Ginger Bread House Time!

Gary and I are so done with work. I go back Tuesday but Gary is home until after New Years! It has been snowing and we have a beautiful blanket of sparkling white snow! The icy roads cancelled my rehearsal tonight, I was a little sad but am so happy to be home with my Pook and Little People.

My Very Favorite Thing Ever

I love Christmas and the coziness it brings to our family. I love cuddling every evening and watching a special Christmas movie. I love the snow and the way people are just a little bit more cheerful. I am excited because Gary and I both have some time off coming at the end of the week and I can hardly wait. But my very favorite thing about Christmas is Christmas Eve service at our church. Sitting with my husband and kids in church is the most wonderful feeling in the world. Because we are celebrating the birth of the One. I feel like a child waiting for Santa to come down the chimney! I am so thankful that I am scheduled to sing again this year. I love worship anytime of the year, but there is something so special  about getting to sing to our Lord on the Eve of His birth. I can't wait until that moment when the lights go down and the worship begins. I spent all most all day in my office listening to the new versions of O Holy Night and Let Us Adore Him. What powerful pieces of music I pray will honor the Prince of Peace. I am praying for our hearts to sing and play and not our flesh, I am praying that there is not a dry eye in the presence of the Lord during this service. I am prayerful that my family and friends remember the love and gift that was born to a virgin in a humble and cold stable. I pray we remember the star that shined and the angles who sang. I pray we remember the wise men who traveled so far to see the New Born King. Praise the Lord for this gift, this gift that none but He could give.
Please join us one of our services this weekend we would be honored to show you around.
Love and blessings this wonderful season.

Well I Had a Feeling

I am not a New England fan at all but they just totally out played my Broncos! Oh well can't win them all, this did show that we could hang in there with one of the best teams in the NFL. We are still ahead of Oakland that is all that matters! Have I mentioned that I can't stand Oakland? Man I miss my brother during football season! I have no one to yell at the TV with!

Santa

The sleigh was all packed, the reindeer were fed,

But Santa still knelt by the side of his bed,
"Dear Father,” he prayed, "Be with me tonight.
There's much work to do and my schedule is tight.
My sack will hold toys to grant all kids' wishes.
The supply will be endless like the loaves and the fishes.
I can do all these things, Lord, only through You.
I just need your blessing, then it's easy to do.
I do this only to honor the birth of the One,
That was sent to redeem us, Your most Holy Son.
So to all of my friends, lest Your glory I rob,
Please, Lord, remind them who gave me this job."

Ok Maybe a Little!

My First itunes Download!

So I got an iPhone! AND IT'S AMAZING! I love it, where have I been! Any who I wanted a special ring. So in honor of Josh my first paid download was Gungor's "Beautiful Things!"
One of my favorite songs. Our worship team did this song a few weeks ago and it was spectacular! Josh would have been proud!

Go Broncos!

That was one H-E-Double Hockey Sticks of a ballgame! Nice job Broncos! The best part of the game was Owen dancing in his underpants saying run Tebow! Gary and I can't wait to take him to his first football game! Now if we could only find Bronco Jerseys!

North Pole

We had a fantastic day! We spent the majority of the day in beautiful Cascade Co. at the North Pole. I am super sore, and so is Gary even though he will not admit it! We went on all the rides with the kids and I tell you we are not made like we used to be made! But we had fun! Gary got me an early Christmas present, a new iPhone! I love apple and love love love my new phone. I took all the pictures with it and even some video. I will figure out how to get that posted to the blog soon. I love this time of year, and am excited for all the events to come in the next few weeks! Praying everyone is having a blessed season! 

1st Place Baby! What's Up Now Oakland?

You know you are doing the right thing when....

You hear this conversation between Lilly and Owen.
Lilly-What do you want for Christmas Owen
Owen- I want a jeep that opens the doors
Lilly- Who's birthday is it on Christmas
Owen- God he is the same as Jesus the good guy spirit
Lilly- Good job buggy!
Owen- I want a transformer too.
Lilly- I want a doll like Maddy but I want mine to look like me
Owen-We can ask mommy and Santa
Lilly- I think I will ask God
Owen-OK I will ask God too and mommy because mommy knows Santa and God. God tells mommy when we are bad
Lilly- I know hahahah
Owen-hahaha
Lilly- we should put the candy back
Me Sneaking up on them- Ummmm yeah you should because I know God and Santa!

Well I have packages ready to go to Idaho, Georgia and Afghanistan. I love this time of year and we have parties galore! I am so excited! I am so excited and blessed to be singing with the worship team on Christmas eve. There is nothing like singing to Jesus on the eve of his birthday! Being in church with my family is the best present any one could ever ask for!
Praying everyone is enjoying the start to this wonderful season!

Pep Talk

We really enjoy decorating our home for Christmas. It's a tradition that we as a family do it every year after Thanksgiving. Gary pulled all the indoor decorations for me and the kiddos to start on the inside of the house before he headed outside. After about ten minutes Gary comes back in with a look like oh yeah.... So last year we had a horrible wind storm that broke our hanging lights. We both forgot about this.
And out of my mouth came the most horrible words ever..................................No big deal lets go to Wal-Mart real quick and get some. So all four of us get dressed and head out the door. We made it to the parking lot when I started to have a panic attack. I could feel the crowds in the parking lot. So I stood silent while Gary and the kids happily started into the store. Gary told me to stop being dramatic and lets do this thing. I actually started praying. PLEASE JESUS HELP ME BE KIND IN THE WAL-MART. I made it in the door and my hands were shaking, I could hardly breath. There were people everywhere stuffing their carts will all kind of stuff. We made it to the Christmas area with all the other people. We managed to grab six packs of hanging LED lights and an eight foot snowman. And then we were ready to go......................So we thought.........................The worst part, the checkout. I was starting to melt down and breath heavy, Lilly reassured me I was going to live. She actually asked me if I needed a coke! We waited in this horrible line as I prayed and Gary gave me a pep talk. You can do this.....As Owen kept asking what can mommy do.....And then it happened.  Why this happens I just don't know, but it happens every stinking time I am at Wal-Mart. Those cashiers feel the need to switch the people working at the register. I kid you not we were in line for like  twenty minutes and right when it was our turn they feel the need to switch. Ok I lost it just a little, I lost it nicely kind of. I literally said. Why on earth do you all do this every time I am in line? And why is it that you can't just open another lane and close this one. Who on earth thought this was a good idea to stop everything and put a new person in. Good grief........... Ok I was not nasty really  and I said it in a very joking manner that had the cashier and the people in line laughing. Moral is I knew better than to go to Wal-Mart the day after Thanksgiving. However I am blessed and thankful that I could go, and even more thankful my house is decorated and cozy for Christmas. Now let it snow!

An Early Christmas Present For Me

My husband is so wonderful! I have wanted to get my wedding ring repaired for about a year and I totally keep putting it off. It has worn thin on the underside of the band and split. Well I finally decided to get it fixed so I took my wedding ring in to repair it and while there I decided to have it dipped to give it a white gold look. I also had this other ring that I got for Christmas about five years ago and had it sized. My wedding ring is stunning! My husband did an amazing job thirteen years ago designing it. It needed a fix up and it is simply stunning! The pictures don't do it justice! Thanks Pook I love you!

Wake Up Daddy!

Pook looked way to comfy in bed this morning. We thought we would get him up!

Thankful

This Thanksgiving was wonderful! We had a great day together playing at the park and having a wonderful early dinner with my parents. I am so thankful to the Lord for bringing Teddy back home to the U.S. safley. Something about Ted, Steph and Allie being in another country made them feel so far away. We are so grateful for our wonderful families and friends. We are also so grateful for our wonderful church home. We are some very blessed people. Today we are going to get out our Christmas decorations! I am so excited!! 

Blessing everyone, I pray that the real meaning of this season flood in your hearts and homes! 

Owen and Gary

Owen still has not gotten out of the I wear only my undies stage! Here are Gary and Owen fighting. Lilly and I were on the computer looking at the American Girl Dolls online! She has no idea she is getting one for Christmas!

I adore my family!

You know God? Well he gave me an amazing family! My husband and my kiddos are wonderful beyond words. This evening we stopped by the church so I could set everything up for all the classes tomorrow. My whole little family came with me. We moved all the tables around set up about eighty chairs and put out the lessons for the different age groups. I love that the Lord has already given my babies servants hearts. Praise King Jesus man he is so good!!!
I pray everyone is enjoying this season. I love this time of year I am missing my camera it has gone to the dump! I will get another one soon. Those babies of mine are growing so fast I can't imagine going without a camera for to much longer. Love you all Jen.

Really

How Can anyone not like this guy? I mean come on he is not a wife beater, dog killer, gang banger. And when he works with United Way he is really working. Seriously what on earth? I guess you have to be an arrogant thug to have respect in the the NFL. Now with this said his passing game stinks, I am pretty sure I could pass better than him, or even toss the ball. But as a kid watching my favorite number 7 I can remember several times when Elway himself would run with the ball! I like this guy he may not be the best quarterback we have ever seen here in the mile high but he most certainly is one of the most respectable, and represents Colorado well! So give him a break I am getting everyone Tebow jerseys for Christmas!

YES!

I love Denver Bronco football! There is nothing better than taking a short nap on Sunday after church and watching Tim Tebow and the Broncos beat the snot out those Oakland Raiders! God makes Colorado sunsets orange and blue for a reason!

YES!!!! Snow Day!!!!

We had our very first snow day and praise God it was my day off! I get to spend the whole day with my babies! We are going to do some baking and right now the kids are watching a movie all cuddled up together. No one is getting out of there jammie's today! God is so good!
Again my camera is being bad, it's delaying. Dumb thing!

Halloween

Halloween was super quick and fun this year. We went to the Weird Wild and Wacky show at church and finished out the evening going to a few houses in our neighborhood. I made both Lilly and Owen's costumes again this year. Lilly was a garden fairy and Owen was a pirate. We took horrible pictures. My camera is misbehaving so I think once again it's time for a new one!