Just some pictures to share today. Here are the kids with our completed Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes. We were able to do five this year. We went shopping for the enclosed items as a family and had a blast. The kids are very selective with what their child gets. I love watching them considering each item and discussing its merits. Want to know more about this ministry that is a hands-on demonstration of the love we are to be sharing as Christians? Check out this link: www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/OCC/index
Thanksgiving was a very busy day for our family. We were up early and it was all hands on deck to get the turkey prepped and stuffed. Kindrid was in charge of sauteing the onions and celery for the stuffing...
Todd was in charge of cleaning and prepping the bird - can you see by the look on his face how much he loves raw poultry? I like it even less which is how he got stuck with the job! Brennen actually did a good share of it too, but I didn't get that on film. 
Tearing up the toast and mixing the stuffing. My sister and I always did this job when we were kids...it's so fun to see my own doing it now!
About the time we got the turkey in the oven and cleaned up the kitchen, it was time to head up to "Daddy's hospital" to serve the patients and their families Thanksgiving dinner. Our friends, Brandi and John, and their two daughters bravely came to lend a hand and, later, to share Thanksgiving with us at home. Todd and Brennen were on carving duty:
Here is Kindrid with her friends, Paige and Shelby. The girls were able to help out a little with dessert, but mostly were very good girls and kept themselves happily busy while the adults worked had to serve well over 100 people! 
After we were done at the hospital, we all trooped (well, trooped implies energy...we were quite tired after our exertions at the hospital so "dragged ourselves" might be a better term!) back home to have our own feast. Brandi and John were super-troopers and worked tirelessly at the hospital! We are thankful for our friends, our families, our home, the abundance we enjoy and the freedom to live and worship as we believe in this amazing country we call home!Um...here's a picture of the spread. The blurry form at the end of the table would be John...it looks to me like he's trying to sample dessert first! 
Oh my goodness! Have you ever seen anything so cute as Paige and her wing? She was so thrilled with it! 
And so the Season of celebration has begun for the Sandbergs. We know it has for you too. We pray it's blessed with joy, quiet moments and the knowledge that the little baby's arrival that we celebrate now was truly the greatest gift ever given.
Love yous,
Christy
PS GOOOOOO VIKINGS!!!!!!
