winter

I know several of you are going to disagree, but, I LOVE winter! I love that it keeps us home more than any other time of the year. I love that we can have a fire going and snuggle up with a great book or movie together. I love the kind of food we make in the winter time. I love that we bake more and it makes the house smell soooo good. LOVE it! I love snow and skiing. I love that it reminds me so much of my childhood days growing up. We spent so much time outdoors with my dad doing firewood and he would do crazy driving stunts on the ice and snow because people would wait until there was a foot of snow on the ground before they would realize they needed to order it. It reminds me of the smell of our house growing up with the wood burning fireplace going. So for a little longer, I am thankful for the snow coming and the joy it brings to my heart. Hoping for a snow day tomorrow!

What we have been up to

I love lazy mornings. The boys got to have sleep overs last night...we each of two boys the same age so we switch off brothers on a regular basis. Tatum is not a fan of this because she is "always left out!" It is so tough being the little sister. I can't really imagine that she misses out on too much!!

We have played skipbo, farkle, wii, and uno and it is not 1pm yet. We had a "pick your own lunch" kind of day....love those days. And, the kids think they are pulling a fast one on me. We will go to church and Sunday School tomorrow...my favorite day of the week! And also my favorite activity! We started a new Bible study on Wednesday nights and it is on Marriage and Parenting. Our first class was fantastic. It is being taught by a couple who have been married for 44 years this week! They should have some great information for us to use along with the Bible. They are passionate about each other and about sharing what they have learned with us.

We don't have plans for our long weekend..just resting. I have a couple of books that I have started and would love to finish just one! Beans with ham are cooking on the stove, smelling great I will add! I have had my daily phone conversation with my mom, 5 of my usual 20 texts with allison, and waiting on my sister for her daily call...live is good and we are excited to see where God takes us next!

Prayer Challenge

I am going to start this challenge..will you join me?

I can't get the button to work so here is the link!

http://watchmefuze.blogspot.com/p/31-day-pray-for-your-spouse-challenge.html

New Year!

I am horrible at this blogging thing! I just looked over the past entries and they are pathetic!

Anyway, I am not one for making New Year's Resolutions...mainly, I am not one for keeping them! But, I do have something weighing heavy on my heart right now and I believe God is calling me to work with Him in this area. I am going to strive this year to better a better wife/mom/daughter/sister/friend. That is alot!! I just know with all of our life circumstances, we can let things slide and go to the waste side. Here is a list of examples:
1. Love more
2. Read my Bible more
3. Pray with intention more
4. Be intentional with Michael
5. laugh with my kids more
6. Make a point to pray for one friend on FB per day
7. Give more this year than last at church
8. Bake more
9. Smile because I can more
10. Blog more

I pray that God will use me in a way this year that He never has before. My prayers as of late have not been answered in the way I was hoping, but I pray that God's will be done in my life regardless of how I thought it would go.

testing

I am trying to add a new background but cant figure it out! Any thoughts??

Christmas 2010

I can not tell you how blessed I feel today. We had the very best Christmas. Michael had to close on Christmas eve so we decided to stay home this year instead of going to my parent's house in Oklahoma. It was a hard decision but we could not drive and come home on the same day. On the 23rd, I was in the kitchen and heard carollers outside. I opened the door and it was Kristi and Danny and my brother and Allison!! It was the greatest surprise!! Then the next morning, I had a knock on the front door and it was my parents!!! LOVED it!! We were able to have lunch with Michael before work and my parents stayed the night and had Christmas with us! Such a blessing! It usually is not possible for any of my family to come here because there are too many of them and they have to work in their extended family too.

Tyler and Tanner got new bikes from Santa and Tatum got a princess jeep. Michael and I got a new camera. Santa brought Michael a new laptop computer which I am using now so hopefully, I can update this blog more often! Ha! Our friends Brett and Melissa came to eat dinner with us too.

The saddest part of today was taking all of the decorations down :( I will post pics soon

Camping

We took the kids camping this weekend to Ray Roberts Lake. It was a 20 min. drive. Wonderful! We were at the best camp site...close enough to bathroom but far enough away in the trees to feel secluded from everyone else. Perfect! We went hiking, on a trail a little too long for my taste, had hot chocolate, made a fire, made smores, sang, played games, and cooked hotdogs! It was hard to leave. The kids had a blast and could be as loud as they wanted!

Pics to come!