Most wonderful time of the year

Ok, so we survived Christmas, it was busy but we made it! We hung around the house on Christmas Eve until 5 pm when we had to go to my mom and dads to celebrate Christmas with my dad's family. Christmas Eve day, we set up our new flat screen TV and a lady came out and bought my changing table I posted on craigslist. Yay! It was just taking up space. We have been posting and selling things off craigslist all month and have done great! Tim has actually been cleaning out our woods and is selling cedar posts too. He has had quite a bit of business. The good thing is these people drive from far away to get some posts. One guy drove 4 hours out here, others are about an hour. God is so good, because selling all this stuff that has been in our barn has brought us some Christmas cash.
Christmas day we woke up and opened presents. Houston was so much fun this year. He was so shocked that santa left him a note and ate all his cookies. He said, momma,"Santa knows how to spell my name" So funny. Anyway, we headed to granny's for our annual christmas breakfast. Well, it usually starts at 730 and we showed up at 845 and guess what? Not one single homemade biscuit was left! UGH! I bet we get there on time next year. It is just hard with little kids, my cousin does her Christmas the day before so they don't have to rush on Christmas morning. We may try that next year. After that we went to Tim's parents house to open gifts then we went to his aunts house to eat lunch and open more presents. After lunch, we headed home to nap. That night my parents, Tim's parents and Holly and Steve came over to see Houston's loot. Our puppy Scooby is really growing. He has gained a little weight and is a mess. He is really good about going potty out, but has gotten to where he wants to play and chew on everything!
I did a little after Christmas shopping, the day after Christmas and found some deals. Alot of things were picked over, but I got some stuff when I was out returning some stuff that Santa brought duplicates of, yes, he has a bad memory and brought something twice. We also had to return the digital camera that was not very good. For 39.99 you would think it was a decent kids fisher price camera.
Lastly, I want to ask for prayers. A 19 year old girl was killed last night at hwy 195 and 193 in Williston. She was hit head on by a driver who ran the stop sign. She was trapped and unconscious and then she later passed away to go home to Jesus. She went to church with me and her twin sisters go to school where I teach. The mom is a great friend of the family and they work at the horse sale we go to every month. This girl was a great Christian and always smiling and happy. She volunteered at all the church events and even played the role of Mary in the church Christmas play this month. Please pray for God to give the family strength through this tragedy! Thanks and I hope everyone has a happy new year in 2010!

Christmas time

Ok, so I am not a blog quitter, but it seems like I am always super busy. Now that I am on Christmas break for two weeks, I have no excuse, right? lol My break started out kinda rough, but praise God, it is better now. Houston has had croup and then he got a high fever. He has slept for the past 2 days and finally started moving around this afternoon. It is so scary when your little one is sick. I went to lunch with my friend Melissa yesterday since we had a half day at school and we were talking about Houston getting a puppy for Christmas. Tim and I have not had any luck finding one, but I guess you can say God works in mysterious ways. I left Melissa's house, (which by the way, she has teh best Christmas decor) and was on the way home when I saw a darling puppy running down the road. I rounded the corner and stopped. He was looking at me with those sad eyes and he was all alone. I got out and picked him up and asked the neighbors if anyone had gotten a new puppy. They said no, but had heard some commotion down at the bridge the night before. People are bad about dumping animals off on our road. So of course, who do you think ended up wanting to keep this baby? ME! I talked to Tim and since Houston was sick with a fever and croup we decided to give it to him to cheer him up. He was feeling so bad, he held him and they slept all afternoon. This baby is so precious and seems to be a good natured puppy. Anyway, today Houston stayed in bed all day long again, but I got some cleaning done and I had a chance to be lazy with the new puppy. By the way, his name is Scooby. Houston loves Scooby Doo! I am so excited about Christmas this year but just not in the mood to shop. I have done little shopping and really don't care. I know I am terrible, right? lol Well before I close, I just have to tell you guys what Houston told me about Christmas this week. We were talking about Christmas being Jesus' Birthday. He knows that Jesus' home is Heaven and he knows that Jesus is in his heart. I was telling him that we will bake a cake and sing Happy Birthday to Jesus on Christmas morning, kinda like a birthday party. Houston got so excited and said, wow mommy, Jesus is coming down here? to my house? It was so precious. I am so proud of him and his relationship with the Lord. Praise God we are allowed to freely worship Him. I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and remembers the true reason of why we celebrate CHRISTmas! Jesus is the Reason for the Season!