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12/25/2011 What a Merry Christmas!

Thanks to the support of friends like you, our children had an amazing Christmas season full of joy, wonder, and love. 

We kicked things off with our Door Decorating Contest, and thanks to some really awesome donated prizes, the competition was fierce!  Friends from the Yellow Rose Chapter of the National Charity League served as our esteemed judges.

Helen and the other girls in Cottage 4 turned their home into a gingerbread house, complete with candy canes hanging from the roof and snow on the windowsill!

 

Sherry welcomed the judges to Cottage 3.

The top prize went to Cottage 8!

A couple of days later, the Northwest Houston Chapter of the San Jacinto High Rollers came to campus with toys for all of our kids. This toy run is a tradition they've kept for more than 30 years, and it's one of our favorite Christmas events!  We all gathered out by the fence to wave as hundreds of bikers - including Santa on his very own Harley - roared onto campus!

Ashleigh, Allea, Mekde, and Kaleigh made signs to welcome our High Roller friends!

Alden's eyes pop at the sight of all those motorcycles arriving!

Santa!



Next, we celebrated our "Day of Wonder," and all of our cottage families celebrated with friends in the community, who provided food, fun, fellowship, and, of course, wonder!

Our Cottage 3 Family had a great time with friends from Cy-Fair Federal Credit Union and a feast of fajitas!

Each cottage took time to present the Christmas story and reflect upon the birth of Jesus and the meaning of this season. Below, Jesse and King read from The Christmas Story.



Jacob, with his own personal Christmas tree!



Olivia loved her gifts!




Then, we sang Christmas carols with the Hoo-Hoo's, a group of professionals in the lumber industry who always bring smiles and songs...and the mighty Hoo-Hoo cheer!



We held a special party for our Alumni and the College and Career kids who were home for the holidays.  We had a great time, and even got to see some of our "grand-kids!" 



We capped things off with our Campus Christmas Party, "Mix and Jingle."  Emma and Jocelyn smile in front of the Christmas palm tree.




Thank you for an awesome Christmas season...and for loving our kids all year long. We wish you joy and blessings in 2012!