Girls Night & a Baby!

I hosted a girls event with the high school ministry on Sunday night.  About 25 girls came over and made jewelry at our house.  It was a lot of fun.  We made earrings, bracelets and necklaces.  It was nice for me to get a chance to meet some more of the girls and actually hang out in a smaller group setting.  It was fun to see all of their creativity and personalities come out in their jewelry!  Today was also a good and busy day.  The Barnes family is here in town, celebrating the birth of Jonathan Ray Barnes, Gerald and Evelyn's new baby boy! He is very cute and so small (Aren't they all small compared to my enormous Xander!) It has been nice to spend some time with them...we hung out yesterday afternoon and even got some late night rumikub games into the evening! Then we got to go to breakfast together at Mimi's (Yum!- pumpkin spice muffins, my favorite!) Later we headed to the hospital and visited with Gerald and Evelyn, and their adorable baby boy (pictures to come soon!) We have really enjoyed getting to hang out with Gerald and Ev here in Modesto.  It has been such a fun treat to get to know them better and have family in town already! Now Xander has a new cousin to play with here! Yeah!