Chris & Donna's miracle

Over this past year Chris & Donna have been trying to adopt. This came after years of trying to have a baby on their own. Through a series of God ordained events they now have a beautiful baby, whom they named Alisha, as part of their family!!! Here is the celebration they had with the Flipside family!!! Oh yeah, Shellie helped plan and set up for the day along with some pretty amazing and creative ladies... she loves this kind of thing!

Pam in full party mode
The entryShellie & Megan (MOPS Coordinator buddies) Chris & Donna arrive, along with Donna's mom Louise & Pam... experienced masterminds for events like these!

John & Carol... significant supportive friends for Chris & Donna
Reigh Lea... (the amazing woman who organizes all the meals

for Flipside families with new babies) & Pam

Pam & Shellie... sisters :)

Alisha...director of women and creative arts

& Brittany...Alisha's right hand man (administrator)

Kamy... Mug n Muffin & MOPS buddy & Caden... such a cutie!

Proof that it wasn't just a ladies thing. Here are just some of the guys that came to celebrate baby Alisha. (L-R) Chris B, Chris K, Steve & John.
Chris & Donna... a beautiful couple... now a beautiful family!!!

Allison, Shellie, Lindsay & Reigh Lea... more MOPS gals!

Chris... a real cool guy!

Shellie praying for Chris & Donna. It was a tearfully joyful prayer!

Steve & Jeff... pastor of community life and groups
Ajay, Katie and Emily... Cool Epidemic kids... some of Prestin's buddies

Coleen... Mug n Muffin buddy & Shellie... the cakes were delicious by the way!

Jen...you've got the look! Move over Kev... your wife looks like she's ready to preach!!!

Reigh Lea & Lindsay

Paul... can you believe this guy is the pastor of "Flipt"!?!

He is amazing with those children!!!

Chris in the background

Watching the slide show of baby Alisha...

She represents the tender heart of God... He heard the cry of Chris & Donna's heart...

He responded in His way, in His time, with a gift that overwhelmed all our hearts...

Alisha is perfect!!!

Steve & JeffAnd the children had so much fun!

Soo many came to celebrate this new addition to the Flipside family.

We all had only two weeks to prepare... now that's a "suddenly!"

The Finale!

The Knopp's were blessed with so much love and so many beautiful gifts...

This was soo much fun!

A good excuse for a Family Night

Just needing an excuse to get together after Ken & Pam's camping trip to Ventura, we converged at their place and enjoyed a lovely feast. The table, ready for the food and us guests.One of the things we did was watch the tear jerking movie - Fireproof! Sweet stuff!Jasen, Steve and grandma, ready for the movie to begin!
Before movie (afterwards Shellie wouldn't let us get a photo of her because she had cried during the flick).Speaking of not wanting their pictures taken... after a lifetime of a million plus photos taken of them, Deron and Prestin have hit their limit! Really, it's not that painful!Of course a Wii bowling tournament was worked into the evening. This night Steve & Jasen beat Ken & Deron. One of Steve's games was a 299!!! He is still waiting for that perfect game!

Mug N Muffins "Love" Celebration

Snowy mountains and a full rainbow outside Michele's home

as we prepare for the celebration!

Thank You, Lord, for such a beautiful symbol of Your love

and faithfulness to us...

that's what this night is all about!!! Andria, me and Michele, team leader buddies Kamy and Michele... Kamy is our newest team leader buddy :)Sarah modelling her classy style! One of several food spreads... delicious... and all Michele's favorites! Andria and hubby, Kevin... pastors of young life ministries at Flipside! Francis and hubby enjoying the fellowship, games and food...

another adorable couple. Heather "Sparkle" ... another team leader buddy!Rob chatting with Kevin. Kamy with her beautiful family... Caden and hubby, Frank. Sara on the right... such a sweetie, and she brought her friend too. Heather, Me, and Sarah... yes, Sarah is another team leader buddy!

And they are ALL amazing ladies!!!

We had a beautiful night. Thank you Michele for hosting and providing EVERTHING... YOU ARE INCREDIBLE AND SUCH A HUGE BLESSING!!! We love you heaps!

Flipside MOPS ...Valentine's celebration

Our MOPS Valentine celebration at Flipside.Megan & My "Adventure Land" table... soo pretty and fragrant. Some of the amazing ladies at our table...Erin, Karin, Carrie and CeCe Nadia is at our table, too!Karin Megan... our table leader coordinator... my buddy!!! The beautiful and VERY fragrant flowers at our table... soo fun! Pam, speaking on "Godly parenting" and sharing tips from the "pros"... she did an excellent job! Pam & Jane... "Frontier Land"... this is their table!

Jane is extremely creative with her crafts and decorating!!!Moms filling out parenting questionnaires Apryl & Debbi's table..."Fantasy Land"(Apryl on the right... her mom is not pictured)Veronica & Lydia's table...
Sandra's last day with us... she's moving back to Kentucky... her hubby comes home from Iraq in April... she's waited a LONG time and has been such an inspiration to us all!Carrie's birthday gift... Arbonne! (Carrie is the MOPS coordinator)