A lovely Christmas with Mom and Heather

Brendan made an amazing recovery overnight and we had a great day with Heather and Buddy today. Here are a few pix. The first is breakfast at Mom's on Christmas morning. The second is Christmas dinner and finally, one of Brendan admiring our Christmas tree.

Brendan's icky Christmas eve

We had a pretty nice day. We went and had lunch with Gram. Brendan didn't eat much and didn't have his usual sparkle, but seemed okay. We went to see National Treasure (great movie) and then went to dinner. Brendan hardly ate at all, and then fell asleep at the table. Gram suggested that we just take him home and put him to bed, instead of going to look at Christmas lights as we had planned. Brendan said he wanted to go see the lights, so we went. On our second street of lights Brendan's tummy erupted. Poor guy. You all may not have wanted to hear about all that, but I just feel so bad for the little guy.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

As we conclude this year and begin another one, let us remember our blessings and the one who gives them. It is beautiful to think of the gift that GOD gave us in his son, Jesus. Though he is GOD, He came in such a lowly way, to serve HIS purpose. I'm so thankful for the mercy, grace, hope, peace, and love of the LORD. I hope to live my life fully in the purpose that GOD almighty has laid out for me. We are all so richly blessed! May we choose to use our blessings to the glory and honor of our wonderful Heavenly Father.
Merry Christmas! Hopefully I'll get to post again before the New Year. Hugs!--Christy

15 Wonderful years

Yesterday was a great day! It was our 15th anniversary. I can hardly believe we've been married that long. We went out for a very nice lunch at Perry's (my first time), which was very nice.
Yesterday was also Brendan's class christmas party, so I got to help with that. It's always a blast to get to see all of the excitement in the children as they just have fun with eachother. They always love it when the parents come to their classroom. I forgot to take my camera, so I didn't get any pictures.

Holiday hustle and bustle

I don't know about you, but the holidays just seem to eat my lunch every year. All of the excitement and color and special events are fun and the extra honor to Christ is wonderful, but I never feel so scatter-brained as I do around this time of year. Everything is going great with us. We are all healthy. Wes is enjoying his new job (still at HP), both boys are doing well in school. Our parents are all doing well and healthy. Ryan is having a blast with basketball and Brendan with gymnastics. LTC preparations are underway- we are working in the book of I Samuel and the theme is "Here am I". I'm so thankful that I can be "home" and available for whatever comes up, and where help is needed and just taking care of the family. I don't know how crazy I'd be if a had a regular job too.

This was party weekend. Wes and I went to his work party Saturday night, and a church party last night. Here are a couple of pictures of us getting ready to go to the work party. We were at Mom's house.. I don't have my tree decorated yet. It's up, but not decorated. Well, I hope you all are doing well. Love you all.--Christy

Thanksgiving

Well, it's been awhile since I've updated our blog. everything is going well, and we have sooooo much to be thankful for. We are especially thankful for our family and friends. Here are a few pictures of the boyson Thanksgiving, out in Hempstead. Ryan really enjoys archery, and is quite a good marksman. Brendan is Mr. Helper. Here is a picture of him helping to cut down Mee-maw and Pa-pooh's Christmas tree.

Last weekend, Ryan was in a UIL (University Inter-scholastic League) spelling competition, and came in second. (all of the schools in our district competed) His team won first place for the Language Arts events, and his school won overall (1st place) sweepstakes for all of the events.

Ryan is enjoying playing basketball with the Y and Brendan likes doing gymnastics at K2.

We have all been very healthy for quite awhile, but I'd like to ask for your prayers for a couple of my friends, both moms. Pam Shaw has been in the hospital for well over a month and has some rare form of vasculitis. She has 2 children at home that are 10 and 11, and a grown daughter in Pennsylvania (I think). She is making some improvements, but was completely non-responsive and on life support for a looooong time.

My other friend I'd like for you to pray for is Denise Haigh. She is the mother of 4 young children ages 1,3,4, and 9, and is pregnant with their 5th. She has had pneumonia and pleurisy for about a month and has been in and out of the hospital and is now back in and now having problems with her blood sugar. She is from England, and the church is her only family here.

Thank you.

I'd love to hear from you anytime. Love, Christy