A Time For Every Season....

A Great reminder that Christmas is nothing without the life of Christ lived out on earth followed by his horrific death, and resurrection.

Blessed Beyond Measure! "Yours, O LORD, is the greatness  and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth; Yours is the dominion, O LORD, and You exalt  Yourself as head  over all. "Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all, and in Your hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to make great and to strengthen everyone.” v Family – The Lord has blessed us with an amazingly  close and cohesive family that loves the Lord and is always seeking the throne of our Father. Hard times have come (are are yet to come), but our family has only grown and matured in faith. I can say now that I've thankful for those hard times which have laid a solid foundation for our family bto build upon. v Our Abby – Lord you have blessed us with the health of our little girl, there were days when I sat in that room just staring at all the machines and wondered if we would be  t...

In our  family you own the day you were born - at least when your little! So for Gabe's 3rd Birthday he was treated to pretty much whatever he wanted - no chores, no bed time, no sharing toys or eating your veggie's! The morning began with waffles and whip cream with Good Morning Tea. The waffles were decked out with a special train on top. Then we headed out on a Mommy date for lunch, Gabe picked McDonald's and had a happy meal! Gabe wasn't sure what to do with just Mommy! When we came home Gabe opened his Birthday gifts! Mrs. Kelly gave Gabe a set up dirty puppies which he has been carrying around constantly!That evening after dinner Gabe and Drew had a movie night and watched How to Train Your Dragon in their PJ's while  eating popcorn, M&M's, and juice. Gabe opened his final present which was a fun dragon figurine that he has been flying all over the house. How special to have a day all your own!  Then we went and picked out a special Birthday ...

My Son. Today, Gabe, is the long anticipated day. Today you are 3! This is the first birthday you've been able to anticipate. You've been counting down the days for weeks and I'm so thrilled that this  day is finally here and we can celebrate! You picked a special breakfast and are looking forward to our Mommy Date for lunch. I believe How To Train Your Dragon is planned for this evenings Movie Night! Gabe, you are such a joy and I count it a privilege to be your mommy. From the first  day I held you in my arm I knew you would be a delight to raise. Your two's just flew by and though we had a few months of temper tantrums and "No's", the majority of your life you have been so easy to shepherd! I can't believe how quickly you catch on to things. At  2 1/2  you practically potty trained yourself. In our mornings together you've already learned all your colors and numbers to 12. It wasn't intentional learning, you just spent a lot of ...

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“Goodnight Kiss” by Steve and Annie Chapman I count it as a privilege I count it cause for praise to kiss my children goodnight at the close of everyday for I know too soon they're off and gone and walkin' out the door and I'll never have a child to kiss goodnight anymore It's very strange how times have changed from the present to the past when did they grow so quickly the time has flown so fast for it seems that only yesterday I helped him with his shirt or pat my baby on the back or kissed away a hurt tell the story read a book wipe a nose or tie a shoe they never ask me to rub their back the way they used to do once it was a bother just a troublesome kind of chore now I would give anything to do it just once more mommy bounce me on your knee daddy flip me in the air throw a rubber ball to me and help me comb my hair mommy tickle my tummy daddy hold me high let's go outside for awhile or make a kite to fly I count it as a privilege I count it ...

Daddy taught the boys about levers, pulley's and weights this weekend. The boys had such fun loading their animals on the ropes and lifting them! Drew has been working on a way to  create a draw bridge for his "castle" so this was a great lesson just in time for more creative planning this week! Drew and I are reading a Magic Tree House book about knights so that is Drew's latest project. The boys will love what I have in store for them this Christmas - it has everything to do with Medieval knights and castle and battles!!!

We were so busy in October with school, trips, sickness, Birthday's galore and a new nephew; I didn't have any time for blogging. So here is a little recap! The end of October my new LG appliances arrived! I was so excited to finally stop transporting all my clothes to my mothers or friends houses! Also the hand washing of dishes was awful - I'm so thankful for whoever invented the dishwasher!!! Abby spent them month of October terrible sick - though you wouldn't know it from her appearance. I took Abby in to the doctor the beginning of October for what I thought was a UTI  the Holy Spirit just nudged me to call and see if any appointments were available since I was leaving for OKC to help my sister with the delivery of my nephew and didn't want to leave John with a sick child. Anyhow, Abby was diagnosed with a UTI, RSV, an ear infection and possible a kidney infection or stomach virus. She looked wonderful so I was shocked! Needless to say since RSV is hig...

Here is Ollie at age 20, he is living out his retirement dream and is a pasture dweller. It was wonderful to visit and see how well he is loved and cared for!