December Happenings

I can't believe how crazy and busy this month is already. This was definitely not the time of year to move, but I'm happy we're here. Just had to share a few recent pictures . . .
Ryan loves our new front-loading washer and dryer. I love that he loves it; keeps him busy. On this particular day we were washing his favorite blanket so he was REALLY interested!

Emily wanted a Princess Annaliese birthday this year. The only reason this cake even looks halfway decent is thanks to my friend Liz, who must have a cake-decorating gene. Before she came over and rescued it Barbie had her legs straight up in the air -- so improper!

This last picture is from right after Halloween. I had to get a picture of Ryan with his candy. The first few times he was allowed to have a candy he just held it and looked at it. :) I don't think he knew what to do with it.

Today we had a field trip with our homeschool group to a retirement home where we sang Christmas carols and gave cards to the residents. It was so sweet. Well, it was sweet until Ryan crawled under the Christmas tree we were standing next to and activated the "snoring Santa" decoration. I thought I would die of embarrassment. One minute we're singing Silent Night, the next thing I know there's this loud sound of snoring and the whole group turns around to see Ryan on his hands and knees, smiling from under the tree. It was great.

Wow

Emmie surprised me today. We were talking about this drama I'm a part of for our Christmas program and the girls kept asking me questions about it. I told them that the story is about a woman who is too busy with all of her holiday plans to spend any time with God. I told them that it was "really important" to spend some time with God every day. Emmie asked me why, and I told her it was because when you don't make time for the most important relationship in your life, your life "just kind of falls apart". Here was her thought on that.

Emmie: "But mommy, our life already falled apart when baby Isaac died!"

Wow. I was shocked. We had not been talking about Isaac that day or even recently. Plus, I'm sure she never heard us use that term in talking about what had happened. She really surprised me.

Our life really did fall apart when it happened and it's never going to be the same. But like I told Emmie, we never would have made it through and even had some joy on the other side of this without our relationship with our Saviour. He alone is our source of hope and peace!

Finally

My posting lately has been truly PATHETIC. But then I felt better tonight when I realized we have lived in our new home for 9 days and have had company over on 5 of those days! I don't know what we're thinking. Anyway, more posting to come as soon as I download some new photos. Stay tuned . . .