Kids say the funniest things

I signed Isabelle up for a program at the library to make Christmas ornaments this morning. When she woke up I said "Do you want to go to the library for your program." And this is what she said, "You mean with Miss Piggy." Matt and I just cracked up because we have tried to explain to her several times that the library ladys name is Miss Peggy not Miss Piggy. I guess Belly likes the name Miss Piggy better though. Well got to go get her ready to see Miss Piggy, I mean Peggy. Have a blessed day.

A Christmas Card.

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Winter has Arrived

Winter has arrived!!! The kids were really excited to wake up to the snow yesterday morning. Then brainy me decided that we would do a picture for Christmas cards in the snow. My kids were not too excited about that idea. But we still got a few good pictures so that is okay.

These other two pictures are pictures that Belly and I drove all the way home and got our camera and drove back to take because it was just way too pretty to not get a picture of it. The picture really just doesn't give it justice at all. There was what looked like steam coming off of the water (I'm not a science student either. I guess you can tell that.) and the ice on the trees looked oh so pretty. If it is going to be cold then we may as well have snow. God is so good!!!

My Mother-in-Law: Suanne

My Mother-in-Law came to visit this last weekend.

We had a good time going out to eat at Golden Corral one night, the kids opened their Christmas presents from her on Sunday at Grandma Mosson's house, and then on Monday we ate at White Castles for dinner. It was a very busy weekend but it was really nice to see her again. It seems she is doing well and that is always good news. Since she lives so far away we often wonder if things are going okay for her.

Anyway, she is always excited to see all of her grandkids and wants a picture taken with her and all of them. This is the picture from this weekend.

I'm off to go to small groups. Which is going very well by the way. I need to write more about that too.....

Sorry .....and Cody had a Birthday!!!

I see by the title that it sounds like I'm sorry Cody had a birthday. That is not it at all. I'm glad Cody had a birthday given the alternative. No, what I'm sorry about is the fact that I Don't Have Time to Blog right now. I haven't even been on the Internet for over a week. I guess that could be good depending on how you look at it. But I'm down right scared to check my email. (For those of you who know about Fly Lady, imagine all the emails I have from her. Good thing I have a delete button.) Anyway, I can't promise lots of blogging for now but I will be trying to blog once in a while so please keep checking in. You may get surprised.

(It just took me five minutes to upload this picture and I forget to flip it. That makes me oh so happy.)

Well anyway as for Cody's birthday...... our boy is now eight years old. Sure is hard to believe. Cody is a totally awesome boy. He is after all my baby that I didn't have to labor for. Just by loving his daddy I got a very special one year old baby boy to love too! I can be guaranteed several hugs a day from Cody and several "I love you mommy". Which really means will you please stop what your doing and give me some attention. But that is okay because he is a very loving and sweet boy and I'm still learning how to do this stop what I'm doing bit ( with all my family not just him). Cody is also my big helper around here. Now don't get me wrong the other two help too (because I make them) but Cody hardly ever complains. As a matter of fact he actually volunteers lots of times. So...You see this boy...with no labor pains, lots of hugs, lots of help, and lots of love I would not trade for anything.

Cody will be a very special man when he grows up. I know right now he thinks of things to do that I would have never thought of doing. Maybe he'll be a inventor of some great invention or something cool like that I really don't know. Whatever he becomes I pray that he will be a Christian inventor, Christian lawyer, Christian doctor, Christian husband, Christian father, ........ I'm sure you get the point.

I wish I were good with words but I'm really not and it is five in the morning (I just woke up and couldn't go back to sleep) so I should probably try to go back to bed now. Ta Ta for now.

Pumpkin Prayer

(cut off top of pumpkin)
Lord, open my mind so I can learn new things about You.

(remove innards)
Remove the things in my life that don't please You.

Forgive the wrong things I do and help me to forgive others.

(cut open eyes)

Open my eyes to see the beauty You've made in the world around me.

(Cut out nose)

I'm sorry for the times I've turned my nose at the good food You provide.

(cut out mouth)

Let everything I say please You.

(light the candle)

Lord, help me show Your light to others through the things I do. Amen

By Liz Curtis Higgs

I just like this picture of Isabelle looking as close as she can at the Jack-O-Lantern.

Some Fall Fun with Friends!!!!

Kristi had a Fall Costume party on Saturday. We had so much fun sitting around the bonfire, cooking hot dogs, eating chili, playing games, and riding the 4-wheeler. It was so nice to visit with our family and friends this evening. Thank you so much Kristi for inviting us to your party.

Here we are. I think Matt looks hilarious because you can't hardly see him except for his eyes and mouth.

We had a relay to see which team could finish their baby food first. Our team won but I think we got lucky because when we would reach behind our back to grab our jar of baby food we go lucky. I believe our whole team grabbed fruit. The other team got prunes, peas, etc. yuck, yuck!!!!

This is Matt, Tamera, and Aaron Gray trying to eat donuts off the string.

Matt and Isabelle riding the 4-wheeler together. I think the adults had way more fun on these things than the kids did.

Hannah Gray. What a sweet little Indian she was tonight.

Just couldn't resist putting this picture of Matt with his cheese hanging off his chin. Truth is Aaron just told him something funny when he had food in his mouth and he started laughing. As you can tell by the look on Aaron's face it must have been pretty funny.

Mason and Isabelle love to play together but if they spend too much time together fireworks start. This could be because they are both very strong willed children or simply because they are both four year olds doing what four year olds do.

Baby Mikhi was Winnie the Pooh in a bumble bee costume. Costume party's just aren't as much fun when your just a baby. But he sure did get a little nap.

Matt with his brothers Aaron and Andy. Andy said he came as a professional four wheeler rider. I think that means I didn't care to dress in a costume. I think this picture is so funny. You can't hardly see Matt at all but you can see his pearly white teeth.

Aaron, Amanda, and baby Ben (who will be two next Saturday)
Austin was so glad to see Austin Gardner. They had so much fun playing games and riding the four wheeler. We didn't see them much the rest of the evening. Austin told me the other day that he and Austin Gardner never argued. He said "Mom we think just alike and agree on everything." Watch out Lisa I'm not so sure that is a good thing. Or we could look at the bright side, they say great minds think alike.
This is Grandma Libby and Japanese Isabelle posing oh so pretty.
Alanna was a sweet little princess.
The Afghan couple would be Lisa and Dave Gardner. Thank you so much Lisa and David for allowing us to have this time together at your home. It is always a pleasure to get together with you all.

PS. We didn't forget Cody at home. He was gone this weekend.

My 18 min. patience tester!!!!

My eighteen minute patience tester was the train I had to wait on this morning on the way home from school. I do not like to just sit and do nothing and I think that crazy train was testing me. It was the longest train (at least it seemed that way to me). This train moved slower then one mile per hour I'm sure. It was in no hurry at all. Then just when the last two cars come up to the road to cross, It Stopped. Now I really get frustrated with all these trains I must wait on in the morning either taking my boys to school or coming home from school but this just made my day. If you haven't realized it yet....almost twenty minutes of doing nothing is not fun for me. Maybe tomorrow will be better.

Blogging! What's that?

That's how I feel this week. I have been soooo busy I haven't even had time to blog. To boot.... the things I've been busy with would probably not be of much interest to you if I had blogged it. But I've been busy never the less.
The thing that jumps out to me that I was "busy" doing but truly enjoyed the most is that fact that we all got in the floor and played "Dora" games as a family. It was totally not a planned thing and I think that is why I loved it so much. I know we can plan these types of things too but it is sooo hard for me to stop what I'm doing and sit down to do anything. That is probably why it made me so happy because I defeated one of my failures and got to do something fun with my kids and hubby. What a blessing it is to have a great family like mine.

Pastor's Wife...Very Important People

I hit me as I was looking over my blog that I totally left Sister Mowery and Sister Johnson out. And so I wanted to add that they are very much appreciated also. If it were not for them and their support their husbands may not be able to handle all the responsibilities that they have to. Pastor Johnson has mentioned before that Jody is his biggest cheer leader. If I know Sister Mowery her husband can say the same thing about her. These are two ladies who do many things that many of us may never know about because they carry the title of Pastor's Wife. But you never hear them complain. Thank you Sister Mowery and Sister Johnson for everything you do.