December 23????

Wow!  Again, I can NOT believe how quickly the time has flown by.  Christmas will be here in just 2 days.  2 days!!! 2 days!!!!  Christmas is something I look forward to every year and then it seems it gets here so fast that I barely get to enjoy it.  Maybe I could celebrate year round!

I think Briggs is getting excited about what Santa will bring.  He has only asked for two things - a Clemson football helmet and a MAC truck (from the movie CARS).  Made things easy for Santa this year.  :)  I can't wait to see his face on Christmas morning.  We have also explained to him that Christmas is Jesus' birthday.  The other day out of the blue he said that he wanted to go to Walmart and buy toys for little boys and girls who never get any toys.  If we could all only be like that!  We told him that would make Jesus happy.

We are also planning a trip to Kentucky next week.  Looking for housing online has just not been working since we do not know the area well.  We will leave on Sunday and spend Monday and some of Tuesday looking for housing as well as jobs.  Please be praying for us.  I can't believe that the time to leave SC is almost here.  We plan to move the week of January 5 (probably that weekend).  It's exciting, but sad at the same time.  It's neat to think about a new adventure, but hard to know we will be leaving "our life" 7 hours behind.  I know that God will place people in our lives in Louisville, but there are just some people that can never be replaced (like our family and our closest friends - J & R; T & A just to name a few).  There are so many of you who have touched our hearts and lives and we are truly grateful.  It's hard for me to not sit here and burst into tears as I think about all of you who have prayed for us, encouraged us, given to us, and just been a listening ear to us - and to know that you won't be with me anymore.

On to a happier note - Christmas time and the birth of our SAVIOR!  I was reminded the other day that we often only talk about Jesus' birth at Christmas, but it doesn't stop there.  He grew into manhood and died on a cross to save us from our own ignorance and the sins that we commit daily.  How awesome that he not only was born and died, but that He rose again!!!  Blessed be the name of the Lord who is worthy to be praised and adored!  May you be blessed this Christmas knowing that we can have assurance in this crazy world through Jesus Christ, Messiah and King.

Merry, Merry CHRISTmas!

 

Our Christmas Card

It's Time for Christmas Already?

Wow!! I CAN NOT even believe that Christmas time is here. Where has the time gone? It seems as if only yesterday we were celebrating July 4th. Christmas is my favorite time of the year. There's nothing better than time with family and friends as we celebrate the birth of our wonderful Savior.

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Briggs had a mild case of the stomach bug that's going around, which Aaron and I both got by Sunday. Yucky! But other than that, we had a good day.

We have our tree up - we put it up early to do Christmas photos for our little photog business (www.inthemomentpics.blogspot.com). This year we have an artificial tree. This is only the 2nd time I can ever remember having one. I am pretty distraught about that! For me, there's nothing like a real tree that we go and cut down the day after Thanksgiving. Anyway, it's still Christmas! And it seems that it will be our last Christmas as residents of Easley, SC for awhile. Aaron has registered for on-campus classes at Southern that will begin around the 2nd week in January. We will be heading out sometime during the first week of January to our new home in Louisville, which we still have not found!!! Please be praying that God would open doors for us (literally!) to the perfect home. My desire is to find a rental house/duplex so that we can have a small yard for Briggs to play in. I have been praying for God's will because I want to have good neighbors, possibly with small children that Briggs can play with. I know He will take care of it all, but as a woman and mother, I am a worrier. I try not to, but it just comes so natural to me. :)

On another note, I am beginning to NOT want to move. Crazy, I know, because just two months ago I was so ready I couldn't see straight. We have settled in to this house, and I am enjoying being an assistant at MMO. I am also enjoying getting to go to worship for the first time in a long time. And now the thought of having to pack up and leave again is starting to hit me hard. Please pray for us as we transition to Kentucky.

As I've said many times before, we thank each of you for your support and prayers through this journey that we are on. I wish everyone a very blessed Christmas season. May we all take time to put aside the material things and the craziness that the world promotes and focus on the most wonderful gift we could have ever received - eternal salvation through Jesus Christ, as Savior and Lord.