The season of hope and waiting has now begun and we are happily celebrating here at the Frank house. We enjoyed having Bud and Jane here for the first Sunday of Advent, and we used the day to make our wreath and Advent chains -- some of our favorite activities.
Then on Monday we went on our first big outing of the season -- a field trip to the Samaritan's Purse Operation Christmas Child distribution center here in Charlotte. Each year they have an annual Family Day, during which they shut down all the processing activities so they can explain to kids what exactly happens there. We were very impressed by what we all learned there: the Charlotte center is the biggest one they run -- and this month alone 2.1 million shoeboxes will be going through this building! Over the 2 hour tour, they took the kids through all kinds of stations so they could see exactly how their boxes would be processed, which countries they would go to, how kids react to receiving them, etc. Mom and Dad joined us for this trip, and I think we adults enjoyed it as much as the kids did!
And it was fun to even see a familiar face -- our friend Mr. McManus!
After our tour, we headed into the city to see some of the decorations and have some dinner. We had hoped to see the animatronic singing bears we always like to see...
Alas, they didn't start their concerts until the next day. :(
But we still had a fun evening anyway... dinner with Nonna and Poppa and dessert with Graham and Katie...
A very fun way to kick of the Christmas season!
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