Trevor Drew

Just had to stick in this adorable piture of Trevor at work with Noel and Colleen.
He got into the Post-It notes!
You are seeing correctly! They are stuck to his bottom!

Mission's Parade

(Me instructing the Kindergarten boys how to throw their confetti!
Up, not out!)

Every year our church hosts a week long Mission's Conference. It is a time to get to know more about Mission's and make decisions about our personal Faith Promise Giving (for missions). There are different activities that take place throughout the week and it is capped off by a huge Mission's Parade that our school sponsors.

Throughout the year each class raises money for a missionary family that will be attending our conference. This year the Kindergarten, along with a few other High school grades were raising money for the Gross Family to Muldova. They were a very sweet family with two small children and at about %50 of their support.

Gross Family

Our 25 Kindergarten kids were able to raise over $1,800 dollars for this family. Each missionary family received a total of around $5,000. It is so neat to see five year olds bring in money and know that they are helping missionaries go and tell others about Jesus and buy Bibles for people who don't have any.

Here are the kindergarten girls...the boys are hidden behind them.
You can see Givonna she is the 2nd from the left.

My class sang "Missionary Echo" and quoted Matthew 24:14 - And this gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations.

Here is a couple of photos of the beginning of the parade when the missionaries get wheeled around the gym and pummeled with confetti. Needless to say this whole event is very "Hush,Hush" throughout the week.

Gross Family in the midst of confetti. Now you know why they are supposed to throw up not out!


Trevor enjoyed the aftermath of the confetti.

Some of my girls waiting for the parade to begin.

Trip to Rockford

William's Tree Farm

Grandma and her favorite grandkids :)
Just kidding Ann-Marie she loves you too.

All of us at the tree farm
(Isabel stood in for Candice.)

We were able to spend two weeks in Rockford at Christmas time. We loved being able to see everyone and spending time with our family and getting to know Brielle even more.

The Gaglianos were able to come up to Rockford for a quick trip. Frank and Laurie were at the Christmas party so they were able to see everyone and spend time with Grandma. Frankie and Sarah and their four were in Rockford for a couple of days and were able to enjoy the snow at Dad's house.


The kids had a blast!


Aunt Laurie loved the snow...Uncle Frank not so much!

Frankie and his Dad threw the ball around and lost it a few times in the snow.

Aliya loved the snow... for a while.

UPDATE!!!

Hey all,
It is Charity again. Sorry it has been soooooo long! But I am going to try and do a couple of posts to get you updated on some of what has happened here in the last few months.
We took Isabel and Maddie out to the pumpkin patch in the fall. Here are a few pictures.

I will do some more posting this week!

New Baby

We would like to welcome little Maylen Collette Gagliano to our world!! Maylen was born on Friday, October 10, 2008. She weighed in at 8lbs. and 2oz.

Trevor Drew CRAWLS over to
see what the fuss is all about.

Momma and baby are doing fine.

Givonna says she already feels like an old woman
with a little one around! Just Kidding! I just had to
put this picture in it was too cute!

Grandma Rehfeldt's Orange Cookies

Since Ann-Marie's mention of orange cookies in her reading about Grandma some people have asked for the recipe. So here it is as given to me by Aunt Louise.

Cookies:
1 Cup Shortening
1 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
2 Eggs
1 tsp. Vanilla
1/2 tsp. Salt
1 tsp Grated Orange Rind
2 tsp. Baking Powder
1 tsp. Baking Soda
1/4 Cup Sour Cream
3 Cups Flour
Bake at 325 degrees 12-15 minutes

Frosting:
2 tsp. Butter
2 Cups Confectionery Sugar
3 tsp. Orange Juice
1 tsp. Lemon Juice
1 tsp. Grated Orange Rind

Hope you all enjoy!

Hey All,
Sorry it has been so long since I (we) have posted anything. School has gotten off to a great start and I am really enjoying this class of mine. Colleen is staying busy in the office and in the infant room at daycare. We just started a new singles class at church and Colleen and I are charter members (JOY). We had to write down goals for the future and I put MARRIAGE and MOTHERHOOD!!! Might as well be honest because really... GOALS!... I mean it's not like I am going to go back to college and get a degree. 1. Because I have no desire to do that and 2. It is too much work.
AuntJuliet tagged me in her last post on her blog so I thought that if I want to get a Christmas present from her I better respond!! So here goes.
- Four places that I go over and over: 1- South Haven Christian School 2-South Haven Baptist Church 3-Kroger 4-Big Lots - I know it's pathetic :)
- Four people that e-mail me: 1- Grandpa Boehm 2-Toinette Smith 3- Aaron Sturgill( not very often but he just did and it made my day! 4- E-Harmony ( Funny, I'm not sure why! or maybe it'sjust pathetic again. Oh, well.)
- Four favorite places to eat: 1-Aunt Lauries (cheap and good) 2- Rafferty's (Love. Love. Pricey. Pricey.) 3- Taco Bell(I can tell myself it's healthy, if I eat the taco SALAD) 4- Subway ( It really is healthy and good!)
- Four places I would rather be: 1-Rockford,IL 2-Bed 3- In my childhood again(I hope that makes sense) 4- Any place with fall colors and crisp air ( I am going to Gatlinburg this week for Teacher's Convention, maybe I'll get lucky)
-Four T.V. shows I love to watch: 1-Project Runway 2-Ugly Betty 3- Gilmore Girls(Re-runs) 4- Cosby Show(Re-runs)
I am suppose to choose four people to tag but I choose to end the madness!!
Gotta get to bed! I will try to blog again soon!