Our Christmas Vacation

We are busy cleaning up the Christmas mess! Taking down the decorations and putting all of our new goodies away. The girls are out of school until Jan. 5th. We are taking them to Boone on New Years Eve. We will stay with Tony Ward, Cheryl and kids in their beautiful log cabin. We'll enjoy hiking, tubing and hopefully a little skiing (if the weather permits). Last year the girls loved the ski lessons and are looking forward to practicing what they learned. We hope to take the girls to Tweetsy Railroad and Grandfather Mountain too.

Merry Christmas

A Christmas miracle! The girls stayed asleep until 6:20am. No 5:00 wake up call this year!!Everyone was Happy Christmas morning. The big Santa gifts were Maya's Diamond Castle Barbie, dress and crown, Mckenna's MP3, roller blades and a DS game, and Morgan's MP3, Sorry Sliders game and a spa set!

Thank you Dad Dan I love my Candy Land Castle game!

Morgan is her daddy's girl McKenna loves to sing and we spent most of Christmas day downloading songs on her waterproof MP3 player.

McKenna and a group of friends sang with their choir director PJ, for our Christmas Eve service at church. They did a great job and filled the room of at least 400 people with joy! We are so proud pf her! I am still trying to upload the video, stay tuned for the beautiful song!

Tis the Season!

What a blessing it is to share the gifts the Lord has given us with the people who are not as fortunate as we are. On Tuesday night McKenna's church choir went to a local homeless shelter and shared the message of Jesus with all who wanted to listen. They toured the shelter, sang and did parts of their Christmas musical for the homeless. What a blessing it was for everyone involved. The homeless shouted with joy and praised the Lord, while the children smiled and soaked in what an impact they were really making in these people's lives. I was so happy that McKenna was able to see not everyone lives the same way we do. Our children are so sheltered they don't always see the reality of the world.

Every year we have breakfast with Santa at church. The children enjoy it!

Our Wish List:

Morgan: Tickets to Disney World

Maya: Diamond Castle Barbie

McKenna: A Dog

Little Angels Rylan, Blake and Maya

Many Blessings

Hello to All! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. We had a great and busy Thanksgiving. I cooked for 18 people and all went well. The food was great and everything was ready to eat by 4:30pm. I can thank my mom for my cooking and organizational skills. She was the queen of entertaining. Thank God the apple didn't fall too far from the tree. I miss my mom so much and had a tough few days, with lots of great memories on my mind. I am so thankful for the loving relationship we had for 30 years. I still struggle with WHY? Why did she have to leave us so soon? In the bible it says, "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11 I don't know why I had to loose my mom at the age of 30, and why my children don't know their MomSher like they should, but I do know that my relationship with God has grown tremendously the past 5 1/2 years. I know I have hope for my future, and with God's help, I will one day understand why I lost my mom, and I know I will have peace in my heart when I think of her instead of sadness. I hope I didn't bring you down. I felt I needed to share with you what is in my heart! I love you all. Have a blessed holiday season. P.S. I was too busy cooking and didn't get pictures of the girls on Thanksgiving. I'll post again soon with some updated pictures.