Prayer of Thanks

Thank you Lord for thy tender mercies and keeping me ever in thy care. Thank you for friends who have no idea the impact they have on my life. Thank you for the 3 beautiful, amazing, perfect children you have entrusted in my care, they mean more to me than the air I breathe. Thank you for parents whose love is unconditional and show me through all they've done and continue to do for me. May I be worthy of your love and tenderness always, Amen.

Give me Strength

Wow, this is so unusual for me. Not only is this a post without a picture but its a reflective post.

With the New Year always comes new challenges it seems. This year of course is no different. Why does the Lord ask so much of us? Why does he seem to push us to our limit over and over again. Am I not learning my lesson? Am I not growing as He would have me do? Or is it just so I will remember how much I am loved by Him and trusted with difficult things? Whatever the reason, I don't accept it very well.

Tomorrow is Sunday. Another day to strengthen myself. Another day to feel the Spirit in my life. Another day to renew to be better, to try harder to be Christlike. I just LOVE Sundays!

Christmas Day

Yay, new pajamas

Kids got everything they wanted and the best part of the whole holidays was having Grandpa and Grandma Grover here.

That is one very happy Grandpa!!!

First Real Snow

Who would've thought we'd get this much snow in one storm and before Thanksgiving. Luckily for the kids the storm made a week-long Thanksgiving break and they made the most of every snowflake!

Conner's Sandbox

So, this is Conner's Sandbox. I was so excited when we moved into our house to have a completely finished yard with no dirt for the kids to get messy in. You see, I HATE DIRT! I hate messes of anykind but especially the ones that require washing and hosing of kids.

Conner and his buddies Hailey and Valerie discovered HEAVEN! Behind our church is a volleyball pit filled with sand. For days he would come home from school telling me he was going to the church yard to play. He finally wised up and took his sand bucket one time and brought some sand HOME!

Oh boy, yes he is a total boy and loves his dirt! I really missed the mark with this boy. He loves to color, play playdough, play legos and video games but dirt is his true love!

OOOPS!!!! Watch out for the noggin!

Just a warning, shoes and a trampoline plus two rambuncious boys are not a good combination. I swear Kaden doesn't need to play football to have a constant injury to his head. Somehow it just always gets in the way!

I don't know if you can tell from the picture but he had some pretty bad swelling on one side of his head, I was pretty worried about a concussion but I'll never know if he had one or not......I just kept him awake, gave him some Motrin and kept asking him questions till he totally crashed about 3 hours later. I sure do love this kid....injuries and all!!

What a beautiful Fall!

I just love these 3! They make everyday worth it!

I have to be the luckiest girl in the world to have this amazing man to spend eternity with! Now if we could just relax and enjoy life a little more.....you know, let the work slide a little.