Breakfast! This means all things breakfasty. Your favorite thing? Bring it on. A bread, a unit of breakfast meat and a side.
Lunch-Chili with toppings, and corn chips
Supper-BBQ sandwiches, *cole slaw*, chips and pickles, with brownies
Friday
Breakfast-Bagles and cream cheese, yogurt and scrambled eggs
Lunch-*Taco soup*, with toppings and chips
Supper-Pass the hat for pizza!! With coke-ies of all kinds.
Saturday
Breakfast-Another Everything Breakfast! Bread, unit of breakfast meat and a side...
Lunch-Cold cut sandwiches, fruit and raw veggies, chips/pretzels
Supper-Mexican fiesta-hard and soft tacos with chips and salsa
Sunday
Breakfast-Bagles and cream cheese, bacon and eggs
Lunch-covered dish at Church
Supper-*black bean* soup with bread
(** don't worry about bringing any ingredients for Thursday's cole slaw, Friday's taco soup or Sunday's black bean soup-we'll have those made already)
So, that's it on the food. Bon appetit!
Dancing details:
We like dancing in family....... husband/wife, brother/sister, father/daughter, mother/ son...there will be waltzing, English contra, romantic songs to slow dance to and some scottish jigs to round off the dancing...come ready to fly!
While sometimes we practice dancing with two girls/two boys, we ask that at the ball, a gentleman dance with a lady, and a lady with a gentleman.
Ah, what fun we'll have! As Jane Austen's William Lucas is reported to have said, "There's nothing like dancing, you know." ;)
Also, for those of you who would prefer not to dance, please come anyway...there are always people gathered around talking and visiting that you can join in with.
And, if you were wondering what "in costume with a story to share" means, 'tis this:
We love to hear about God's mighty hand in history-so, please come dressed as a Christian from the past (from Adam to present!) and have a little something to say about the person you're representing. It is always so inspiring to hear the incredible stories of our spiritual mothers and fathers. There will be a designated time for people to get up and tell their stories during the evening.
One guest said it well - "This is a 'Heroes of the Faith' Ball". We have had guests tell such inspiring stories that we still speak of them-and come so realistically dressed that their friends did not recognize them when they arrived! Indeed, this is a time to honor our fathers and our mothers and tell our children many stirring stories of those who have gone before us.
Babies, sweet babies:
Just wanted to let all the dear mothers know that the barn suite (that is right next to the main room) will be ready for any sleepy babies and nursing mothers. There's also a few places to pitch your play pens as well. Then, too, along the walls we hope to have comfy couches and/or pallets for the children who begin to look cross-eyed around 11:00. ;)
We have such a fun weekend with you all, working and cooking, feasting and cleaning up and praying and exchanging thoughts and visiting and smiling and talking and fellowshipping.....!
Love, always,
Michael, Jeanine and all the family
Merry Christmas, and a happy new year, to each of you! Thanks for stopping by. We're so looking forward to this New Year's celebration and hope you can join us for dancing, fellowship and a time to praise our Father for His goodness, and, together, dedicate this new year to Him, the moment time ushers in the new year 2015. We love each of you and are so grateful for you! God bless you!
See below for details:
The Ball begins at 5:30, as you know, and we ask that everybody bring a sweet and a saltly hors d'oeuvre to add to the mix! Can't wait for this night!!
We're taking off from work Wednesday to Sunday, and we invite you and yours to come and join us for the weekend following the ball-we'll have all sorts of fun things planned to do during the day and big family meals at night. Come and join us! You can stay here for the weekend, or just pop in and out on the festivities anytime!!
Accommodations
Please call and we'll put your name on a room. Those who want to, can bring on the tents, RVs, pop-ups and any other portable shelters. ;) There are plenty of spots to hook up any RV's to electricity, too.
When you call, let us know whether you would like for your family to stay together in one room, or if you would like for your girls to join the girls over at Wesley and Rachel's, and your boys to join the guys at their spot.
FOOD PLANS
Below is the menu. Every meal will be covered dish, and we'll make the food here-just bring the ingredients to the meal you want to join in, in the amounts that you usually use for your family, and we'll mix it all together for food, glorious food.
Breakfasts are normally from 9:00 to 11:00, Lunch from 12:30 to 1:30, and suppers generally happen at 6:00.
Wednesday
Supper: The Ball! As mentioned, please bring a sweet and a saltly hors d'oeuvre.
Thursday
Breakfast-An Everything Breakfast! This means all things breakfasty. Your favorite thing? Bring it on. A bread, a unit of breakfast meat and a side.
Lunch-Chili with toppings, and corn chips
Supper-BBQ sandwiches, *cole slaw*, chips and pickles, with brownies
Friday
Breakfast-Bagles and cream cheese, yogurt and scrambled eggs
Lunch-*Taco soup*, with toppings and chips
Supper-Pass the hat for pizza!! With coke-ies of all kinds.
Saturday
Breakfast-Another Everything Breakfast! Bread, unit of breakfast meat and a side...
Lunch-Cold cut sandwiches, fruit and raw veggies, chips/pretzels
Supper-Mexican fiesta-hard and soft tacos with chips and salsa
Sunday
Breakfast-Bagles and cream cheese, bacon and eggs
Lunch-covered dish at Church
Supper-*black bean* soup with bread
(** don't worry about bringing any ingredients for Thursday's cole slaw, Friday's taco soup or Sunday's black bean soup-we'll have those made already)
So, that's it on the food. Bon appetit!
Dancing details:
We like dancing in family....... husband/wife, brother/sister, father/daughter, mother/ son...there will be waltzing, English contra, romantic songs to slow dance to and some scottish jigs to round off the dancing...come ready to fly!
While sometimes we practice dancing with two girls/two boys, we ask that at the ball, a gentleman dance with a lady, and a lady with a gentleman.
Ah, what fun we'll have! As Jane Austen's William Lucas is reported to have said, "There's nothing like dancing, you know." ;)
Also, for those of you who would prefer not to dance, please come anyway...there are always people gathered around talking and visiting that you can join in with.
And, if you were wondering what "in costume with a story to share" means, 'tis this:
We love to hear about God's mighty hand in history-so, please come dressed as a Christian from the past (from Adam to present!) and have a little something to say about the person you're representing. It is always so inspiring to hear the incredible stories of our spiritual mothers and fathers. There will be a designated time for people to get up and tell their stories during the evening.
One guest said it well - "This is a 'Heroes of the Faith' Ball". We have had guests tell such inspiring stories that we still speak of them-and come so realistically dressed that their friends did not recognize them when they arrived! Indeed, this is a time to honor our fathers and our mothers and tell our children many stirring stories of those who have gone before us.
Babies, sweet babies:
Just wanted to let all the dear mothers know that the barn suite (that is right next to the main room) will be ready for any sleepy babies and nursing mothers. There's also a few places to pitch your play pens as well. Then, too, along the walls we hope to have comfy couches and/or pallets for the children who begin to look cross-eyed around 11:00. ;)
We have such a fun weekend with you all, working and cooking, feasting and cleaning up and praying and exchanging thoughts and visiting and smiling and talking and fellowshipping.....!
Love, always,
Michael, Jeanine and all the family
