Merry Christmas and a few thoughts!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving in Ohio with Dan's family. It was especially sweet to see Daniel play with Dan's Grandfather, Papaw.

The Christmas season is upon us, and it has been so busy. It is easy to forget the Reason for the Season in the hurriedness of it all. To help with that, I hosted a brunch for the Mom's of our teens at church. We enjoyed a time of prayer and fellowship together--a nice start to a busy time. This past Monday our church held a friendship banquet. It was encouraging to have unsaved friends join us and hear a clear testimony and presentation of the gospel. Tuesday evening my student's played in their Winter Recital. What fun it is to see the results of their hard work and preparation! Tomorrow is our church cantata rehearsal, and then Sunday evening is the performance. We have a Christmas party tomorrow evening. Next Wed. is Christmas caroling at church, and Thursday is another Christmas party. We hope to get the tree decorated this weekend...at least it is up and we are remembering to water it.

In the midst of all of the busyness, how grateful I am for my precious Savior; His willingness to come to earth; His obedience to the Father to go to the cross, in my place; and His glorious resurrection from the grave....what a wonderful thought to rehearse over and over again! And to think He has saved me!

Our little pumpkin

Our little helper...

Every Sunday part of our responsibility is to work in the music office....so Daniel is getting in on the action these days!
"Let's see...what should we sing"

"Mom, What about this one?"

"Let me get it out for you."

Fall is here!

After lunch today, Daniel and I took a short walk. I love fall. There is nothing better than that slight crispness in the air! We are going apple picking in a few weeks, and I am looking forward to having Daniel along this year. He is old enough to enjoy some "bites" of apple--2 teeth have come through.

9.25.09 Ups and Downs

A wonderful friend of mine does this on her blog, so I thought I would try it :P. I am not consistent at updating our blog, so don't get your hopes up that this will change that :).

UP: Daniel's first tooth popped through last Sunday, sometime between morning and evening. He is so much fun, climbing all over EVERYTHING!

UP: It is the weekend!

UP: I bought a new Electric floor mop.

DOWN: It is still in the box

DOWN: Laundry is piling up (Well, it is clean, it just needs to be folded and put away); My floors need cleaning.

UP: We enjoyed a date at Olive Garden last night. Dan had the never ending pasta bowl, and I had my favorite Braised beef and tortellini!

Off now to fold laundry! Love these late Friday nights. I think our goal is to leave in time for the conference tomorrow morning and go by Chickfila to use our free biscuit coupon...yum!