Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Christmas Photos...

























Here are our professional Christmas photos and I love them... They all turned out so very well and the kiddos did a great job... I love getting pictures taken at Christmas time so I can see how much my boys have changed and grown up.... Hope you enjoy them too...























Monday, December 27, 2010

Christmas with the Nickels

Its been a great Christmas with the Nickels family...
Jeremy made it home on the 23rd and so very glad to have him home with us and he will be able to stay home until Jan. 3rd...
It was great to be able to attend Christmas Eve service together and I always want our children to know that Christmas is always about Jesus....
We then headed to grandparents house to have some yummy finger food and be able to visit with family...
Jeremy's aunt, uncle and cousin came into town from Independence Mo and it was great to be able to visit with them and get caught up again...
Also watched "Christmas Vacation" one of my favorite movies to watch and I can pretty much say the whole movie word for word... Wow probably means I have seen it way too many times....

When we got home it was passed midnight so two little boys had to head on to bed... Jeremy spent some time getting the brisket ready for Christmas afternoon lunch..
I stayed up to watch Christmas Story, wrap presents and get the house clean for everyone to come over later that afternoon...
I finally made it to bed at 6am and Jeremy was just getting out of bed at 6am.. Wow both of us were running on not much sleep at all....
It was great that Jeremy took care of the boys so I could get about three hours of sleep and get ready for the day...
The boys loved all that they got this year.... Of course we don't just go crazy buying presents because I don't ever want the boys to think that its all about presents.... I also feel like if they don't get a lot now they won't expect it later...
Around 12:30pm, family started to show up and by 2pm we were ready for eat some yummy food ..... Well my husband out did himself with his brisket it was so so yummy and everyone brought great side items... It was great to be able to have family at our house for Christmas... Thats really what Christmas is about Jesus first and foremost and family....
I hope everyone had a very Merry CHRISTmas and very blessed new year.....

Saturday, December 11, 2010

A quick review....

Wow our family is so blessed and has had a great year.... I have been attending FBCBA since Jeremy and I started dating, totally loved it from the very start... I felt God tugging at my heart this year to join the church and so at the start of the year I made it my church home...
I love Jeremy more and more each day, so very thankful to God for him each day...
The boys are doing good, Alex turned 9 years old this year... Wow next year he will be in the double digits... Austin turned three this year and we started to potty train him, wow both the boys are getting so big and so smart..

God has been so very good to our family... Last year at VBS, Alex accepted Christ as his Savior and this year he followed Him in Baptism.. Thank you God for bringing Alex into our lives and I look forward to what you will do in his life... I was so glad family got to celebrate with us on this wondrous day...

This year I started a new journey in life.. I was invited to a Thirty-One party in June and loved all the products the company had to offer... One of the biggest things that drew me to Thirty-One was that its faith based from proverbs 31, which talks about the Virtuous woman and that's the woman I pray I can be each and everyday...
I went home that nite, talked to Jeremy about joining and he said you can do it... So a few days later I joined and am so thankful everyday for that invite in June.. I feel like God has opened a whole new chapter of life...

Here we are coming closer to Christmas and I love this time of year... First I love it because of our wonderful Savior Jesus without him I would not be who I am today...
I am looking forward to Jeremy coming home soon and spending some much needed time together.... Looking forward to what this new year will bring in our lives....