Love the Holidays

What is it about everything going wrong before Christmas arrives? My husband and I carefully balanced our budget in November to prepare for the holidays when all of a sudden our water heater died last week ,and then we had a family emergency, and then a problem with the truck, and last but not least a check that was suppose to arrive soon will be here after New Years. I wanted to cry at the timing of it all and crawl in my bed and sulk. I had plans and once again they became a figment of my imagination. I admit my spirits were quite low. What were we going to do? Do we boil hot water for everyday existence for a month to get presents for the children or get hot water and watch the disappointment on their faces. We knew what we had to do. Pray. Pray. Pray. The answer was clear,we got the heater. We did talk to the children about our deli ma and surprisingly enough they took it well. I was expecting fits and heartbreak and they took it in stride. I could not of been more proud of them. It was about Jesus they said in their little girly voices. I got so hooked up on making everything work perfectly that I forgot the greatest present of all. Jesus! Thank God I have two brutally honest children around to get my head back to what was important. That day we let go of our anxiety and turned to him for guidance. In a couple of days we had little blessings come our way. Adjusting few of our bills we discovered that in November some of our bills were ahead by a month. We were able to buy gifts for the children. I had been saving spare change for a while now and surprisingly enough I had about almost a hundred dollars. So with that our Christmas meal was taken care of. Even getting eggnog was taken care of! For days now I have been looking for it in stores for the family and to my dismay it was always gone before I could get one., and just last night while going to the store fore some milk I came across more eggnog that had just been stacked. I got two! Everything was made possible and I am ever so thankful that my family will have a wonderful Christmas after all. I sure will! Have a wonderful Christmas time and may God bless you with the new Year!

Fireproof the movie!

I don't know if any of you have seen this movie but I can tell you right now it is a must. I have been wanting to see this movie with my husband since it's been out and last night was the last showing at the theater here in Pendleton. Although we missed about fifteen minutes we decided to stay anyway. Knowing my husband I was afraid he would hate this movie because there was no blood and gore and surprisingly enough he liked it alot. He was so moved by this movie that he cried. Not the cry out loud type of cry, but a very silent outpouring of feeling. I looked at him from time to time and I could see that finally he was getting the picture on how it is so important keeping faith with his God first and secondly with me. We went to the parking lot after the movie and he opened my car door for me. The man had not done that in ages! Before he started the car he looked into my eyes and said he was sorry for forgetting what was important. I cried and silently thanked the Lord for showing him what I could not say. Praise be to the Highest! So if you haven't seen the movie yet, wait till the end of January to get your own copy. At least that is what I have heard. You will love it!

Here are more pictures of my babes. They are so cute!

My two little blessings playing in the leaf pile that took me two hours to rake.