Our youngest child, Holland, was baptized this Easter.  Enjoy the pics.  Thanks for celebrating with us!

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One of the ways our culture remembers and celebrates a person or occasion is with a “toast”.  You may have seen this at a wedding or a formal meal of some kind; someone will stand up, raise their glass of whatever they’re drinking, say something like “To the bride!” and that’s the signal for everyone to clink their glasses with each other and take a sip of their drinks.  I was thinking of this custom the other day while getting ready to celebrate a Sabbath family dinner with candles, special blessings, and grape juice.  As each of us began to share things that God was teaching us through the week, or things He’s helped us with, it seemed completely natural to want to make a toast after each story - to Jesus!  So as my youngest daughter finished talking, I raised my glass of grape juice and declared, “Let’s have a toast:  To Jesus!”
“Yay, Jesus!” everyone echoed.  Then we clinked our glasses together and took a drink.  It was so fun, we decided to do it after each person shared.  There were lots of toasts to Jesus that night.  He deserves it more than anyone!

P.S.  One polite element of toasting is to make sure you look the person in the eye that you are clinking your glass with.  So, not only do you get to remember and celebrate Jesus through this activity, you also get a chance to connect with each other, too!

MERRY CHRISTMAS, everyone!!!

We are honored to share this amazing time with friends like you.  May God’s deep, lasting peace be yours this season-

With love,

The Foxes

Our guitarist/singer Pete Dawson had a baby!

He and his wife Nina are so stoked! We’re stoked for ‘em!

Welcome, Chris!!!

This holiday break, the band and I rounded up our families for our year-end party, and it was awesome! John cooked the most amazing ribs, Joe kicked down with the killer deserts, and our kids practically tore John’s house APART! We managed to snap this quick pic before the melt-down…

I’m totally overwhelmed with gratitude to these families for joining ours in this crazy musical adventure…THANK YOU!!!

A big toast to Joe Servia for 10 YEARS of rockin’ the bass with us!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE!

I’m sorry I can’t write too much right now. I know I should be coming up with some super-cool, deep, Christmas-y devotional….umm….I’m sorry. I’m buried in wrapping, painting, eBaying, cleaning, dishes, parties….it’s INSANE right now! But my prayer for you is the same for me;

…that somehow, in the craziness, we would experience a special season of “God with us”…His Hope, His Peace, His Joy, His Love…all REAL and LASTING!

May you encounter Him like never before!

From my family to yours,

Thanks for being a part of our lives!

Love,

The Foxes

My family and I had a WILD Thanksgiving! We drove the 14 hours to the far north of Cali where we met up with the whole extended clan…4 younger brothers, 3 sister-in-laws, 1 niece…and our 6…it was CRAZY! My parents hosted us all somehow with grace and class.

Here’s a highlight for me; I encouraged everyone I could to jam and sing with me on my Friday night “Thanksgiving Concert” at Mosgo’s Coffeehouse. My bros; Josh and Ben both did great sets of tunes, my dad even sang, Farrah did a couple songs, my mom lent her famous harmonies, and the kids handled percussion!

Yah, it was swwweeeeeet! We closed the night with an “I’ll Fly Away” medley, straight out of the Ozarks!HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!

The new generation is TAKING OVER! I’m so proud of my son, Brennan, for rocking the drums while his sister Farrah and friend Sophia pulled off a mean version of “Lean On Me”. The Killibrook Elementary School Talent Show didn’t know what hit ‘em!

This May 15, Heidi and I celebrated 14 years of marriage! What an amazing time it’s been! We’ve been so thankful realizing that God has led us through such green pastures of life. Four crazy, wonderful children - joy, peace, and love in our home…and the sense that we are still growing with a long way to go!

We got away for a couple days to my favorite little So Cal city; Encinitas. Heidi took this pic of me at Pannikin’s- a small taste of Santa Cruz in the south — we had a nice dinner, and I ate a squid of some sort! Yah, baby!

Cheers,

Justin