The Peace of Winter

 The Peacefulness of Winter...

Philippians 4:6-7  do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Sweet little boys hanging out

Nothing like some warm Jammie pictures in the middle of winter! I caught these two munchkins this week chillin together. Grayson looks scared in both pictures but he really is just taken by the flash from my camera.

Fun with Cousins in Ohio

These Kiddos are a blast we all had so much fun playing together !  What can we say but cousins are the best and we are so glad for the fun time we all had together. The kids all go down in age with Kadence being the oldest in the group: Kadence 4 3/4 ; Cash 4 1/2 ; Colt & Regan 1 1/2 ; Grayson 3 months.

Christmas Memories

 I am so late getting a few Christmas Memories posted but this few cute shots give you a glimpse into our Christmas 2011. We had such a fun day together as a family and Kadence really had a blast opening presents this year as well as giving them. Although it was very hard for him to keep secrets about what he was giving us!

Littlest Man at 3 months

3 MONTHS OLD

Grayson turned 3 months on Dec. 21st . These are a some cute candid pictures that Kadence and I took on that day to show how "Big" he is getting.  He is much more alert now and loves to talk and coo when you talk to him. He is much stronger in the neck and can almost roll over to his back from his stomach. He is still a wonderful eater and sleeps all the way through the night beautiful for me. Talk about a good baby, now if we could only get him to take a bottle! :)

twas the weekend before Christmas

This weekend happened a little different than I would have ever planned but I really learned a nice little lesson and hope I don't forget it soon. I think that it is very easy to think yourself not selfish when in fact you really are. I thought, " No we don't need to go visit someone in the hospital this weekend he will be fine, too much money, etc".
It was Kadence who taught me the best lesson!  When he found out Papa was sick he went right over to his little coloring book and colored a picture of a animal, cut it out and told me he was going to take it too him to make him feel better. I realized he wasn't thinking about himself only what he could do and that to him was coloring a picture.
After that I told him we would make some cookies also to take and that made him so excited. He helped me start to finish and even decorated some special ones to take.

How unselfish and one track-I am so humbled by my little boy and his soft heart and convicted to remember others more than myself and what I WANT.        Soooooo this weekend before Christmas we visited the hospital and I was reminded of a very important lesson.
True compassion and Christ love looks to others over yourself!


I was reminded of a sweet Christmas song called "Christmas Shoes" and it reminded me of my little Kadence and his big heart.

Christmas Shoes

A quote from "The Grinch"

“And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow,
stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons.
It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags.
And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore.
Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before.
What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store.
What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.”

 

 Rosva Dr. Seuss 


I was reading this story to Kadence today and thought that this simple little story really does have a good meaning and maybey us adults should stop and read the real story of Christ's birth & ponder on the real reason for Christmas.

Some random Christmas photos

 Loved the smiles in this picture even though it blurred on me. Check out the adorable look on Grayson's face smiling at Joel. He loves his daddy so much allready.

I think sometime the pictures that never make the Christmas Card are so cute. These are a few of those as well as some candid shots I took yesterday and today. The picture of myself was taken by Kadence and he wanted me to post it. I must say he did pretty good. He was so cute begging to take a picture of me and telling me that it was his turn to use the camera.