Blessings for a Great New Year!

Happy New Year! 2008~ it IS going to be Great!

I am looking forward to a fresh new start to a new year. So much has happened this past year; it all seems like a blurr. Ken taking on another job, putting our house on the market (which I might add still hasn't sold- since MAY!), Kenton having ear surgery, Mother getting sick, Jakayla getting sick, family members falling out of touch. It's been a very trying year.

But there has been so much to be thankful for too! Owen coming into this world and being healthy! Mother getting great news about the cancer! And both of our kids being healthy!

I know God is good ~ all the time.

Even though this year has had it's ups and downs, I know I do have so much to be thankful for and that I am so blessed! I pray that I will be able to bless others this new year as well.

We had a great Christmas! Mother and George came over Christmas day and we had a blast. This is a pic of the kids teaching her how to play the Wii! Too much fun!

You'll Shoot Your Eye Out!

Wow.. I never thought I would be living through this phrase.... but this past Sunday Peyton popped Kenton in the eye with an air soft b-b gun. Yep... right in the eye! Just as Kenton took off his eye wear Peyton shot his gun and sure enough it went right towards Kenton's eye. It couldn't have been on his leg or arm... but right in his eye!

He cut his cornea and has lots of swelling behind his eye. So after a trip to the eye doc, and lots of eye drops and TLC, I think he's going to be OK! He thinks the coolest thing is wearing the dark sun glasses. But through all of this, it hasn't stooped him from playing on his X-box!

Peyton was so sorry and now has to do Kenton's chores for a month. Well I guess boys will be boys.

Fall has come and gone and today I'm going to get ready for Chirstmas! We had a great time on Halloween and Thanksgiving. I ment to post some pics so here they are... better late than never~

Why do I love these old things so much? I do... the older the better, the more chipped the better, the junkier the better. I think because it has such a history. You know, if this piece could talk, I wonder what stories it would tell.

I love this old glass; the color is so pretty. I love the way the sun catches its stories and holds them inside but lets just enough color out to make me love it!

How did you get to here. It seems like yesterday I was playing beautiful symphony music for you and now you are playing beautiful music to me. You have only been playing the flute for about 6 weeks now and even though you only know a few songs, I think they are fabulous! I love watching your fingers and your hands. They are still like they were when you were a baby- and that is the image I want to hold on to.

Be Still and Listen

It seems that my prayer list is getting longer and longer. I am trying so hard to be still and listen but the things I want right now are not what God has planned at this very moment.... I know God's time table is much better than mine.
On my prayer list right now I am praying for: My Mother and her battle to beat this lung cancer. As she continues to get better, she is still having a hard time after chemo. I hate that she is sick afterwards, but I just have to keep telling myself that things are working! My House- I really need for my house to sell - NOW! This has been the hardest 7 months for our family. I know there is a reason we are still here, but I just don't know what it is. Jakayla- I pray that she will continue to get better from her struggle with leukemia and that she and Kieanna will soon be delivered from all this strain. Ashley's baby- prayers are being lifted up for this precious little baby. He is so tiny. My family-give us strength and help us to come together. I know... I need to be still and listen.

A Blessed Life

Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow! We got the best news today!! Mother had her CAT scan today and the tumor has shrunk to less than half the size it was!!! What a miracle! She is going to continue the chemo treatment. She feels so much better and looks better too! Needless to say we are so excited about this news.

Thank you so much for praying for her.
God IS Good!