Christmas happenings....

We had a nice Christmas break spent with family and friends. 

Here are my Christmas gifts this year, homemade ornaments!

                                 Christmas morning I found our animals guarding Carter and the gifts.

                                Christmas Eve pajamas!

This guy loves to cook with me and so for Christmas I got him an apron with a bowl and measuring spoons, it came in a set. He loves it!!

                                Even Beardie enjoys the Christmas story.

Josh read some Christmas books to us!

The boys playing telephone at a friends house.

Sledding with cousins!!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and has a Happy and Blessed New Year!!

Christmas caroling!

I love this time of year, we just finished a weekend of caroling and a Christmas program at our church. It is such a joy to sing carols and be merry. And also a blessing to see others merry too.

This evening we went and sang Christmas carols at a nursing home with my dad and his friends from church. It is always such a lovely time and so nice to see the people enjoy singing with us and being blessed by us talking to them and singing to them. Year after year it has always been a great way to start the Christmas season by doing this. I hope everyone goes Christmas caroling and just tries it at least once. You will find out how life changing it can be for you and the people you are singing to.

Gifts are great and everything, but what will happen to those gifts over time? They will break or get lost. Touching peoples hearts and showing them the Love of Jesus will not disappear. It will stay with them and I think that is what is really important.

After singing carols some people prayed with the residents and they were so grateful and happy we were there to talk, sing and pray with them. How great it was to see these people smile and it touches my heart for my boys to see this too.

So I hope everyone goes caroling and has a Merry Christmas!! :)

The boys and daddy handed out bulletins today at church for the Christmas program!! So cute!

Big, Big Bear!!

We went for a walk/hunt in the woods this past weekend and it was a foggy, but beautiful day. I kind of had a feeling we were going to see something today, either a deer or a fox, something. Well as we were walking up the hill in the woods, I heard Josh say something, but I thought he had seen a grouse or something like that. Well then I heard him say a little louder, Bear, walk do not run. I thought, O boy! So my oldest was keeping up with daddy, and my youngest was trying to keep up with me. The way Josh had said it, I thought the bear was coming after us, so I was thinking the worst. Thankfully, we got to the road and the bear was far behind us.
Josh said the bear was standing up and he thought it was about 500 Ibs. Ya! Big, Big Bear. The bear looked directly at Josh too. The boys and I didn't actually see the bear. I wish I could of got one quick photo of it standing up, but I can only imagine it now. Also, Sadie our dog was with and she was not far from the bear and she didn't bark or growl, nothing. So I believe if the bear was a real threat, she would have been growling or something.

But I was thanking God as we were walking on the road, because really it could of been worse. So it was an adventure, but thanks be to God for watching over us.