Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Wish we could send one to all! :)

Day of Silence....

Friday....

Just can't seem get past Friday's news.

Those 20 kids/6 adults and their families are constantly on my mind.

Fear has risen in me about sending Bella to school.  Thankfully, as weird as it sounds, she is home sick today so I can just hold and snuggle her one more day.

Seeing the faces of the sweet children that were taken so violently just kills me.

May we never forget and be praying as the funerals start taking place for these families.

Max Lucado wrote this prayer and I think it's perfect:

Dear Jesus,

It's a good thing you were born at night. This world sure seems dark. I have a good eye for silver linings. But they seem dimmer lately.

These killings, Lord. These children, Lord. Innocence violated. Raw evil demonstrated.

The whole world seems on edge. Trigger-happy. Ticked off. We hear threats of chemical weapons and nuclear bombs. Are we one button-push away from annihilation?

Your world seems a bit darker this Christmas. But you were born in the dark, right? You came at night. The shepherds were nightshift workers. The Wise Men followed a star. Your first cries were heard in the shadows. To see your face, Mary and Joseph needed a candle flame. It was dark. Dark with Herod's jealousy. Dark with Roman oppression. Dark with poverty. Dark with violence.

Herod went on a rampage, killing babies. Joseph took you and your mom into Egypt. You were an immigrant before you were a Nazarene.

Oh, Lord Jesus, you entered the dark world of your day. Won't you enter ours? We are weary of bloodshed. We, like the wise men, are looking for a star. We, like the shepherds, are kneeling at a manger.

This Christmas, we ask you, heal us, help us, be born anew in us.

Hopefully,
Your Children

We have some news.....

....the girls got an early Christmas present this year!! 

(turn up your volume)

(Also explains my major absence on here!!)

Finally.....

Merry Christmas to us!!!  I have been completely out of commission because our computer had NO space left to do anything.  But I am excited to say this Friday the hubs and I got our present to each other early and our NEW COMPUTER ARRIVED!!  Woohoo!  Boy is it fast and my email doesn't crash every time I open it.  I almost don't know what to do with myself!  Oh wait, yes I do!!  Major catching up to do over here!!!

Of course now that I can catch up, it is the craziest time of year.  But I hope to be catching you up on how we are all doing over here very soon. :)