Happy, Happy Birthday Tim!

Happy, Happy BIRTHDAY to one

of my most favorite people.

Happy 24th Birthday to my

special Tim.

We are so blessed and thankful

for our firstborn son.

Here are only a few of the

reasons that Tim is so special:

*Tim loves his family and puts

them first.

*He is funny.

*Tim has an amazing laugh

that makes everyone smile.

*Tim is a perfectionist.

*Tim has great self-confidence.

*He is an amazing son, grandson,

and brother.

*Tim does not judge others.

*Tim is a wonderful musician.

*He is devoted to his career.

*He loves the Lord.

*Tim always makes me smile.

We are so thankful for this man

and so grateful that he is in our

lives. He is an awesome young

man and a most important member

of our family.

We would NOT know what to do

without our Tim.

Happy, Happy Birthday, Tim.

We.heart.you.

Merry, Merry CHIRSTmas!!!

CHRISTmas at our house does not

get any better than this!!!

We had the bestest CHRISTmas

ever . . .

. . . and we are so thankful for great

people like these in our lives!!

SANTA!

. . . and his little elf.

My fave, fave, favorite QUILT fabric.

An apron ALL for me!!!!

. . . and the current time is . . .

Our favorite Grandy came all the

way from Las Vegas just to spend

time with us . . . that made our

CHRISTmas all the more merry!!

. . . a special gift for our resident photog!

Legos are always a big part of any

celebration involving my Luke.

Number four loving his CHRISTmas!!

Dr. Cool Jay.

Zach ripping open another . . .

We are so thankful for our wonderful

family and our many, many blessings.

We have been blessed beyond measure.

The birth of our Savior is one of the

most special times we have to

celebrate together as a family.

We pray that you and your family

had wonderful, wonderful time

celebrating Jesus also.

Merry, Merry BLOGmas!

My family certainly knows how to

spoil a girl!! I still CANNOT believe

it and am still crying happy, happy

tears from opening my BLOG IN TWO
BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL BOOKS!

I cannot believe that my family was

so very thoughtful and had my

blog published into two very,

very special books.

Like the many, many memories

created with my awesome family,

I will treasure these precious

books FOREVER.

Merry, Merry CHRISTmas!

We Believe in Santa Claus.

Here are some of the reasons

we believe in Santa Claus:

*Santa is a joyous individual . . . people

are attracted to joyous individuals as

filings are attracted to a magnet.

*Santa is interested in making others happy!

He increases the happy moments in the

life of everyone he meets.

*He loves his work; he gets fun out

of his job.

*He is childlike, simple, humble,

sincere, and forgiving.

*Santa is a giver. His philosophy

is to give himself away in service.

*He is a friend to everyone.

*Santa Claus smiles.

New Home Plans!

Perhaps one of the bestest early CHRISTmas

gifts our family has received was . . .

the plans to our new home in Somersett!

We are so excited!!! The plans will be

reviewed by the Somersett ARC committee,

a structural engineer will perform

calculations on them, and then we will be

able to submit them to the city of Reno.

February sounds like a great month

to start building a new home to me!!

CHRISTmas Blessing.

The boys and I were most

definitely blessed today as

we spent the day at the

Salvation Army Thrift Store

handing out toys and

CHRISTmas presents to

those less fortunate then

ourselves.

Thus, we have spent the

entire day feeling pretty

blessed and thankful.

This is the best way

to celebrate Jesus.

Advent Activities . . .

Today our Advent Calendar activity

was to go to the mall, look at Santa,

and get a Cinnabon.

We were only too excited to do just that.

Actually, Luke signed up to wrap

CHRISTmas gifts for his Boy

Scout troop at the mall, so it

all worked out perfectly.

We ate our Cinnabons, rolled around

on the floor, and then drove to see

these amazing lights.

From the pictures that my little

photog Luke took, it looks as though

we drove by at lightening speed,

but we did not. The homes were

beautifully decorated.

The whole street was set to music

and the owners of the homes were

handing out hot cocoa.

The air certainly was CHRISTmasy

as Reno has been hit with a

Pineapple Express storm.

We may need to visit this gorgeous

cul-de-sac again to take some

more pictures . . .

We are having fun preparing for the

CHRISTmas season and the official

countdown has begun. Luke is so excited!

The bigger guys are trying to act as

though they can wait until the

BIG DAY, but they are getting pretty

excited as well.

We pray that you and your

family are having a wonderful

time celebrating Jesus also!