Happy Thanksgiving!

Just wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving! We have eaten and now we are on our way to a movie! Fun family times! It was our first year eating Thanksgiving out...but it was so nice! No cooking, no dishes and no leftovers! NO STRESS! We shall see if this becomes a tradition! Love you guys!

Complaints!

How many times a day do you hear complaining? If you are a mother, I am sure the number doubles! But for most adults, we have this skill down! It seems everyone LOVES to complain...about anything and everything! Something is always wrong with something. It never fails! Yet, what would happen in this world if we tried to find the good in things as quickly as we felt the need to make our dislikes known! Wouldn't this world be a much better and "HAPPIER" place!

This is my soap box for the day! I am just so tired of people griping and complaining! If you don't like something, either change it, ignore it, quit it, or just plain MOVE ON! This is a VERY imperfect world, yet we as people think things should be, or turn out, PERFECT! WHY? There will always be something wrong...so CHOOSE not to dwell there! B/C as sure as there is something wrong, you can always find something RIGHT and GOOD! DWELL THERE!

And this is me complaining about complainers! :) hehe

A New Day!

A new day! A new start! The troubles of yesterday have gone...they are behind...and today is a new beginning! Whatever ales us from the day long gone is history! MOVE ON! This day...right now...has so many wonderful and promising possibilities! A new sunrise, new moments that have never been lived before, new feelings of freshness and joy! Live THIS day for what it is...don't stress about what has been done, and don't worry about tomorrow (for today has enough trouble of its own)...live this day with all your heart!

So many times I get caught up the drama of this life...worry and wondering how and why things will and do turn out like they do. And in all those moments of carrying the weight of the world upon my shoulders, i miss out on the truly important and amazing facts of TODAY! I forget to cherish every smile from my babies mouth, or I let my husbands love skip right by unnoticed! And the funny, side-splitting, belly laughs get lost in the constant "dreariness" of things that I truly have not one ounce of control over!

So today, this day, I am putting all that behind! I will love this day and all it has to bring! I will cast my burdens over to Jesus...and trust Him to make it all work together for the good of one girl who loves Him with everything that she is!

My Birthday:)

This year for my birthday, Travis out did himself once again! We had so much fun! He took me out of the snow machine, then to Chena Hot Springs, dinner, shopping, and a movie! It was so much fun! And my mom threw me a surprise birthday party! Everything was so beautiful and I felt so blessed! Thanks everyone! Love you guys!

Visiting Santa:)

Sorry I haven't blogged for a while. THings have been kindof crazy lately! But I will try and post a few things that we have been up to...first of all, our trip to visit Santa. This has been a yearly visit since we moved here...seeing as how close "the North Pole" is...how can we not go see Santa! Wes loved Santa from the start! When he was a baby...he loved Santa Claus! But Emmy Grace, ANOTHER STORY ALL TOGETEHR! I thought maybe this year would be different, she is older now, but no...as soon as she saw the "jolly" man, she started screaming with fright! She eventually calmed down in order to tell Santa that she wanted "Wonder Pets" for Christmas...Santa thought she said "Wonder Pants" and this really upset Emmy! She kept saying "no no no...Wonder PETS". Santa was a bit hard of hearing. All day long, Emmy told EVERYONE and ANYONE that would listen..."Santa Claus made me cry!" This might very well be our last and final visit! Anyway, enjoy the pictures!!!!

Wesley

How do I put into words what a joy this little guy truly is?!? I've never met a child so full of questions and ideas. He is always thinking...about how life works, what makes things work, why they work that way, what would happen if they didn't work, Who makes them work...and on and on! My days are filled with endless conversations! He is still trying to makes sense of this big, wide world he lives in! If ever mommy gives him an answer to his question that "just doesn't make sense" in his little brain...then he will most confidently say, "I can just ask daddy...he knows EVERYTHING!" When daddy has the same answer then he will ponder over the fact that mommy was actually right. (even about the location where the wildebeest live) My favorite conversations are the ones about Jesus! He truly loves Jesus...and wants to know EVERY story about Him. He is loving memorizing his Bible verses b/c he said it makes him "closer" to Jesus. He still can't figure out why in the world Jesus would want to live in his belly though! People always talk about Jesus being in your heart, and once Travis showed him where his heart was located, which in his mind was EXACTLY in his belly, so now he wonders why a person would want to live in there...with all the blood and guts and stuff:) He takes EVERYTHING VERY LITERAL!

But being a mommy is the purest joy in all the world. My prayer is that one day he will grow into a mighty man of GOD!

Our Friend Charlie!

We are dog-sitting our friend's dog Charlie! He is a chocolate lab and is the sweetest dog you could ever imagine! I'm not a BIG dog fan (as many of you know)...especially when they eat my trash, my butter dish, or socks! And especially not when they run out the front door and play "run away from Blair" for an hour and a half! But, after considering all that, this dog is really great! The kids really love him and so does Travis! He is growing on me:)

Riding Horses

Thursday, our friend Christie invited us to go horseback riding at the barn where she works. It is an inside barn so it was a perfect treat for Travis, Wes and Emmy! The kids LOVED the horses...I can't wait till Wes is old enough for lessons!