Today was the BIG day!! Our sweet friends and now neighbors got married! Neal and Christel got married at the Allan House downtown and it was beautiful!! My kiddos did great! I was so proud of them...they even managed to steal the dance floor and create an audience! oh my goodness! so funny! It was so fun! We love you Neal and Christel!!!
But most of my days look pretty much the same.
I get out of bed each morning so that I could do everything I did the day before.
I wash the dishes so they can be dirtied again.
Iwash and iron the clothes so they can be worn and wrinkled again
I wipe noses so they can run again.
I pick up toys so they can be played with again.
I sweep and mop the floor so mud could be tracked on it again.
I cook meals so that I can go to the grocery store again.
I make beds so they can be slept in again.
Some days I wonder: if I do all I do, only to have it undone, am I really doing anything?
I got this and used it to describe my day EXACTLY from a blog entry I read from Carolyn Mahaney. Then, she encourged me when she spoke from experience and after her girls are grown...
"I realize that all of the mundane, repetitive days were actually full of significant, enduring work. A home was being built. A family was being knit together. Four souls were being shaped for eternity." Carolyn mahaney
So, I am pursing with hope all the days seeking to build my home to glorify God, knit my family together and shape souls for eternity...may you mothers be encouraged as I am...more later...
Stew's Family came down from Georgia this Christmas! It was so wonderful to have them in our home! We ate a wonderful christmas eve lunch together, went to the christmas eve service at our church and then came back for homemade hot chocolate and presents. Only the kids get gifts and so we watched chelsea-our neice and wesleygrant and sally open their gifts. Then on christmas day we eat "Breakfast Cake" and celebrate Jesus by acting out the Christmas story. Wesleygrant and sally were the stars of the show, of course....but we all had a small part and it reminded us of the joy of our Saviour's birth. We love our family so much!!! We miss you guys already!
We started a few new traditions this year...and a gingerbread house was another one! This wasn't quite as crazy as the tree experience, although after they snuck about half their bowl of candy into their tummies, it was a little crazy...but good for a long crashed nap later...=)
My aunt marcia always surprises us here in Austin when she comes to town! This time she brought gifts (from grammie sally-my mother/her sister) and some fresh christmas cookies and pecan pies! Marcia is famous for her christmas cookies! she would outdo a bakery anyday! Thank you so much, Marcia and Beth!! We love you so much and always love seeing you here in Austin!!
