Silent Night, Holy Night

Silent night, holy night
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon Virgin Mother and Child
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace

Silent night, holy night
Shepherds quake at the sight
Glories stream from Heaven afar
Heavenly Hosts sing alleluia
Christ the Saviour is born
Christ the Saviour is born

Silent night, holy night
Son of God love's pure light
Radiant beams from thy holy face
With the dawn of redeeming grace
Jesus Lord at thy birth
Jesus Lord at thy birth

Praise God

Glutton for punishment

Back in October, or was it November? Either way, we decided to try to visit my side of the family for Christmas. If the stars aligned and Micheal could get the time off and we could get good ticket prices, we would travel from TX to FL for the Blessed Holiday. We weren't counting on being able to get time off since he is the low man on the totem pole, but the boss was generous. Tickets were a different story, they were not in our price range! Now here is the glutton for punishment part...we decided to drive!! Yes, after spending a week in the car to move across the country, and barely enough time in between to get my laundry done, we got back in the car to drive another two days to visit with my family. And after Christmas we will spend two more days getting home. Whew what a month! But as I sit here watching my kids play with their cousins and get to know my family, I can't help but think it is totally worth it. Merry Christmas to all who read my blog, if you haven't yet leArned the reason for the season, leave me a comment, I'd be happy to share what the Bible says is the reasoon for the season.

Family Friday

I had this great Family Friday post all laid out in my mind, complete with pictures from our trip, and the stories to go with them, but I can't find my USB cord to get photos off my camera!! Oh the joys of moving and living out of boxes!

All is well here, the trip was great. Our kids were better than we could have asked for, courtesy of Grammy and Papa who fixed the kids up with a traveling toy bonanza! They got one of those things that hangs over the back of the seat and loaded it up with new things for the kids to play with on the trip, it was a hit!

One time I drove with my emergency brake on for about 15 miles, 70 mph on the highway. I couldn't figure out why the van was shaking!! So I roasted the parking brake, and man it smelled BAD!

We had our alignment done just before we left and LES SCHWAB didn't tighten my lug nuts down all the way. Just after leaving Boise the van was rattling so we pulled over and Michael figured out what the problem was. He said we were "this close" to losing a tire on the highway. Praise God that didn't' happen!

About 15 minutes after the lug nuts were fixed up, Haley started puking. Poor girl gets motion sickness. But that was the only time she got sick.

I will save the rest for another post, I really want to show off some pictures of the family we got to see along the way.

We made it!

Wahooooo! We made it to Houston in the wee hours of the morning/night on the 12th. Working on unpacking and settling in to our new house. As soon as we get our internet up and running I will tell you about our trip, which was very uneventful...THANK GOD!

Movin' on up...

Holy cow! We are outta here on Thursday...is this really happening? Are we really about to turn our whole lives upside down? Yes, yes we are. Unbelievable. WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT?!

We are going from Spokane to Kennewick to Boise to somewhere in Utah to Ft. Collins to Wichita to Houston with 4 kids in a mini van (complete with stylish luggage topper), and an old ugly jeep towed behind a huge moving van carrying the contents of our entire house! You should watch for us on the road, you couldn't miss us!

Prayers are welcome and needed! See you on the flip side!