Merry Christmas to all my blog friends!!! I will post sometime after Christmas!!

Photos of our LIFE...

the story of the Savior we are celebrating...

the landscaping I have been working on...

My view from my front porch...

precious hands on precious words...

the door that welcomes our friends...

my back porch lit with Christmas lights...

Ry, "dancin up a storm" as we like to call it...

Look at those moves!

Christmas cards we are working on...

the Nativity scene we made...

our family tree... we have up 2 more but I don't have pictures of them yet!

cookies we made... we have made lots of others, but they didn't hang around long enough for a photo... :-)

The Nutcracker...Cameron and I went and saw this at the playhouse.

Ry, dressed up as his favorite superhero!!

a hug from my sweet little boy...

a visit to the train station...









Well, as you can see, we have been up to a lot of different things lately. We are mostly trying to take it easy and enjoy each other and this wonderful Christmas season. Have a blessed day!!

Fabulous Fall !

Last week we set out to enjoy the beautiful fall weather and scenery.

This was the view at the end of our hike, isn't it beautiful!!

It doesn't get much sweeter than this!

I am currently participating in a Beth Moore bible study about "Daniel".

It has been so amazing! It is opening my eyes to areas in my life that I

haven't paid attention to before. One of these areas is pride. We like to

think that pride is a very obvious thing, that you can look at someone

and say "they are prideful", but is so much deeper than that. Pride can

even come from something we meant for good. Some examples she uses

are fasting, studying your Bible, participating in Bible studies, sacrificial

giving... Each of these things are great, but we have to be very careful

that the devil doesn't turn it into an issue of pride. Some examples could

be.. "I" fast each week, what about you or "I" study my Bible so much

( I wonder if "others" study it like me.) Pride can be very secretive and

we may not even notice that is what we are doing. I am very thankful

that I serve a God who continually works on me! It is truly humbling to

have areas in your life that need to be addressed and know that" in all

these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us."

Romans 8:37 I found the following quote and thought it was fitting.

"If we barely manage to win our way to heaven by the skin of our teeth, we could be said to be a conqueror, but a "more than conqueror" is someone who takes the worst that life can throw at him and uses that to become victorious. "More than conqueror" is one who, by the grace and the gift of God, and in the strength of God within him, actually takes the very things that are designed to destroy him, and they become stepping stones instead of stumbling blocks. That is being "more than conquerors."

-Ray Stedman

This is my idea of Thanksgiving decorating.

The kids and I decided to do a little decorating in our classroom for Thanksgiving. We have lots of classroom decor that was given to us. So I looked through it and pulled out the fall stuff and ....Walla!

Don't sign me up for "The Classroom of the Year" award just yet, it gets better!

If this isn't true Thanksgiving decorating what is?

These are the 2 decorators, they look a little scared or guilty or something, don't they.

Notice the precise placement of each decoration.

It is so much better in person! Ha Ha

And there you have it. Fall decorating at it's best! We had a lot of fun doing this and the results are FAR from perfect, but hey it's not the outside that counts! Right?

Thankful Thursday

Family Ties

Family Ties Are precious things

Woven through the years,

of laughter, love and tears.
Family ties are cherished things

forged in childhood days,

by love of parents deep and true,

by tradition, by family ways.

Family ties are treasured things

and far though we may roam,

the tender bonds with those we love

still pull our hearts toward home.
~Unknown

My cousin Eric always keeps us laughing.


My mom and 3 of her sisters. Each one of my aunts are so special to me. We have so much fun when we get together!! I love you all! I can't wait until our next family fun night!


My brother is one of my best friends. We fought like crazy as kids but now we truly are friends. We have so much fun when we get the chance to hang out! I am so thankful God gave me such a great brother!



My mama means so much to me! She is the best grandma ever and a good friend of mine. She did such a great job raising us. We always knew that she loved the Lord and spent time with Him. She was a great wife to our Daddy and a wonderful mother to us. Thank-you for all the good meals, hugs, kisses and time you shared with me. I love you!

Thank you Lord for putting me in this fun, crazy family! I love each and everyone of them.

" I PRAYED FOR THIS CHILD, AND THE

LORD HAS GRANTED ME

WHAT I ASKED OF HIM." 1 SAMUEL 1:27
CAMERON, YOU ARE SUCH A JOY TO ME!

FROM THE MOMENT I FOUND OUT YOU WERE COMING

INTO THIS EARTH TO BE MY CHILD, I CHANGED.

YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME WHAT TRUE LOVE IS.

YOU ARE PRECIOUS IN EVERY WAY.

YOU MAKE ME LAUGH. YOU MAKE ME PROUD. I LOVE YOU!

Birthday Boy!

My baby is 2! He is such a blessing from the Lord!! Here is a little peek at his party.