Thank you Lord for one more hour today:).....

Whew! That extra hour I (seemingly) got this morning (though I could have used about 3) was very needed! I had to get up with the birds this morning to get Ms. Allie - whom I am babysitting a couple of days a week now- and I have decided I am thankful today for 2 things...... coffee (we all know i am thankful every day for that one) and HEAT! It is FREEZING! This is good ole' Bama weather- 75 and sunny one day and 30
degrees and frosty the next. So here it comes- let the runny noses begin!!! (Not that we have missed out on that already..... we have a theme of random fevers over the past 3 weeks.... yes.....3 weeks..... and it almost always happens on Saturday and I know everyone thinks I like football so much I just want to stay home..... I will let you guess which I would rather do a)stay home with a whiny, sick baby or b) go to church.... take your time- that is a hard one :)

NH had a great singing Friday night. They sang with some friends of ours that we have grown closer to in the past year or two. It was loud- very loud- thought I would come out of the church damaged- but the people were so hospitable and they fixed good food for us and the other visiting group (Wright Family) and we got home about 11pm which is unheard of- we hardly ever get home before 12-1am.

Saturday was an adventure for sure- CHRISTMAS PHOTO SESSION (dum duh dum) Last year we had these adorable pics made at Strasburg and Granna insisted we do it again (JD nearly FORBID me to have any pro-pics made because I HAD to have that camara and I was to use it like I had all the photographer skills in the world :) Well- all was fine and dandy- the kids smiled- Kaden was fairly cheery considering his thing is that he likes NO ONE other than Mom and Granny these days- Santa snuck up behind them - they were all surprised- Kaden kind of frowned at him but then warmed up and smiled...... until..... we put him in Santa's lap..... then he decided that Santa was NOT ok- especially if it meant he had to touch him. The remaining shots were taken with Kaylee and Kyle sitting in Santas lap with me sitting really close by with Kaden on my knees and me doing a back-bend type stretch to stay out of the picture and the photographer laughing because I was shaking and sweating like I had been through an arobics session by the time we said FORGET IT! I think he may have gotten a good one PRE-Santa.... but we will have to wait and see....

and that is that- church and Christmas program practice (dum dum dum......lol) yesterday and here I am today.... new week.... another day (Thank you Lord)....
and 5 more minutes until it is time to get ready for school/work..... my coffee is half gone (and it is painful to drink it since I whacked my funny bone on the bench at church last night and that is my coffee-drinking-elbow..... I am guessing no one else has ever had this ailment.... it is serious I tell you..... )

Oh-and by the way- it is 45 days until Christmas.... just in case you weren't spazzing about it.... because I am and I thought I would share this wonderful feeling with you.....

Here are pics I made of the kids out in my yard. This is the reason I wanted the camara. I love to do my own photo sessions when I get them all ready for church and I have a little spare time. ( You know that does not happen often!)






Happy Monday!