Favorite Pictures of the week!

I have been a little on the grumpy side lately (sorry if you have been around for that)and what horrible timing with Thanksgiving too?! Anyway I am so thankful for all that God has blessed me with and sometimes I tend to forget so I decided to make a little list of things that I am especially thankful for today...

My family and two beautiful kids who challenge and love me every day
Shelter over my head as the winter approaches
Christmas decorations that add a little cheer
Wide open spaces to enjoy God's beauty
The stars in the sky that you can see so well around here on a clear evening
baby wipes - I should own stock in them
soft carpet
a king sized bed
cell phone - seriously would be lost without it
over sized sweatshirts
slip on shoes
parks and sidewalks
time to play with my children
Grandma and Grandpa who are close
...

Right now above all I am so thankful that regardless of what is going on around me God is allowing me to see the little blessings in and among it all. I always liked the little saying, "What God brings you to, He will bring you through."

So yesterday at nap my son comes running out of his room right after I had read his book and he was to be napping...He looked a bit panicked so I fought my usual response of, "You need to be in your room it is nap time." and asked him what was up. He proceeded to tell me that he had just had a scary thought and that he did not know if he was going to be in Heaven or Hell... We spent some time talking and he prayed and accepted Christ to be his personal savior! I was excited yet causes wanting to make sure he understood what he had done...

Fast forward to today at lunch. I was retrieving more food when Eli starts telling Kiley that he has something important that she needs to know and he starts repeating back the prayer that we had said yesterday and having Kiley repeat the words she complies until about half way through and then said no. Eli became very frustrated and kept telling her that if she would pray it that she could live in heaven with Jesus forever...It opened up the opportunity to talk about understanding not just words and once I reassured him that God knew that babies and little kids did not completely understand he was ok with it (not quiet sure how to explain the age of accountability to a 4 year old...)

Anyway - I just thought that I would share and ask you to pray for Eli's understanding. He is a great kid and understands a lot more than he is given credit for.

Well - I think that I am all settled in again. Last week we said goodbye to the green house and now are in the 'blue' house. The green house sold after being on the market for over a year w/not even an offer... We are getting pretty efficient at this moving thing and I will say that moving within the same town is so much easier than state to state!

This week has been crazy. No school and snow Monday and then so nice to day...

Monday...

Today...

We are loving being closer to Jas and his family, It is a huge blessing and a lot of fun!

I go to spend some time at the old Sabetha lake with my kidos and had a lot of fun. Here are a few of the pictures...

Brian replaced the old toilet seat that was in our rental w/a new one and I thought that the wrapper reading material was rather humorous...

Eli has always slept w/a nightlight Kiley has not but when we moved into the green house her room was extra dark (probably due to the wall to wall floor to ceiling paneling:). Anyway she started crying at night and asking for a light so they both have new nightlights and they love them - they are little portable people that you can set to either go off after 15 min of be on high or low continually. They do not get hot and both the kids sleep with them - just thought that I would pass it on for anyone else in search of a nightlight.

The kids enjoyed cleaning out a pumpkin and carving a face. We dressed up with the cousins and went uptown for a little while Friday too. Eli loves to dress up so he had fun, despite not being able to eat the treats. Kiley quickly got the hang to it and loved the bucket of junk she got.

I have totally been enjoying this weather lately, Friday was a little chilly but other than that it has been amazing!! We spent last Sunday afternoon at Grandma and Papa's. The kids still both love Pee Wee, but he is getting bigger now and not necessarily enjoying them as much. Kiley still manages to pick him up but now it takes a little effort and is usually followed by, "Whoa, heavy."