Now I Lay Me

Now I lay me down to sleep....

Tonight as Christmas Eve draws to a close I sit contemplating life and the joys I have because of the special birth this season gives us. Our Lord, Jesus Christ was born on Christmas Day. Brought to the Earth to save us all from our sins. What an incredible gift and an incredible sacrifice. Tonight, I think of Mary. I think of what she thought when she saw that precious baby and had no idea what God might have in store for that special little man that would call her Mom. I think the same thing tonight as I look to my Christmas gift this year. Sofia. What does God have planned for her? What great things will she do? What mistakes might she make getting there? Will she be happy in her life? Will she feel that she has made God proud, Her father and I proud, Herself proud? Will she understand what sacrifices were made to bring her here? So many questions that I think of as I know I should be going to bed. I couldn't help but get this out as I look to our tree and the gifts under the tree and pray that Wade and I have done our best and will continue to do our best to teach our children the true meaning of this holiday season rather than the commercial meaning of the holiday that oftentimes overwhelms the true gift that means everything. I pray for joy and peace to you and your family and to all those who need blessings, I pray those to them. God knows who needs. I close with a picture that speaks volumes.

I pray the Lord my soul to keep. The Angels watch me through the night and wake me with the morning Light. AMEN.

The Big Weekend

This past weekend was one of the busiest we've seen as a family since Sofia was born. We had dress rehearsals and performances and just crazy running here and there.

Owen had his huge debut as a pre-jazz dancer. We were able to download the video to You Tube and decided to put the link on here (it's faster and easier). Enjoy and make sure you don't drink when watching as you might spit out your drink ;-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp7W2VxGbDg

Also on Sunday, Alec and Owen performed in the AGCC (Amazing Grace Christian Church) Children's choir performance, "An Island Christmas." What great fun!! I got a decent video of the first song and wanted to share that one as well. What an excellent show of the Christmas story and a unique way for the children to share it with our congregation. The Lord's birth is oftentimes hidden by society's blind eye for other things that they believe will bring them happiness during the holidays. As a family, we are so happy this year for our beautiful gift of Sofia and feel truly blessed that the Lord came to this earth to live and then die for our sins. What a wonderful sacrifice!! What a wonderful gift! Our family hopes that you and your family remember this gift and remember what the season is really about!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6FfWP6EMj0

Also an update on Sofia. She's been with the rest of us dealing with life and the stomach flu. We are all starting to feel better. And we hope this doesn't hurt the great growth she has had thus far. :-) Take a peek. Isn't she just beautiful?

New Mom

Whoever said this was going to be easy!! I have a great friend named Pat who said that having 3 children is a change in life like none other and not an easy one to say the least. How wise she is!!!

Am I saying it's not worth it? NO WAY. This is more worth it than anything. Just look at them!!!

I see love each time one of them interacts, even if it is the boys fighting with each other or Sofia screaming at the top of her lungs.

Owen loves to sing to his baby sister. You can hear her screaming her little head off and Owen yelling Rock A Bye Baby as loud as he possibly can to try to calm her. And then she actually stops crying!!!! WOW, miraculous. Alec comes and asks about his baby girl every day as soon as he gets home from school. He wants to hold her and protect her. Those boys are going to spoil her and if they don't, Daddy will ;-) I see her already starting to be Daddy's little girl.

The schedule is hard. The schedule is demanding, but The Lord has blessed us beyond measure and completed our family with this wonderful little girl who can light up a room with her bright eyes and tiny smile (yes, she's already started to smile). Speaking of which. She is yelling for Mommy now and Owen's melody is not helping :-) Off to do Mommy Duty.

Christmas Traditions

So my big boy, Alec comes home from school yesterday with what seemed like a ton of homework. As we are looking at it, I was surprised to see a paper that is asking him to tell about his favorite Christmas tradition and to draw a picture of it (as we all know, so many of those things are removed from public school these days). I asked him what he thought would be great to share and he didn't pause for even a second. He said, I want to write, "I go to church on Christmas Eve and we all light candles and stand around the church singing Silent Night." Something so significant to a 7 year old is something that sometimes as adults we take for granted and don't even realize we've created a tradition. It really is a beautiful sight and great to have that reminder of something that is so simple yet so precious. Thanks Alec for taking Christ to school with you!!!!