Thanksgiving & Making Memorie's with my little people...

Holidays are hard for me, but this years Thanksgiving was different for me... We had our dinner on Sat. & it was the best one I've probably ever had in my life. My daughters had to work graveyard shifts on Thanksgiving. I felt a peace in my spirit I've known before. We had fun just hanging out. Then we went to the movies that night & saw Penguins of Madagascar it was a cute movie. 

Me & Char

I made gingerbread houses with my sweet cute little people...

Me & Jen

Way too long.....

It's been a really long time since I've blogged. I lost interest & wondered if it really even mattered if I wrote or not. So here I am again... I want to us facebook less by blogging.

Baby its been cold out there... Bam just like that we are freezing & having to start the car 10-15 mins before we leave for school or work...Lol I'm not ready for the cold weather, but its here wether I want it here or not.

My brother was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma in Sept. He's had his chemo treatments. He's waiting for his scan to see if he's cancer free. When you hear about someone having cancer it makes your heart heavy, but when you hear a family member has cancer it's sucks the wind out of you. I felt like someone punched me in the stomach & knocked the wind out of me when he called me with that news. His spirits are good. Praise God for that!

We've taken on the repairing of our kitchen floor & it has been a challenge. I finally picked out a tile look vinyl roll. I'm also going to have the hardwood floors that are hiding under the nasty old carpet refinished. I'm so excited for this... We also got gutters put up that I've wanted for a long time. And we also got the patio roof repaired that needed to be done when we moved in here 11 yrs. ago... It feels good getting these things done.

Thanksgiving is going to be different for us this yr. My daughters work graveyard shifts & have to work on Thanksgiving. So we are going to have our dinner on Sat. so we can just spend time with each other. In my adult life I've only had one Thanksgiving dinner with my parents. I was 18 & I expecting my baby girl Char at that time. The last Christmas spent with my family was in 1982! It's hard living 2 states away. I wish I could go home for the holidays just once. Maybe someday!

I am looking forward to Christmas this yr. not sure why, but I am. We have decided to make Christmas less stressful, by giving a family Christmas by meeting some of their needs this yr. We are to bless others with what we have been given. God gave us the gift of Salvation & Blesses us more then we even know & yet we grumble about what we don't have... I'm so grateful for his gift of life, his mercy, his grace & for his LOVE for us!