Little Jake

Tonight as Doug and I were trying to mellow out and watch a show Jake calls to me from his room."Mom, can you come and say my personal prayer with me, Pllleeeaaassseee?" I walk in there and this is how his pray went...
Thankful for this day, Please bless Ava Porter and Coleman, Please bless that I won't think about just myself and that I won't always want to play the wii. Thankful that my brain won't turn to mush and that it won't be rotten and please bless that I won't have bad dreams, thankful that I won't have bad dreams. I was laughing so hard and then he said Mom don't laugh. As I was walking out he said mom do you know why I say that about bad dreams two times? So that I make sure that he hears and he doesn't miss the first time." He made my whole day I love that little man so much and I am so grateful I got out of my cozy couch and went and said Jake's personal prayer with him. These are the things that keep me going. I love my kids so much!

It's time

I am going private! You know what to do.

My purple day

This is one of my favorite books by Mr. Seuss. In this book, if you haven't read it, it explains how we might feel on different days with colors, on Purple its says...

On Purple Days
I'm sad.
I GROAN.
I drag my tail.
I walk alone.
Today my day was purple and this is why...
1) We said goodbye to my sweet sister and best friend and watched them drive away to start a new adventure in Virginia. They will be missed so much but we are so excited for them and the wonderful things that they will do and accomplish and become in Virginia. We are left to learn to live with out our best friends right by us.
2) We found out that Doug's Dad might have to have another back surgery:(
3) My kids are sick and tired
4) My husband still doesn't have a job
5) I am a crybaby and feel so sorry for myself.

Here's hoping for a PINK day!

But when my days

are HaPpY PiNk

it's great to JUMP and just not ThInK! Dr. Seuss

A phone call, a movie and the car ride home...

I had no idea the effect that these three things would have on me tonight. Andrea called me and asked if I wanted to go on a "date" to see a movie. We met at Jordan Commons and saw the movie Leap Year. The movie was cute but my thoughts were often times else where as a sat there with my sister and very best friend who will be moving across the country this weekend. God is all knowing and in his mercy gave me the exact sisters that I would need to help me on this little journey called life. He knew that I would need their strength and their compassion, he knew that I would need their love, he knew that they would give me courage and faith when mine was lacking, he knew that they would comfort me and uphold me. He knew they would make me laugh. He knew that they would love my children as their own, he knew that they would love and accept me all of me weather I am in pajamas or dressed up, weather I am chubby or skinny weather I am happy or sad and he knew that few very few friendships would compare to the one I have with my sisters. They get me and I don't even have to say a thing. And so I thought as I sat next to her and watched our movie together, oh how I will miss her, Oh how I will miss her kids and her cozy little house being 20 minutes away, oh how my kids will cry when their best friends aren't there to play with and they don't show up to Sunday dinner at Nana's, with all these thoughts running through my head, I cried, the whole way home I cried. I cried and I prayed to that same loving God that gave me these sisters that he would keep them in his care, that things will be okay for them and that the new adventures that lie ahead for all of us will be ones filled with hope and happiness and the tender mercies of the Lord. That they will be the kind of experiences that make us better and stronger. God is good and knows just what we need. He knows I need my sisters and though they will both be far from me physically, they will be more present then ever in every other way as I cried I realized that change is good and that we are lucky, so very lucky, to have one another and though circumstances might change our relationship never will and will only grow deeper and stronger with each passing year. I will continue to hold all that I love close and never take for granted the time we spend and the memories we make with those we love the most. Thank you Andrea tonight, for the phone call, the movie and the thoughts and memories for my car ride home.

Tonight at our house....

An early Delivery

Today the phone rang and it was Santa on the other end. Brooke and Jake got on the phone and Santa in his jolly way, told the kids that they needed to get the basement clean because he needed to do an early delivery to their house. He said that if he tried to bring it tonight it would take up his whole sleigh and theere wouldn't be room for all the other children's toys. The kids cleaned up pretty quick and then they heard a knock. Up the stairs they ran to find a crate sitting on the doorstep. They looked at it funny and then Brooke said, " It's a dog." She couldn't believe it she has asked for a dog from Santa from the last four years and her wishes finally came true. The note attached to the crate said that Santa had been taking care of Tucker since he was born, he taught him lots of good things and needed to make sure that he was ready to come to our house. He said that Tucker was the best dog and that we needed to take good care of him and love him. We are off to a good start!

Christmas Eve party with Swensen's

We had so much fun tonight at Grandma and Grandpa's Christmas party. We had dinner, did the Nativity and then opened are gifts from the cousins. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for such a fun night!