A New Addition

God had blessed us with a little one that is due on August 10th. Make your guess now: Boy or Girl?

Better Late Than Never

This Christmas... Patrick and I in our ugly Christmas Sweaters at a party.

The boys were so excited for this game. Too bad the weather didn't allow them to go out and play. Georgia experienced it first white Christmas in like over 100 years. Go figure.

She enjoyed all of her gifts and had to be reminded to open the rest. She played with each thing and with most things wished to put it on right then. I think she enjoyed playing in the box the most though.

My sister modeling the her gift from us. The plus is that I made it.

Goals for 2011:

1. Read and Study my Bible more.

2. Read and discuss more books on the blog.

3. Continue to workout in 2011.

4. Work on my eating habits and try to eat better.

5. Knit more- learn new things and maybe even work on designing a pattern of my own.

6. Work at blogging at least 4 times a month.

At least these will keep me busy this year.

We hope you all had a very Merry Christmas, and that 2011 will be full of blessings for us all. Happy New Year!!

This and That

The Box Family Thanksgiving Week
The Box Men

A picture of our tree. I hope everyone wants books:)

Our nutcracker family. We add at least one each year. Can you guess the new one? Check out last year's Christmas post to see if you are correct!!!

I love snowmen, and this year I created snow for them to sit in throughout the season.

BOOKS:

A great book for 4th grade up. This book is about the realities a family and young girl face with a younger brother with autism. I really enjoyed the book Rules by Cynthia Lord. The author has real life experience with autism too, so it really makes the challenges and joys come alive in the book.

Another good book for ages 4th grade and up. Olive's Ocean is about how Martha's life drastically changes over one summer spent with her Grandmother at the coast, time with the Manning boys, and the death of a classmate.

I am currently reading Remember the second book in the Redemption series. The first book was awesome. I strongly suggest you reading this series. Book one is about the Baxter family particularly about Kari, the second born of the Baxter's. She faces the incredible challenge of dealing with a cheating spouse. See how God brings redemption to Kari and many other characters in the book. I will let you know about Remember later.

This is what Patrick has been reading: I really don't know much about them, but he really likes them and wants me to try reading them. I guess I will put them on my list to read.

"Filled with magic and glamour... complex and compelling... a world so intricate and real that it's hard to step out of and hard to forget." (San Jose Mercury News)

He is now on book two of the series. If you have questions about this series post them and I will

get back to you.

Until Next Time!!!