Just a few pics....

As I am going through Christmas pictures and choosing which ones to post, I thought I'd put up the pics that the Grandparents got with their Christmas cards...

Santa Cookie Making

My Love-Filled Little People!!

I adore my children. <3 Don't get me wrong...they drive me just as batty as any toddler has ever driven a mother...but they have such good HEARTS!

A few things that have been part of their lives since forever has been that God made everyone perfect just the way they are. No matter how they look or sound, they are perfect because He made them. Another thing is remembering that there are children out there (they get more riled up about the children than the adults...they understand it more) with no food, no toys, no clothes, no mommies and daddies to love them. But my children LOVE these other children. They pray for them at night (although Jaz doesn't completely understand the lack of food one...so she prays for grocery stores that are full of food that these hungry children can go to) and they willingly give to them. They pray for the "right mommy and daddy" for the parent-less children (Jaz came up with that on her own...We were praying for these children to get families to love them and Jaz told me "Mommy, it has to the the "right" family.) As soon as a piece of clothing doesn't fit....they will say lets give it to a child who needs clothes. When they dont' eat all their dinner, they want to give it away.

Another thing I have done forever is that every time they get new toys/gifts they give something away. And it's not a "bad" thing....they LOVE it! They lovingly go through each toy deciding what ones other children will love to play with most. The children also just randomly bring me stuff for no reason and say "I want to give this to a kid with no toys". And I put it in the donation box.

Last night we went through their toys again. My wonderful children filled TWO diaper boxes with toys to give away. They were so excited they were racing around grabbing stuff. I love that. I love that they seem to "get it". They bring tears to my eyes and give me goosebumps with the love they have for everyone. And if it is the ONLY thing I manage to teach them...I will continue to teach them to LOVE LOVE LOVE others!

Santa 2009

The children went to see Santa today. They were so excited, and practically ran each other over to get into the sleigh with him. I was so happy they weren't scared. They posed for pics, told him what they wanted, and even talked about the milk and cookies to be left out for Santa. :)


We didn't get a pic done last year....we were in the middle of one of the worst winter conditions to hit this area in a while, so there was no random venturing out on the icy/snowy roads. But just for fun here is the pic from 2007. Isaac was 7 months old and Jaz was *almost* 2.

So proud of himself!

This is how excited Isaac was to show me that he could get into the closet and pick out his own clothes and dress himself. He was so proud and happy that I would never of been able to make him change clothes, that would of broke his heart. Thank GOODNESS we never needed to leave the house! ;)

Random Silliness!!!

Some random silliness is fabulous for the soul! And these two kids are great at at it!!

Wintertime Excercise

Isaac showing off his skills.......


Jaz showing off her exercise abilities....

Trimming the Tree

This year we have our mini-tree. I was determined to NOT put it up, and to get a "real" tree....but LIFE had other plans for us, as it so often does. So I got the tree out, put garland on it, and picked through all my ornaments to choose ones that we could put on this tree. Then I let the kids get to work. The light in their eyes, the excitement about it, the "ooohhhh" and "aaahhh".....warms my heart just thinking about it. :) Children accept and are happy with what ever we are happy with. So though the original thought of putting up our mini-fake-tree broke my heart and made me want to cry, the children's joy and excitement about it had me telling my husband last night I don't want a different tree this year. My kids love it, then I love it. :) ..... oh, and added sidenote... I "fixed" the ornaments all clustered together when they weren't looking... LOL

Cookie Time!!!

Okay, this Mama LOVES to cook...but she does NOT bake! :) Nope...I am terrible! But the kids love it....so we made cookies. And yes, I still managed to burn these, too!