Christmas with Sam and Allison

Saturday night Sam and Allison invited a group of their friends over for a Christmas party. It was a wonderful time and Sam and Allison obviously enjoy entertaining. Shawn, Farris and Janine helped serve everyone. Sam operates the Daily Grind a coffee shop in the Short Pump area.

Allison was relaxed in spite of feeding a good sized group of people.

The meal started with spanakopita and was followed with roasted lamb, rice with pine nuts green beans and tadziki sauce.

Then they served desert. Yes they were as good as they look and I did indulge!

I was excited to get a picture of Bill Bangham. As a professional photographer, he is usually on the other side of the camera.

Barbra and her husband Jay operate 'Dream Dinners.'

Edna is one of the regulars at the the Daily Grind. she was concerned about the wrinkles. My thought was they show character.

Shanon really was excited about the cup cakes. She enjoyed the hummus as well.

Michael and Anna served as short term missionaries, Michael in Colombia and Anna in Venzuela. They were married two months ago. About two years ago, they were in training and spent a lot of time (along with several others) hanging out at the Daily Grind. When training was over, they got together and gave Sam a bible with their favorite scriptures highlighted. Sam and Allison were deeply moved by their gift and started reading the bible.

I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. Philippians 1: 3-6