Monday, December 10, 2007

Refreshed~



Ever have one of those days, weeks, months or years (OK hopefully NOT years) when you feel exhausted and overwhelemed by everything happening in life? Well for me it has definitely been the past couple of weeks. Probably because I had sick kids and babies waking me up at all hours of the night and I found myself exhausted during every minute of the day and had finally caught what eveyone else got. I felt like I was definitetly not being a good mommy. I have also had a lot going on with my extended family and was probably a little worn out emotionally. Spiritually I was also worn thin. There are people who I pray for daily...people who are close to me who are under attack...and well sometimes I think we fall under attack when we faithfully pray against satan at work in the lives of others.
But this week is a NEW week. I have the best husband and father for my kids. We packed up everything and spent a much needed day at the lake and we even endured the last 30 minutes of the car ride with a screaming baby. We did NOTHING but enjoy our kids and the company of some close friends. You know the friends that you can do "nothing" with? We also got to see the Christmas lights that Marble Falls displays every year and it was good to see the kids enjoy them so much. I am so thankful for the time that we got to spend there and I am definitely feeling refreshed.

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

This smile makes my day~

If you didn't know me you would think she is my only child by the looks of how many pictures I have posted of her...but she isn't. She is just filled with so many smiles these days that I can't help but share them with others.


Monday, December 3, 2007

I like these black&whites...











7 week old cutie~

Couldn't help but post these pictures of this cute baby boy. My favorite is the one of him in the basket with the Christmas lights in the background. Thanks Non for letting me take these...can't wait to take some more!










Friday, November 30, 2007

check out my 4 little elves...

Thanks Holly! My kids got a kick out of this~ I think we watched Heidi and Hallie at least 3 times and they were laughing hysterically
http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1120806987

Thursday, November 29, 2007

"D" is for Dakota~


This week has been somewhat of a strange week... lots of down time. It's not the same around here when the kids are sick. Lots of quiet time.
As you can see I am set out to disprove the theory of the more kids you have the less pictures you have of each of them. Micah helped me out with this one, getting Dakota to smile. Of course when I asked him if I could take his picture he didn't agree to it. I think he is a lot like his Daddy. I like how these turned out but I set my ISO to high so I don't think the quality is what I wanted. I will probably try to do it again someday...but for today these pictures make me smile.~




Sitting here feeding baby and thinking about Christmas time. I don't usually read The Message version but enjoyed reading this classic Christmas verse:



Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Thinking of this family today...my dear nieces and nephews and brother-in-law and praying that today they would shine like light in the darkness. Also praying that they would see Christ in the mist of the battle they face.