Holidays!

Impromptu photo shoot 11/08!

Hailey taking a break from our holiday photo shoot!

I love the holidays! I'm especially looking forward to Christmas this year, being in our new house for the first time, and for Hailey to really understand and enjoy opening the presents! We've been having a good time with the boys, who have already written a couple of letters to Santa Claus! Jackson has written about 4 or 5, in which he gives Santa a list of "awesome toys" and "cool toys", and he also has confessed to Santa that he has been bad once or twice and asks that those times be overlooked this year, in order to receive said "awesome toys" and "cool toys"!!! How cute is that! I'm also looking forward to Hailey getting some more "girly" toys, since we just got done play sword fighting and racing cars around the house! Santa, this girl needs some dolls!!! :-)

This time of year also makes me reflect on all that has happened throughout the past year. I have so much to be thankful for, not the least of which is for our Awesome and Mighty Lord who loves us and saves us! I am also grateful to a man named James Dean who, while risking his own life and bodily injury, SAVED MY SISTER-IN-LAW'S LIFE!!!! Many of you read my posts earlier this year about how my sis-in-law, Laurel, was in a horrible car crash and suffered major burns to almost half her body. Well a complete stranger, James Dean, happened to be driving on the same road minutes after Laurel crashed and came to her aide pulling her from her burning car. He suffered second and third degree burns to his hands and arms, but still mangaed to pull her out of the car! Praise the Lord for this heroic man, and thank you God for taking care of Laurel.

Yes, I have a lot to be thankful for this year. I hope you do, too! God bless.