Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

What a great Christmas with just the right amount of snow! I love when snow and ice falls, forcing you to stay home and curl up with a cup of hot chocolate...but I enjoy it for about a day...then I need some sunshine! How great that the boys got to play in the snow, build a snow man, enjoy bundling up and all that goes with it, and still play outside in the warm sun the very next day. Only in Texas!

My Heart is Yours

I believe that the word suffering means something different to each of us. Each of us has "suffered" in different ways than those around us at different times in our lives. This has been quite a year for me...and there were moments that I wasn't sure God was listening anymore. The picture below is a picture of two of my newest friends, Lori & Haven. God has used both of them in such tremendous ways in my life already. I love how the Lord waits so patiently for us to turn to Him...and give Him everything, not just part of it...everything...and then pours out His love in ways you could never have imagined. I was reminded recently of
1 Peter 5:6-7 "Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time. Cast ALL your anxiety on Him because He cares for you." A verse I've heard so many times, and yet I still need to hear it over and over again.
God knew just the right time to send these two women into my life. We are now a group called "Sistaworth"...a trio that sings songs of encouragement to women reminding them of God's love and how much we are "worth" to our precious Lord! I joined the group because of my desire to encourage women...and yet I have already been so encouraged by these two precious ladies. I am so thankful for God's timing and that He won't relent until He has all of me...
Oh, the picture looks like we're on a wild roller coaster or something...but nope, that wild ride is a golf cart after a Ce Ce concert! Such fun times already and we're just getting started...

A Marshmallow Christmas...

What a fun Christmas we have had already! The highlight of going to mom's this year...MARSHMALLOW SHOOTERS! Landry, Logan, Jonah, & Caleb got some guns from Papa John & Mama Gina that pump up and shoot marshmallows a surprisingly long way. Caleb discovered very quickly how fun it was to shoot the marshmallows on top of the house. Hee, hee. By the end of the marshmallow war, the bigger boys (Jason & Adam) were in on the fun...

Caleb's motto: Eat one, shoot one, eat one, shoot one...

Logan and I went with 1st grade on a field trip to Mainstay Farms this month. It was so cold, but we had a blast! The Christmas trees were beautiful, we roasted marshmallows by the fire, and even went on a hay ride. I had such a fun time making memories with my sweet Logan that day.

Christmas 2009 with Santa...the boys took their lists with them this time so they wouldn't forget to tell him anything...Logan was so excited to see Santa this year.