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Well Nicholas is still sick. He has officially had this cold for a week now and on top of that he has an ear infection in both ears. But he seems to have much of his energy back today. I'm hoping he will be feeling better this coming week so we can get out of the house. I'm trying to look at the bright side it is better that he is sick when we all have had this time off then when life is crazy with work and school.

Jonathan has discovered another loose tooth and we are very excited. He is growing up a getting so big. I can't believe in about a month Nicholas will be 3 and Jonathan will be 6. Time is flying by.

As for myself I'm still not sleeping very well and I think my kids are starting to notice. Jonathan said this morning when I got up, " I know mom you are tired. I slept last night." Oh I wish I could sleep through the night again. Anyway I bought a new devotional Bible for the new year by Max Lucado, and I'm very excited. Hoping to get my spiritual life back on track among other things. We will see what happens when life gets crazy again. Well that is all the news I have for now.

O Happy Day

I have to say it has been a rough week. Nicholas has been sick all week and when he started complaining about his ears last night, I knew that there would be a doctor's visit today. Which would have been fine if I had been able to sleep last night. I haven't been sleeping well lately and add a sick child to the mix and life gets difficult.

So I was not expecting to happen what happened today. Jonathan has been asking a lot of questions about death lately and what happens and why we have to die. I always try to answer the questions the best I can because sometimes I don't understand. But in my heart I just knew that eventually these conversations could lead to Jonathan wanting Jesus in his heart. So today as we were headed to the doctors office we past two graveyards and the questions began again. We talked about if you let Jesus in your heart that you will go to heaven when you die and live there. And oh how my little boy wants to live. So we are walking into the clinic and Jonathan wants to know if Jesus is in his heart. And I told him have you asked him and he says no. And then he tells me that he wants to . So right then and there he asks Jesus into his heart and asks him to forgive his sins. O Happy day.

The day my son was born was a glorious day but this tops it by far. I don't know if we did everything right but my little boy was sincere. And all I can do is say thank you Jesus.

Merry Christmas

Happy Christmas Eve

Christmas gift, this is what my MawMaw use to say on Christmas Eve. God brought that wonderful memory to mind this morning before a little 5 year old woke me up at 4:45am. I don't know why my kids get up so early. Anyway this was my grandmothers favorite time of year. It has been 10 Christmas's now that she has been spending with Jesus and I've spent without her. And this year I'm missing her terribly. She was my second mom and a big part of the reason I am who I am today. I wish my boys could have known her, but I talk about her some to them. So MawMaw Happy Christmas Eve, Christmas gift. I know you are enjoying your 10th Christmas in heaven dancing on those streets of gold with your family. I miss you and will see you again one day. I love you.

2 Days Until Christmas

So yesterday we gave mom/grammy her Christmas gift because she is working both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. She decided to give the boys one of their gifts early as well, Spiderman flashlights. They played for a good 2 hours with these things. It's amazing how a simple gift brings so much joy.


Jonathan in Grammy's leftover jewelry box.

The boys getting their gifts.

A happy Nicholas.

A happy Jonathan.

Santa's Helpers

So the boys decided that they are elves this week and they are helping Santa out at his workshop. They had lots of fun and Mommy got to enjoy seeing their imaginations at work.

Only

Only 11 days until Christmas and we are excited. Is the Christmas shopping done? Nope. But that's okay. The boys finish school next week and we get 2 wonderful weeks off of school and work just to spend together. I'm rather excited.

The Christmas Tree

So here are some pictures of the boys helping put up the Christmas tree.

The Tree is halfway up. One year we may actually get a real tree, but probably not.

Jonathan wanted a star at the top of the tree this year. You see the angel she got bumped by the star this year, usually she is at the top of the tree.

Nicholas is going to hang a car ornament. He would rather just play with it, and I have to watch him to make sure he isn't pulling it back off the tree. This morning he got his chair to stand in so he could look at the car, but I think he really wanted to take it off the tree to play with it.

The tree is finished. The boys are happy, and if you look closely you will notice that most of the ornaments are on the front of the tree. They had a blast and now they are ready for Santa Claus except Nicholas, he is scared of Santa Claus and doesn't want him to come.