The 5 Lavins

Archive for January, 2008

a January wedding

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

for the guest book
We were blessed to attend the very special wedding of our good friends Cody and Lucy.

the bride and groom
The Happy Couple!

Bob Welch’s message to his daughter Lucy… three marriage gifts:
1. Pray aloud together
2. Practice giving and receiving forgiveness (reflect forgiveness of Christ)
3. Focus on building a strong foundation of only serving one another, then serve others together.
Mike Carnett’s message to his son Cody:
Remember the greatest commandment of all, to love the Lord with all your heart and soul and mind, and to seek the Lord and His righteousness first.

cake!
a most delightful cake!

father with the father of the bride
John and Jaimee speaking with the father of the bride (Josh is in the background)

wedding cake aka the leaning tower
the cake :)

mother with the mother of the bride
Lynette with the mother of the bride

pairs of sisters
pairs of sisters… the girls with Jennie and Laura Cade (Mississippi friends from homeschool conference camping days)

quite the couple!
the matching couple

wedding
a great shot, taken by Daniel

Earlier in the month, we had a fun evening at the Spradling Home
the parents
the parents

the kiddos
the kiddos

dinner is served
the delicious dinner is ready to be served

Coolness in January

Friday, January 11th, 2008

Seeing as the temps are near 70, we have decided to bring out all the little snow-people and cute reminders of the winter season. :)

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welcome, please come in!

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a new pillow that Mom recently embroidered and made

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count your blessings!

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a rockin’ snowman :) Actually, it turned out to be a pretty cute white elephant gift.

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on sale at JoAnn’s… perfect!

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another pretty pillow made by Mom

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Joy – true joy is only found in Jesus Christ!

Happy Birthday to Lynette!

Monday, January 7th, 2008

Today is a very special day in our home – the birthday of Lynette! We thank the Lord for you.

Mom's birthday breakfast
John treated Lynette to a special birthday breakfast

Mom's birthday breakfast
la Madeleine

Mom's birthday breakfast
cinnamon french toast

Mom's birthday breakfast
yum!

the birthday girl!
birthday dinner

prepared
prepared for rain!

birthday gifts
Vera Bradley was popular

Peppermint Ice Cream Cake
the best cake ever! Peppermint Ice Cream Cake (recipe)

yummy!
happy birthday to you…

party's over
the party’s over :)

going back in time… yesterday after church we took Mom out for lunch and invited several friends to come as a surprise. Very memorable!
Mom's surprise lunch
“what are you doing here???”

Mom's surprise lunch
enjoying a Mexican dinner and fun fellowship

Mom's surprise lunch
lime sherbet

And on New Year’s Eve we enjoyed games, laughter and dinner with good friends…
New Year's Eve
everybody smile!

New Year's Eve
Colin, Nate and Audrey – it’s Taboo

New Year's Eve
Angela, Lauren, Colin and Nate