THANKFUL

I just had a quick not to write it's been on my mind this past Thanksgiving I have alot to be thankful and could write a whole list but I heard it very plain and simple this past week from my Pastor.  He said we should all be thankful we can be "thankful"!  Which is true and with out the Lord in our lives we wouldn't be able to that what a Awesome Blessing that is what a glorious Lord we have who loves us this much and gives us the privilege to be THANKFUL!

The Month Of Love

Today is the begining of March missed the month of love by 1 day.......not really just have had a busy month last month!  So, today is a new month and I am ready for it!  I will give a recap on my thoughts and our going ons of last month.......Well my thoughts for Febuary are always a fun and exciting month in our home the girls and even John gets into Valentines Day my personal  opinion is they like it so much because I bake alot then!  We do have our family tradtions daddy goes and gets all his "girls" a gift and we get daddy a gift and he gets lots of love that day! 

    This year however I used this month at the begining instead of on the start of Valentines Day to remind the girls that soon the season of Lent was soon approaching and use this as a good learning tool on our Lord's ever lasting love for us as his "children".  John 3:16 "For God so loved the world he gave his one and only son,that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."   I ask girl's what this verse meant for them and how can they show the Lord their love for him and all he has given us?  Haylie response was stated as; "Our Lord and Saviour loved us so much that he not only died for me and but for everyone and whoevers believes in our Lord will be greatly blessed."  Kyleigh response; "Jesus loves me so much he wanted us to be saved!"  I can't tell you how proud of these little girls I am and for their True enduring word for our Lord!

 So, in between all of our baking and getting cards ready for our friends this is what the girls and I talked about it was just AWESOME!  We also decided instead of giving up something for Lent we would give of ourselves and be a Christ like example to others.  I felt giving up candy or soda or such material item for 40 days would not mean as much because after that you just get it back I felt if the girls really wanted to know and feel the meaning of the Easter season which is approaching they could show their "LOVE"just as Christ showed his love for us when he gave the great sacrifice of his life to save our lives! This to us is how we used Febuary the month of love to feel the real love of Christ and show this to our Friends and Family!  Now go eat a COOKIE! 

New Year!

So, this is what it all comes down too.......2009 what a year to remember!  We have come through alot and have seen alot but one thing remains we are FAMILY and that is all that matters and we have all learned alot from one another this year!  I love my family and all that we have been blessed with my oldest daughter has all A's and B's and is in all honors classes this year and is doing amazing also she is entering into high school next year Private St Joe's or maybe Righetti we still are looking into this! As for Kyleigh she is funny and so smart beyond her years.  We learned this year she has ADHD and we all have been so helpful with her I spend all day Thursdays in class and when Haylie has late start she even wants to help her sister!  It is great I feel we have all come together and I see my daughters working together as a TEAM as I have always taught them! It is AMAZING to me that they use this to help one another yes there are fights but all in all we make it through and that is what a FAMILY is supposed to do!  As for Daddy and I as of January 1 we will have been together for 12 years!  That is 1 year older than Haylie! OMG! That is all I have to say we have been through many things some would just give up on but because we believe in our LORD we have made it through and here we are today!  So as for 2010 who know's we just have to wait and see! On this Note DISNEYLAND HERE WE COME!