Christmas 2007

This Christmas will definitely be one to remember.....because I don't think I can make it through a whole post right now, here is the last page of the Christmas letter that will be sent out by my parents this year, written by my dad.

Well, this letter was actually on schedule to be delivered before Christmas, but things change. Ten days before Christmas, Ashley’s (son-in-law) father passed away, suddenly. The next day, Scott got word that the teenage daughter of one of his employees had been molested by her stepfather. The following Monday, a friend from church (35 years old) was in ICU after surgery found colon cancer. Add this to the normal rush of the season and the “Christmas Spirit” tends to disappear. It seems like every task becomes so much more complicated. On reflection, we have learned that the “Christmas Spirit”… Santa Claus, lights, etc., may have been hard to find but the Spirit of Christ has never been more evident. “He is the reason for the season” seems so very cliché but we do pray that you remember Him in all of your festivities. It is only through His peace and comfort that we are able to pick ourselves up, after much sorrow, and celebrate His birth; celebrate His life; celebrate His resurrection. Jesus is certainly the “reason for this season” but He is so much more. “Because He lives, I can face tomorrow”.

All this to say life is, well, life and with that comes hurt and pain in addition to the joy of God giving us each one more day.

2 Corinthians 12:9
But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.

Rainy Wednesday

Pretty nasty outside....so for a smile, here's the pups :)

The first is from the iPhone, but I still love it.

Baby sites

Ok so I know this is random, but I ran across these two baby websites in a photographer's blog I check on a daily basis. I thought the stuff was absolutely amazing, and will definitely keep the addresses for that time, a long ways down the road, when we will need them! I figured I would share the sites for the people who actually need them :)

Goodies number 1

Goodies number 2