It's beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas

Yesterday was glorious! My hubby took me to Hobby Lobby and we spent almost 2 hours wondering the store!! We're hosting a Christmas party Tuesday night so I wanted to get a few things done to the house before then! So last night I made my first Christmas wreath! Full price at Hobby Lobby the wreaths were averaging $99!!!! I made mine for $17!
What about you? Have you crafted lately?

The Lords Table

This past Sunday night we got to experience an awesome experience together as a church body! There were tables and chairs set up in the sanctuary and there we observed the Lords table similar to how they did during the Passover times. Pastor had a plate of types of food that would have been present during their typical meal. It included a shank of lamb to represent the lamb that was slain to offer as a sacrifice, some herbs, apples and cinnamon, horseradish to resemble to bitterness that Christ went through, and a roasted egg. He taught us why each of these items were present and about the reason for unleavened bread. We had real unleavened bread that he started to break then passed around the table. He taught us quite a few things about their customs and traditions.
It was such an unexpected blessing to break bread with our church family! Tears were shed, laughs were shared, and memories were made.
I don't know how as a typical communion service we've demeaned it down to stale crackers and a swallow of grape juice! I hope we never go back to the wafers!

Thankful Thinking

I'm laying here on an air mattress in my in laws house at 12:32 in the morning so today is now Thanksgiving! I have so much to thank God for! He is more giving then He should be! I'll do a top 5!
1) my salvation and life in Christ! He protects me and guides me through so many things, some I can see but other I can't.
2) my Brandon! He is the ketchup to my hot dog! The ranch to my salad! The sloppy to my joe's! The sugar to my lemon aid!
3) my Jaxen! There was a phase in our life where we didn't think we could get pregnant, and wondered if God would let's be parents some day, but then came my Jaxen! He rocks my world!
4) church family! God has placed us at the exact place with the exact people He wants us to be with right now in Coleman!
5) my family! I'm blessed to have a Christian family that supports us and loves us unconditionally!

Rosie my Love

In the realm of life I know things mean nothing, I know that items and materials do not make it to heaven. But...if there were items in heaven my Rosie would be there! Rosie, my love! She's my red Kitchenaid mixer!! I've saved up crafting money here and there over the past couple years and was able to purchase my beautiful new love! A major part of my excitement is the pricing of my new mixer! Here is the low down:
I wanted red.
Walmart has white only for $199.
Target had red for $209 on Black Friday.
Alco (store here in Coleman) ran an add for $229+$30 store gift card.
Alco advertises they match prices.
Took Walmart add in, got RED for $199+$30 store gift card.
So it's as if I purchased my mixer for $169!!!!!!!!
God is good and cares about our little things!

Oh to Vote!

This morning after getting around we walk to our voting station, which happens to be our church across the street, on the way I tell Jaxen, "Momma gets to go vote!" Oh course this means nothing to him in his 3 yr old world! But he still looks at me excited bc he knows momma is excited!
I'm not big into politics nor making people feel dumb for not voting the same way I did. I think that's bc I vote to make my voice heard then I leave it up to the One that I know is in control! Don't get me wrong, I think it's our right as Christians to stand up for the unborn and the Bible, but I don't stress about the election. I know that the person that takes office will be whom God has purposed for the job.
That being said: I can't stand it when people don't think voting is a big deal. Or when self proclaimed Christians don't care to vote morals! If Christians don't stand for the unborn babies then who will? It's no wonder we don't have a cure to cancer and other deadly diseases, we've killed millions of future doctors, scientists, and leaders that could have done something about it!

My Lil' Miracle!

My sugar baby turned 3 in the middle of Sept. Last week we borrowed a friends camera and decided we were going to snap Jaxen's picture in hopes we could do him justice and call them "His 3 year Pictures!" Not only b/c we are cheap, but b/c he doesn't sit still!  And when we say, "say cheese Jaxen" he chooses to look at us like a weird winking gnome that is constipated!  So we we're forced to snap action shots.  Praise the heavens they turned out fantastic!  We snapped over 130 pictures and I'm pleased with 80% of them! We have friends that do photography so we emailed our top pics and they edited and enhanced what we captured!  We will not be entering the photography world by any means, however I really enjoyed snapping my sons pictures and capturing him as he plays and explores the world from his stand point!  God has blessed us with so much more then we could imagine! Here are a few of my favorites!