Its a New Day

It has been one of those days... well honestly weeks.... or more truthfully months. Everyday feels a bit worse than the one before. These are the times that I need to be reminded again of God's blessings in my life so that when I am laying in bed, or working in the dark (as is the case today) or just in pain, I can still be thankful. 1. I am thankful that I am a child of God. Above all things, that he chose me before the foundation of the world, this is the greatest blessing. I can't imagine how anyone could even think of surviving anything without hope. I know that I have hope in Christ and because of that I can endure the hardships of each day. 2. I am thankful for my work. I have worked in offices in the past and just had to suffer through if I had a migraine. Here I can turn off the lights and get my work done and if that isn't cutting it I can go home and make up the time later. The board and those I work with are very understanding. 3. I am thankful for my fri...

Christmas Eve I spent with Rachel & Ryan and the kiddies. It was great fun to see them excited to open all sorts of presents. Even Julia, who though was slow at unwrapping, was laughing and giggling the whole time. All clean after a bath and getting ready to open presents Tristan was helping to set up his own work bench and quickly 'assembled' the bird house that came along with it. The girls got this pink wooden kitchen. Hannah here is washing the dishes after putting some cookies in the oven. Even Julia got some 'soft' food to play with. Christmas day we met at Mike & Karen's with the whole clan. During dinner we had a little video from last year. It was so funny to see how quiet things were with a new born, a 3 year old, 2 year old and 1 year old. This year we had a 4,3,2,1 and 2 almost 1 year olds! After dinner the littles went to bed and Tristan and Hannah hunkered down to watch a movie while the adults opened their gifts. Meaghan a new addition from...