in a bloggin' rut. be back soon.

Please continue to pray for our little friend..

WSYX ABC6 On Your Side Top Story - 6-Year-Old Girl Battles Cancer

the count down is on....

I missed last year for the first time in at least 8 years? We closed and moved into our new home the same weekend (plus it was my daughter's 9th bday)

I am so excited to go this year. If you have followed my blog at all over the past couple years you know that the blog named "Bring the Rain" is one of my favorites. (You can link to it from my blog list to the right)

This year Angie will be a speaker at WOF. I am thrilled!!!

She and I both experienced life changing events on the same day.

(Angie's was much bigger and deeper) but I've always felt a connection to her since that day.

Anyone else going???

Word Filled Wednesday

Evening and morning and at noon

I will pray, and cry aloud,

And He shall hear my voice.

Psalm 55:17

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Your word is a lamp to my feet

And a light to my path.

Psalm 119:105

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PRAY WITHOUT CEASING.

Thessalonians 5:17

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Please continue to pray for:

*Joanne: http://www.thesimplewife.typepad.com/

*Madeline: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/madelinerichardson

*My Aunt Jane who is fighting Liver cancer
*Gabrielle Giffords

Jacob Carlino: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/jacobcarlino

Please feel free to leave a prayer requests .

I believe in the POWER of prayer.

please pray for this sweet little girl

Today I found out that a sweet 6 year old little girl in our area has been diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblasto​​​ma.
Please add Miss Madeline to your prayers.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/madelinerichardson

In the day that I cried out,

you answered me,

and made me bold with strength in my soul.

Psalm 138:3

prayers please

I ran across this request on twitter today then I also came across it again on another

Blog that I read daily.

I am not good at linking so I will post the old fashion way. Whatever the way just please pray for Joanne and her family during this horrible time.

http://www.thesimplewife.typepad.com/

Her husband (Toben) has asked that we pray over Psalm 46.

1 God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore will not we fear,
though the earth be removed,
and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3 though the waters thereof roar and be troubled,
though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.
4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God,
the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.
5 God is in the midst of her;
she shall not be moved:
God shall help her, and that right early.
6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved:
he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
7 The LORD of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our refuge.
8 Come, behold the works of the LORD,
what desolations he hath made in the earth.
9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth;
he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder;
he burneth the chariot in the fire.
10 Be still, and know that I am God:
I will be exalted among the heathen,
I will be exalted in the earth.
11 The LORD of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our refuge.

Happy 2011

I took a blog/computer break over our two week vacation. It was so nice to have family time. We traveled a little, visited with lots of family, hosted gatherings, slept in, made great memories and loved on our kiddos. It doesn't get any better than that..

It sure wasn't any fun hearing the lovely alarm BUZZ this morning.

sure wish 37 wasn't too young to retire!! lol!!

With that said here are some pics from Christmas morning :)

The big guy wanted this game sooo bad. His dad and I were 100% against it. That is until December 23rd and we found out there was a sensor mode. Needless to say it was ordered and shipped overnight. Thanks Amazon for last minute shipping. As you can tell he was SHOCKED!

This Christmas for Grace was full of tons of American Girl Goodies, crafts, Zoobles, Squinkies, Justice (everything), earrings, makeup and much more.

Then came this picture right before the final "BIG" gift from Mommy & Daddy....

Have you ever had a gift start ringing? This was a first in our house :)


FUN FUN FUN!!!! Lots of screams!!!

Best video footage yet!

They have asked for phones forever and I've always been the mean mom and said no..

until this Christmas.

They had ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA.

Then we lost them to texting.....

We felt like the coolest parents .ever. lol!!

1-1-11

Happy New Year!!!

Home for the Holidays

This past weekend we packed the car and headed home for the weekend. It's be so long since I have been home for a good visit. I had the best time. We celebrated my mom's birthday and had a little Pre-Christmas celebration. My parent's always buy us fun Christmas pj's to wear on Christmas Eve and give them to us the weekend before....

the kids look forward to this every year :)

We also exchange gifts with my sister's kids while we are there.

Let's say the skateboard on the hardwood floor

(while holding a can of soda was funny) right Lleyton?

We ate our favorite Pizza until we could eat NO MORE ( 26 inches)

We laughed and watched our children make the best memories

with their Grammy and Grandpa!

We even went to our old HS and watched a Bball game. The best part of the game was that I was able to see my very BEST friend from high school. I haven't seen her forever and it was great to catch up for a little bit. I sure miss her!!

We ended the weekend going to church with my parents. It was awesome to be there with my parents, my sister and her family. It has been forever since we have all been together in the place where we first met Jesus.

It was a great way to celebrate the season.

As Dorothy once said .....there's no place like home.

Show us your life...Christmas Tour of Homes

Once again I am hooking up with Kelly's Korner (check her link at the right of my blog)
for her Show us your life...Today is CHRISTmas!!! I am soooo excited to browse the links and see your family traditions and photos of your home. Thanks to all who have shared!

Welcome to my CHRISTmas Home Tour.

This is our first CHRISTmas in our new home.

I never dreamed we would have a new home this CHRISTmas.

We decided out of the blue last February to put our house on the market

and it sold in two weeks!!

It may have been a good thing not realizing this last year because it would have made me super sad knowing that was our last CHRISTmas in that house.

We were there nine years...that's alot of memories...

(my hubby laughs because i am super sentimental )

My big hopes are to find some great deals on decorations after

CHRISTmas this year so I can decorate more next year.

I ran out of decorations this year!!!

(A fun problem to have if you ask me) lol!!

This is one of my favorite Nativity sets...
it was a gift from my Mother-in-Law many years ago.

my poor tree is lacking something this year... i think i need some gold garland/twine SOMETHING asap :)

Merry Christmas!!!

Happy Birthday To My Forever Love!!!!

i love you so so so MUCH!!!!

i am so lucky to have you as my husband,

best friend and the father of my children.

xoxoxox

she did it!!!

I almost needed CPR after this cut...

one proud little girl.