virtual Park staff party

We had our annual end of year Park staff meeting/party on Tuesday virtual. Mr. Will put together treat boxes, a gift exchange, and games! He randomly assigned everyone a name and we bought $10 gifts and dropped them off at the office with the “to” on the outside and the “from” hidden inside. I got our deaf minister, Zeth. He loves his cat so I got him an Catvenger tshirt from Etsy. It was hilarious and I’m so glad he loved it! We picked up our gifts and treat boxes but couldn’t peek until Tuesday. Will had all the ladies in the office help with treats and everything was so yummy! We played some virtual Christmas games and had a blessed time as best as we could! They are a fun and hard working crew that I’m blessed to work with!

Ornaments 2020

Ornaments for this year are:

Todd- Scooby Doo , because it’s one of his favorites

Elle- 101 Dalmatians TV, because she loves dogs

Copper- Ironman, because his nickname from one of my coworkers is Iron Dude

Reese- unicorn, because she loves all things sparkly and magical

Thanksgiving 2020

This year was very low key as I’m sure most everyone else’s was. Family were busy with other plans and we chose not to travel to let others feeel comfortable to meet. We stayed home most of the day, and took it slow getting around. We watched the Macy’s parade, but had a hard time keeping the kids interested this year. While that was going on a made a smaller thanksgiving meal, but still had plenty of traditionals. We also watched the dog show because it’s one of Elle’s favorites. After lunch we went to The Gathering Place. It wasn’t too busy and there was plenty of space to be socially distanced from others. The kids said it should be a tradition going forward. We all had a good time! Once home we zoomed with family and then watched the Utica Square Lights On via Facebook live. It wasn’t the same but still good! We played games and talked with other family too. Something different we did this year was a thankful pumpkin. The kids loved writing it each night and it is my new favorite thing!

thanksgiving children's message

 Our worship minister asked me to make some videos to add to The Park livestream on Sundays. The first didn't get published because of my grandpa's passing, so I sent it to families on Thanksgiving. This kind of thing is just not my cup of tea, but I'm really trying to embrace this new way of doing ministry. If you've got any tips or tricks for doing videos I'm all ears!

Here's the link on our church youtube account:

https://youtu.be/_5Hy5aN_3j4