Christmas Pictures

We have had a wonderful and busy week so far. I'm just going to put up a few new pictures, seeing as thats about all I have time for today. Hopefully I can fill in details soon! Olivia really didn't want to have her picture taken so this is the only one I have with her not in tears.

Will everything get done????

So too many of you out there 8 weeks may seem like a long time, but to me 8 weeks seems like a very short amount of time. Why you might ask, well in 8 weeks we will be welcoming Isaac. With December almost over and January being a very full month, Olivia's Surgery, Care Group Weekend Away, Our Wedding Anniversary, And Normal Activity's, I'm sure time will fly by. Then in February we have Luke, and Morgan’s birthdays and before you know it my 8 weeks are all done. Now if I could just figure out were we are going to fit in taking down the wall paper and getting our bedroom painted so that we can finally set up our furniture, oh yes and lets not forget getting Isaac's room ready. Do any of you out there ever feel like you are taking 2 steps forward and then 10 steps back? This is how I have been feeling a lot lately, maybe its hormones, or the rush of the holiday season. I'm guessing though I'm not the only person who ever feels this way. Why do we feel the need to have life organized? For me I know that I'm a happier person when I feel like things are getting done, but dose it go deeper than that? Is it a way of keeping control? Is it my way of not handing everything over to God, and knowing that he will help me accomplish things in his timing? I know that this has been a very random post, but tonight I feel random. Hope you are all enjoying your weekend, and have a Merry Christmas.

Care Group Christmas Party

Last night we enjoyed celebrating Christmas with our friends, it was so much fun to get together for the holiday season. Thank you so much to Ryan and Jeanie for hosting! Hope you all enjoy the rest of our holiday season.

Not a word of complaint

Yesterday I opened an e-mail from a friend who I have been thinking/praying about over the last few day of heavy rain. As soon as I read the first few words my heart sank and I started to cry. They live in Vernoina and have lost everything inside their home. They have 3 kids one who is only weeks old. As I read about their home being under 7 feet of water on the outside and 4 feet of water on the inside I could hardly imagine being in her position. But that is not why I'm posting this; I wanted to post about this because of her amazing attitude about things. She could have complained about losing everything, the fact that they have just finished remodeling the entire house, that her family will not be home for Christmas, but she didn't mention any of those things. She said we have lost everything, but I'm thankful that we have family we can stay with and we are all safe, and healthy.

As I head into the Christmas holiday, I have so much to be thankful for. I have no reasons to complain, so what if I can't find the right gift or I have a lot going on. That is not what this season is about. It's about Celebrating Jesus’ Birth. Spending time with love ones and being together as a family. My friend’s attitude made me think, it's never those who have hardly anything or who are asking for help that complain about life's situations. It’s those of us who have so much we have forgotten how little we really go with out, and decide to complain about the mundane things in life.