More Snow Pictures

Kev's car buried

Garage door ~ where my van is parked

Zayvn

My foot in the snow

Snow drift

Renn in front of the car

Renn standing in front of the garage

Me jumping into the snow off the ledge

Very cold outside with the wind blowing. Can't stay out there very long but I wanted a few pictures.

First Snow of the Season

Oscar eating the snow

Zayvn and I sledding

Here goes Oscar and me!

The first snow of the season came today. Predicting about 6 inches tonight and a blowing wind of 45 mph tomorrow which puts us in a winter storm warning. The boys got out of school early today and I'm assuming there will be no school tomorrow. We went and enjoyed the snow for a bit. Even Oscar got in the fun!!

Decorating for Christmas

Zayvn decorating his tree

Renn decorating his tree



We put the tree up on Monday night. It's the dog's favorite place to be. Kevin put the star up in the yard on Thursday. Today/Tonight the pastoral staff and the board members went to a concert by Jim Donahue at the Hoyt Sherman Auditorium http://www.hoytsherman.org/. What a great time we had, minus the bats, which decided to fly around while the concert was going on!! We then went to dinner at Biaggi's http://biaggis.com/. What a great time of fellowship with some of the most wonderful people Kev and I serve along side in ministry with. Tomorrow we'll have our Children's Ministry Open House at our house and tomorrow night is the the Kid's Musical. So many activities going on this Christmas season, however I don't want to forget the reason for it. That is Jesus. He is the Reason for the Season.

To Win and to Give

Last week I received an email from the radio station telling me I had won tickets to the Wizard of Oz at the Stephens Auditorium in Ames. It's been a while since Kev and I have gone to a stage production so I was quite excited. I got a sitter all lined up and went to pick the tickets up on Monday. As I picked the tickets up and headed back to the van, looking over my tickets and grinning, I very gently heard the Lord nudge me and say GIVE THOSE TICKETS AWAY to my good friends Scott and Angela. I'm like WHAT?? You can imagine what ensued as I argued with God about giving the tickets away and why couldn't I keep them. I threw myself one big tantrum and a pity party and after what seemed like FOREVER I finally consented. So, I called Angela several times not getting a hold of her. Finally, towards dinner time I reached her and told her that I won tickets and I was too give them to her and Scott. She chuckled and said she would talk to Scott and get back to me. I told her don't worry about the kids that Kev and I would watch them as well. She called back and said they would go. So, last night they dropped the kids off here and off they went. They had a great time and I was so glad I could bless them like that. They've had a hard year and I know the Lord knows that and wanted to give them time away just for the two of them. What joy I had giving, especially this time of the year.

Thanksgiving

T ime that I spend with my family
H ouse that we live in
A ir that we breathe
N ew traditions we will build
K ind hearted words spoken
S aviour who loves us unconditionally
G randpa's and grandma, both near and far
I owa
V alues taught to our children
I nvesting in our children's lives
N ames written in the book of Life
G ratitude for so much that has been given to us

Wishing you and your families a wonderful Thanksgiving.