Family Alive

Yes, I know we’re late, as usual.  But Christmas is finally all boxed up and put away in the Toone house. It feels nice to have "taken my house back".  I think next year we’re going to minimize decorations to our favorites.  Everything’s pretty, but it’s so hard to get it up and put away, and the kids really don’t care as long as the tree and nativities are up. 

Brian’s working on a new Toone Times website for us!  I’m not sure how I feel, as I like our personally designed site, but we are itching for a change with some new features.  Stay tuned!

We’ve got a Life Group event this evening at church, and I’m working on some food and other things for that.  I’m on the leadership team for our Life Groups, so I’ve got some little details to take care of.  We sure love this ministry… it’s the reason we felt called to Clearwater, and I believe these intimate small group fellowships are where God works his growth and change. 

Yesterday at preschool, Analise’s class got to see a clown do a magic show.  Well, of course you can imagine, Analise was afraid of the clown, just like she was afraid of Santa.  She sat on her teacher’s lap, and when I picked her up she said, "I don’t like clowns.  I just like Baby Jesus."  Awww…. glad my girl her her priorities right!

One last random thought from Kristine 🙂  I’m not sure when they started selling bags of shredded cheese, but I’ve always thought it was just the best idea.  So easy.  I love it.  I really hate shredding.  But last month, I had an "ah-ha" moment from reading something online, and I decided to buy blocks of cheese from Sam’s to shred myself.  I borrowed Brian’s mom’s food processor, and shredded the entire 2 blocks into freezer containers.  Let me tell ya… I saved some serious money, and this cheese tastes so much better.  Pre-shredded has some flour-type coating to keep it from clumping, and it just doesn’t taste as fresh.  But this cheese that I’ve shredded has lasted a long time, and it’s tasted great.  The only downfall is that I can’t get the 2% milk cheese that I sometimes buy.  Anyway, I’m off to get 2 more blocks of cheese from Sam’s.