As always, the Christmas season is flying by at an incredible speed. I’m already depressed thinking about coming back here and facing the month of January. Ick. BUT, it’s only December 17, and I am going to thoroughly enjoy the rest of my favorite Christmas season. Chuck’s Advent for me has been INCREDIBLE! I absolutely love, love, LOVE getting a little (or big!) gift each day. His thoughtfulness has blown me away. I’m amazed at the things he’s picked out. …
Happy German Advent! And American Advent, of course. We opened our big package from Germany yesterday and had a great time indulging in the treats, as well as setting up our new Christmas addition- our Advent Wreath. Obviously it doesn’t look like what we would consider a wreath, and I’m sure Chuck’s Mom could shed more light on the topic, but here it is: Today since it’s the first Sunday of December, we lit our first candle: Chuck is especially…
As soon as I finished the last post, Chuck hollered down, “I’m reeeeeeeeeeady!” I jumped up and hurried towards the stairs to find this: My Advents! These little stockings are so cute I had to keep myself from crying. I was completely surprised. He wanted me to open Day 1 immediately since tomorrow we will open his Mom’s package. The note seen in the picture for Day 1 told a cute little story about how the military uses a tiny…
I feel something brewing. It’s December 1st Eve, and I found this hanging up in our hallway earlier tonight. As I write, Chuck is working like a Mad Scientist in our office, and I am forbidden to enter. He has hinted that the next 25 days are going to be pretty special. On top of that, we also have a package from Chuck’s Mama all the way from Germany with instructions to be opened tomorrow. It’s the most wonderful time…
Last year we found a local farm store that sold 6 foot Frasier Furs for $30. In the past we had spent $10-$20 on a tiny tree so this new find was fantastic! We spent our Thursday-Night-Date-Night tree hunting. This means we drove 10 minutes to Meadows Farms. At the front of the big lot of trees there were tons of $60 trees, $70 trees and a bunch of plants we were not interested in. I told Chuck we should…
Though my heart is plummeting face first into the holly, jolly Christmas season I am still reminding myself of all that I have to be thankful for. On Thanksgiving night, Chuck and I opened up the jar we made during the FFA’s and read our little snippets of thankfulness we had written about for the past month. We had much to thank God for. I am so.very.thankful. for my husband. I know that sounds totally cliche to be thankful for…
My dear, sweet childhood friend, Tricia has been struggling with Cystic Fibrosis for the last 30 years (her entire life). God has done miracles in her life, including giving her and her husband Nathan a biological baby right before having a double lung transplant. It’s been almost 4 years, and Tricia needs new lungs again. Tomorrow (Tuesday) morning Tricia’s doctors will be deciding if she will be approved for a second transplant she desperately needs. PLEASE PRAY! You can read…
It’s late here for my two babies. Their necks must be killing them! But I’m wide awake, as usual. Since Chuck objects to “19 Kids and Counting”, I’m getting caught up on all my episodes while he dreams. (Don’t hate. I’ve been known to cry during this show.) I’ve also been working on some Christmas projects for the past couple of hours. The Christmas season is upon us, and it just makes me giddy. There are big wreaths and lights…
We had a Halloween Extravaganza for our small group of teens last night! Chuck found a whole bunch of decorations and props in the youth room and we had a blast decorating our house for the occasion. You can’t quite see in this picture, but we had hanging bat lights on the banister, and spider webs- complete with spiders, all over our big, annoying front bush. Our group is called The North Group- really creative, I know. We don’t get…
Happy Halloween! This greeted me as I was getting ready this morning: Thought it was the sweetest thing- definitely made my morning! Since we’re doing our FFA #31 tonight, I probably won’t be able to blog about it until tomorrow or so. Just wanted to let you know so you don’t wait up for my FINAL post of Fun Fall Activities. I know how many of you can’t stand the anticipation. You may be disappointed. 😉 As a follow-up to…
