Christmas

Well Christmas is come and gone. I am kinda glad but sad. I love Christmas but we have had soo much family things last week I am tired of people!!
Last weekend we started out Christmas with Chadds grandparents here. They are from Tennessee. We got some cool gifts and it was so nice to get to visit with them again. . .


Sunday evening Chadd and I did our own christmas. I got a new Bible and cover and Chadd got a PSP charger (our dog ate the last one. . dont even ask), coffee and of course we both got new cell phones.



Monday started out just here at home. Tuesday we went to my Mom and Dads for our christmas. We usually do that on christmas eve but we had a church service Chadd had to be at. Dad and Mom made Fried Fish and Shrimp and the peel and eat shrimp. Its been our tradition for years. My dad makes the best fish! Yum!




(Cooper trying to play with Whiskers)


Wednesday we were just here at home then that evening we had christmas eve service at our church. After church we made popcorn, chips and salsa and Apples and that was our supper. Lol. We pulled a air mattress out and slept on the floor of the livingroom by the tree and watched movies.

(My new walmart village piece)

Thursday was Christmas at my Dads family. All kinds of yummy food!
(Chan and Clint- I think he had too many photos taken of him that day )

Friday we went to walmart to get some christmas stuff 1/2 off . I got some rope lights 1/2 off and hung them from my bed frame in our room and now there is a cool glow under the bed. I love it. Friday night we went to Chadds Parents for christmas. We got all kinds of cool handmade gifts this year. My MIL is making me a knitted afghan, FIL made chadd a hat rack we have been wanting, SIL made me some cool pottery and candles and her and my BIL made Chadd a really neat clock.


Saturday was christmas with all the Smiths. Its was fun getting to see everyone again. Again LOTS of good food!


(Sweet Baby Marrah)

Yesterday we went to church then went to Wendys for a salad for lunch. After lunch we just hung out just Chadd and I and played games and of course watched the Colts game. Last night we decided to go try out Buffalo Wings and Rings, a new restaurant in town. It was yummy! They have awesome fries and there BBQ wings are really good. We also tried the Teriyaki wings but they were gross. It just didnt taste like wings, it tasted like something that should be served on rice.
Today I am doing laundry since I didnt do any last week, Chadd is working on his truck trying to get it running and we both have Chiropractor Apps at 3:30.

Crap

Now my garbage disposal in the kitchen sink died today. Anything else that could go wrong for us right now???

You have our attention Lord, What do you want from us???

Matthew 6-
25"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?
26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life^[b]?
28"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.
29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
30If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

**UPDATE** Praise God the garbage disposal works now!! Chadd took it apart and found a screw had fallen in it and was lodged. !!!!

No!

NO NO NO! I WILL NOT let myself fall into dispare over a bad week. I will continue to pray my God through it all!

Praise You in This Storm
I was sure by now,God, that You would have reached down and wiped our tears away,
stepped in and saved the day. But once again, I say amen and it's still raining
as the thunder rolls I barely hear You whisper through the rain, "I'm with you"
and as Your mercy falls I raise my hands and praise the God who gives and takes away.
Chorus:
And I'll praise you in this storm and I will lift my hands
for You are who You are no matter where I am
and every tear I've cried You hold in your hand
You never left my side and though my heart is torn
I will praise You in this storm

I remember when I stumbled in the wind You heard my cry to You
and raised me up again my strength is almost gone how can I carry on
if I can't find You and as the thunder rolls
I barely hear You whisper through the rain "I'm with you"and as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise the God who gives and takes away

I lift my eyes onto the hills where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth
I lift my eyes onto the hills where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us. Ephesians 3:20

Thats my rock this week!! My strong foundation. I let myself get down this week when I should have stood strong and said No, I wont let you get me down!!!

Everything is going wrong

Well, I am struggling today. Its been a hard week so far, so many things all at once.
First of all, Chadds truck broke down tuesday night and we havent been able to get it to run since then so we are down to one car. I have a Dr appointment tomorrow,Chadd has to be at Pike central to work on something . Still not sure how that will work out. Then this morning our dumb heater started blowing cold air. I turned it off and reset it and its fine, then it started doing it again. . . 3 times so far this morning. Not sure what its problem is. So A repair man will be called sometime this week yet. Why is it everything seems to go wrong/break at the same time? Plus Im struggling with some personal issues/problems right now. So My morning is not going well.
I have been painting the spare room. I started it thursday and got all the primer on before the weekend then I worked on it yesterday now I gotta go get paint to finish. I think I will wait to get the paint til tomorrow and work on getting my house back in shape today. I have neglected the laundry and everything so it needs to be done.
This weekend Chadds grandparents are coming and we are celebrating christmas with them. Im supposed to make supper on saturday for them all and I dont have anything around yet !Lol.
Well I need to go get a shower. I have been waiting for the house to warm up now that I got the heater running before taking my shower.

Bored

So, week 1 not Babysitting. . . . I am bored out of my gourd!!! Lol. There is only so much to clean in a 900 sq foot home. Yesterday I cleaned out my fridge and my stove. Today I will probably do some laundry and sweep my floors again. (My dogs have a habit of chewing stuff up right after I sweep the floors) I might throw my sheets in to wash later too. Tonight we have caravan with the church and its a christmas party for the kids. That should be interesting. Friday Chadd is taking off work at noon and we are going to ring the salvation army bells at walmart for 3 hours. I am praying its not too cold!! Friday night we have tree hopping at church. We have 6 families from church, different people each year and we go to there houses, have snacks , see there christmas deco. . .
Saturday night we are going to the Living Christmas tree in Evansville and Sunday night we are going to my Step Grandmas house to celebrate with her. Next weekend Chadds Grandparents are going to come and we are celebrating Christmas with them. . . . Christmas eve is with my family, christmas day is with my dads family and the Smith Christmas is sat after christmas with Chadds family christmas in there sometime yet!!
I need to get moving and get somethings done. Hope you all have a good week!!

Baby Jessica

The baby is here!!! Jodi (Sarahs mom) caught the flu and was dehydrated and started having contractions so she went to the hospital and the babys heart rate kept dropping so they went ahead and took the baby. . .So Jessica is here!! We went to see her saturday, she is so tiny! Like 6#. .
Such a cutie. I cant wait to watch her now. .

Weekend

I just have a few moments to post this while waiting for my clean floors to dry. I dont have sarah today so I am trying to get all my cleaning done. Then at 5 tonight we have to go to a viewing for our pastors wife's mother. She died thursday morning. Tomorrow we dont have much going on which I am thankful. I woke up with a stiff neck this morning and wouldnt you know, my chiroprator took the day off and wont be back in until monday . :-( Im bummed.

Its been a long week! Sarah came tuesday morning and they said she had been vomiting and diahrrea all night monday night. She was fine tuesday except for diahrrea. Then yesterday she started in with diahrrea really bad. 9 diapers between 7 am and 11am. She was fine other wise except for that. I almost wonder if she is getting teeth cause that sounds like a lot of diahrrea for just a bug. So needless to say yesterday was spent changing diapers every 5 minutes. .

Next week is my last week with Sarah until the end of january. Her mom is going in for a C-section on Thursday and will be off work 6 weeks. I am excited I get to watch the baby then but also kinda blue about not getting a pay check those 6 weeks.

Back to work

Personally Im glad its back to work today. It sounds bad but I like schedules. Chadd has been off since thursday and I have been off work since wednesday, so we had a long holiday weekend. It was nice and relaxing but Im glad to get back into a routine.
We put our tree and christmas decorations up on Friday and it looks so nice. I love to sit here and watch the lights on the tree twinkle. I am so in the mood to make christmas cookies now!
Saturday I woke up with a horrible headache and stuffy nose. So saturday was on the couch all day for me. I think I had a touch of what Chadd had last week I think. Anyways, while on the couch on saturday Chadd decided to get out the old nintendo and play. So we spent hours saturday playing Mario and Dr Mario and Duck hunt. (I stink at duck hunt by the way). We were hoping to go see Madagascar 2 but I just didnt feel well enough to get out. Sunday I was hoping to go to church but woke up feeling crappy again so I stayed home and slept. I am feeling much better today.
Sarah came back this morning and was all over the tree. "oh piddy tee" . She loves the christmas lights. I need to get moving and do some dishes up before she wakes up from her nap this morning. Everyone have a wonderful week!!