Peace

One of my all time favorite parts of Christmas is reflecting on how we have changed as a family. We have done so much this year to our home. We painted the outside and did some really pretty landscaping. We laid down new flooring in the dining room, kitchen and powder room. Painted and made an awesome man room/movie theater and got/given new furniture for the man room and living room.
In all the work that we have done as a family we were taught a very valuable lesson. Things mean nothing! It's easy to say, it's easy to teach our kids to say but it's another to actually see and feel it. This year our community suffered a ginormous amount of loss in the Waldo Canyon fire. Our west side of town will never be the same. More than three hundred families lost their homes. But it was just stuff, people are rebuilding and starting over. Some people will think my next statement is very strange. I am thankful to God our jeep was stolen. This was a huge lesson for Gary the kids and myself. We learned that God gives and God takes away. It was just a car but in all this a life was also lost. Another lesson for us in obeying and doing the right things. We are thankful and say okay Jesus what's next!
I take detailed pictures of our home every year. Mostly to see how we have changed year to year and insurance purposes! Here are a few pictures of our home and how the kiddos have grown over the year.
Blessings!!
FYI: I had a friend that lost everything in her home during the fire this summer. She told everyone she knew she was so blessed that her husband took pictures once a year of every thing they owned. Detailed pictures of closets, drawers jewelry boxes. This helped them tremendously with their insurance claim!