The highlight of our December is always Christmas programs and sharing the gospel through music during this special season! We hosted two of our own little programs in our home town and were blessed to have a number of friends and visitors turn out! Behind the scenes, there is always lots to do! Bell polishing above and loading the trailer down below!  We traveled to Illinois and Indiana the weekend before Christmas to share music in various places. One of them was a large gym rented by friends of ours who hosted the event.  My (Susanna's) view much of the time!  Here in Missouri, we only dream of  a "White Christmas"! It's warm enough to not even wear coats a lot of the time! :)

 Although this Christmas Season is not like most other years in many ways, we have still been practicing music and Lord willing, will be giving a handful of concerts this month.  Here are the details for any who wish to join us for an inspirational evening of music! Everyone is always welcome! 

 The day after Thanksgiving, instead of crowding into busy stores to shop, we girls decided to have a little party and activity. A few of us put our heads together and decided to pack bundles of some sort for a mission organization or ministry. Then our cousin, Amaris Morley, let us know that she had been wanting to do baby bundles for local pregnancy crisis centers as part of her ministry called Life Line Gifts.   She got in touch with a Christian crisis center in St. Louis who would happily take our bundles and we girls started shopping! Each girl provided some of the items on the list, brought them to the party and we all worked on assembling and wrapping them up!  Here are the girls who helped! All are cousins except for our Aunt Kezia.   Getting everything ready!    What a fun day!   And this is the committee involved with helping Life Line Gifts in various ways. I (Susanna) have  recently been added and am looking forward to reaching others with the Gospel through this ministry.

  For the extended Morley Family , Thanksgiving of 2020 was a delightful and blessed time!  Seven of the nine children, and their families gathered together in Missouri for a family reunion. We rented a lovely facility for Thanksgiving Day, with a big kitchen and dining area and fields for sports.  The decorating/set up crew went over early to get things ready!  We also set up a little memory table with pictures and scrapbooks to look through.  Lots of cooks in the kitchen! With a group this big, recipes are quadrupled and more turkeys are necessary!  Dinner time!  Ah, of course, the dessert!  Cousin Candace had an activity with the little ones.  The little boys found a fun game to play together!  Well, maybe there weren't enough chairs...    On Saturday, the 25+ young people took a 5 mile hike back to a cave with a large spring flowing out of it and into the river. Caves have wonderful acoustics so being the good Morleys that we are, we sang "How Great Thou Art" lustily

As wonderful as vacations are , it is always a blessing and comfort to get home and back into a regular schedule! There is school to do, music to practice, animals to feed and projects to accomplish!  Christmas music is in full swing! (no pun intended here...)  So are music lessons, with Jonathan, Laura, and Caleb all taking piano from their big sister and violin from mom.  He's taking it very seriously here!  While I was practicing the other day, Caleb came up and wanted to play "with me"! Love this boy!  Here we are celebrating Ethan's birthday with Grandpa and Grandma Morley. (notice the dog looking out for falling crumbs! =) Our family participated in a Trump Train a few weeks ago. There was much enthusiasm and a couple hundred cars involved! Thank the Lord for a leader in the last 4 years who has led us in a strong, American direction.  Our 4 oldest children and several cousins had a youth night at the house of friends of ours who are leading our youth group in a

 Bright and early on Monday morning, we drove to the historic train station in Williams, AZ where we boarded a 14 car train carrying over 400 (and that's at half capacity) people up to the Grand Canyon National Park. The train ride lasted 2 1/2 hours and then we were given 3 hours at the Canyon before reboarding for the trip home. Besides having to wear masks the entire time, we had a great ride!      The Grand Canyon truly lives up to its name!  Our first breathtaking look at the most famous of the 7 Natural Wonders of the World! We hiked and rode a bus to various different overlooks around the South Rim. The beauty was surreal! Our two little troopers!  This beautiful verse was posted on a scenic overlook! What an incredible proof for a Creative Designer right before us! What a blessing to experience this marvelous canyon and the magnificence of the area!  Part 4 Coming Soon.