December 7

• It's my 34th birthday...thankful for life!
• Had a wonderful night out with Seth to celebrate my birthday!  Thankful for the gift card and free babysitting from his golf team!
• Watched Inception...an incredible story and movie...it's amazing to see the gifts God has given people...I just pray they realize their talent comes from Him and praise Him for it.

December 6

• Brielle is finding her voice and uses it often!
• Got to help Koen's class make Christmas cards!

December 5

• Nice church service this morning.
• Fun to do a gingerbread house with the boys.
• It was TOUGH to handle the kids today, but God gave me/us the grace to do so!
• Great time with Scott & Kelli's family tonight!

December 4

• Jewelry open house went well.  Thankful for all the sales!
• Fun to go to Target with the boys to pick out gifts for church. It was tough for them at first, but I'm so proud of them!
• Seth had a good first bowling tournament...hope they all go well and kids are blessed by the season.

December 3

• Good jewelry open house here!  Nice to see friends again!
• Mom came to help out here after going to Koen's school to help and read Christmas books.
• Koen was thrilled that Mrs. VanSledright came to the jewelry show at our house!  He showed her all around the house and all of his special things...one by one.  She is so special to him and I'm so thankful for that!
• Seth helped with the kids during the show...so nice he does that!

December 2

• Fun time for the kids at Wittes...despite meltdowns at lunch.
• A great session with Lynn!!!
• Going home!
• Great jewelry show at Mom's!  Praise the Lord for blessing us with this income! 

December 1

• First snowfall on the first day of December
• Seth had a search committee meeting.  Even though it can be hard to have him away a lot in the evenings, it's exciting to think about where our church might be headed with a new pastor.
• Started out 25 Days of Christmas Activities by making an Advent Tree.  More stressful than I'd thought it'd be, but the kids loved it.  I just hope to instill the meaning/hope of Christmas in my children!
• Played outside with Ty for an hour in the snow.  He loved it!  He even shoveled for Daddy.
• I love a freshly vacuumed house!

November 30

• Oasis Bible study!
• Got some cleaning done.
• Planning our 25 Days of Christmas activities
• Being home with Seth at night.

November 29

• Got lots of odds and ends taken care of
• So warm outside for this time of year!
• Christmas gift shopping...by myself!  Almost finished...
• Selecting pictures for Christmas calendars.