It's begining to feel a lot like Christmas!!!

What a great weekend! We had so much fun over this nice long weekend!
Thursday on Thanksgiving, me, the kids, mom, and Scott cooked dinner! It was great! Missy, Trish, Terri, Missy's 2 brothers, my dad, Nichole, Dave, and Abby were all there. After wards we all had to eat and run because we were meeting up with other family members. Scott, the kids, and I went to my grandma's Church where they host a Thanksgiving dinner every year. Of course we didn't eat there, but did get a chance to visit with everyone. We didn't get to stay long, my grandma was tired from the days adventure and asked that we give her a ride home. We took my grandma home, cleaned up the house a bit for her and made sure she was comfortable and came home to take a couple hour nap for our big shopping spree that evening.

As I was taking my nap, I woke up to a boy starring down at me not saying a word. I was scarred to death. My eyes were playing tricks on me and I could not make out who this kid was. When I finally came to I realized it was Scott's little cousin, Bryan. He had stopped by to say hello. He probably could have used a better way of waking me up though that is for sure.

OK so I have never done the black Friday shopping at Walmart before, mostly because of all the crazy things I heard. But I have to admit, it was nothing like I expected. Yes it was crowded, but the people were not as rude as I thought they were going to be. I did not get pushed or ran over or beat up for an item. I am in complete shock at what happened at the Walmart in New York. Wow. Unlike my husband I probably would do it again. We saved tons of money and most of our Christmas shopping is done. I did sleep most of the day on Friday though so that was kind of a wast of a day.

Saturday morning, We met up with Dave and Robin for breakfast. I love seeing them and catching up with everything that is going on in their lives. We miss them so much!
After meeting up with them, we stopped by Scott's cousins and picked up Brianna.

Saturday afternoon we met up at the Church to help decorate. We had a lot of fun putting the tree together. The sanctuary looks beautiful! The Brock's sure have a lot of talent!! Brianna had a lot of fun playing the Angel for the live nativity. It is truly amazing to see everything happening at CP.

Ray's brought an amazing message today. Today I prayed for Tim. Now I am not sitting there praying that he will pay for everything he has done, or wishing the worst on him. But deep down part of me hopes that every year at Christmas he hurts because he gave up on Julie. I prayed for him that he would open his heart to Jesus.

After Church, our small group met up and made homemade pizza! We also practiced our singing. Our group is going to go to the Nursing home in Blanchester to sing Christmas Carols. We also discussed the message and that one person who has hurt us most.

This week is going to be a crazy week because I am on call, but it is my last on call week ever! I am so excited about that!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

The excitement is building! Tomorrow will be my very first Thanksgiving that Scott and I will host at our house on Thanksgiving!! The baking has already started! Missy, Terri, Trish and two of Missy's brothers will be joining us along with my sister, Nichole and her family, and my parents, my friend Jenn and her little boy! I am more than ready for some TURKEY!!!

This year we all have so much to be grateful for. I hope today, tomorrow, and every day after we all remember that! With that being said I hope all of you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

A few pictures to remeber such a wonderful night!

Cookies, Cookies, Cookies!

Poor Patty had to do all the work!

Not a clear pic, but they smelled delicious!!!

Oh wait I was the tester, They were YUMMY!!!

Last night Patty came down to bake cookies. I was a little busy and cranky when she got here, but Patty cheered me up quick!

Hanging with fam!

Tonight my sister, Nichole and Dave came over for dinner. We had Taco's for dinner and cookies and cream ice cream for desert! Then my sister, Lorna and my niece Celia stopped by. I had a full house tonight and I loved it. I love noisy houses!!! It feels so weird when its so quiet. I am not going to lie, once in a while it is nice to have peace and quiet, but I would rather have a full and noisy house than an empty one any day!

Thank you all for the prayers. I am feeling much better, a little sore, but no pain like there was yesterday. I was not expecting the events that happen yesterday at all. I had simply walked or waddled over to someone to ask them a question about the pain and the next thing I know the ambulance was there. '

Jen, I am sorry I am missing the cookie baking this week, but I promise I am baking some cookies and will be there early on Saturday to help set up!

Is the weekend really over already?

Today we said goodbye to one our puppies. It was hard on all of us, but we know it is best for her. She was such a big dog and we just don't have the yard for her. After meeting the people that would raise our puppy, I felt better. She will have so much more room, like 20 acres to run and play in. Scott and I are not home much in the week and hardly ever on the weekends. We were going to find homes for both puppies, but Julie would like to keep one. We are going to test it out and see how Patches does. I don't believe that dogs should be locked up all the time, so I hope it will be better with just the one dog.

Oh and we have a special birthday today! Today is Terri's birthday! Scott, Robin, Julie, my mom and I sang to her over the phone. We didn't get to see her today, but we did get to sing lol.

We also talked to Missy and Trish and they are having a great time!! Both are bummed about missing the live nativity, but were happy to know it will last more than one day!!!

This week is going to be challenge on me. I am now tracking techs on the project side and I will be doing my second to last week of on call. The part that worries me is the late dispatches, because no matter what I have to be at work on time.

Friday night!

Awe I enjoyed relaxing today! I needed it!

Some of the girls from work gave me a gift card for my birthday, so Scott, Nichole, Dave and Abby and I went to dinner tonight. Can you guess where!?! We had a great time hanging out with them and seeing my beautiful but cranky niece. She did sleep the whole time at the restaurant though. We also ran into my step sister, Tiffany. She isn't really our step sister, she was our next door neighbor for 20 years growing up. She pretty much lived with us on the weekends and during the summer, so we have always called her our step sister. It has been almost a year since we have seen her, so it was pretty cool running into her.

Bonnie has booked her plane tickets and will be here December 27Th for our VACA to Tennessee! I am so excited to be able to finally go there. I know it's awful that I have never been there before, but it's true lol.

I am having a hard time with Julie's teacher again. She made some comments to Julie in front of the kids in class that really embarrassed Julie, she also made a comment to her that her dad is not her real dad, but her step dad. I have tried to talk to this teacher, but she feels that she was not out of line to say what she said, needless to say we are waiting on a call back from the Principal to set up an appointment to meet with him.

Scott

I can not believe the freedom I have felt this week. When I walk in the office, my chest doesn't hurt and when I leave I don't leave with a stress headache. I am grateful for this surprising change in my life. But this is not what this blog is about today.

I wanted to write about Scott. I am so very proud of him. The change in his these last few weeks is amazing. He is on fire again and I love love love this side of him. Scott and I have been through so much this past year, but we get through it together as a team and in the end it makes us stronger. I am blessed to have him by my side. This past Sunday Ray's message hit me hard. Scott and I have been through a lot and so much of that was because of putting my work before him. After hearing Ray speak I really felt like I needed to apologize to Scott for that along with many other things. I am looking forward to a night out with Scott, Friday.

Day 1

Today went really well. I seen a lot of shock faces today as I was moving my desk. I must have heard 50 times that I am the heart and soul of dispatch. I am excited to get started with my new team. The atmosphere is so much better over there. It is no where near as tense and the language is kept down. I can already see that I will be much happier there!

Friday is my birthday, so I took the day off. Scott and I will prob go out to dinner and get my licence.Nothing big like Missy and Trish taking some huge VACATION to CALI!!!! Just kidding, you girls deserve it.

I hope every body's week is starting off good.

One little change can make a million more!

When I first heard the news yesterday, I was upset. By the time I made it home from work, I was okay. After talking to the two team leads in the project team I will moving too, I was at peace. By the time I left work this afternoon I was ecstatic. All I can think about is what am I going to do with all the extra time. Do I really get to sleep through the night. Will I really have a night that I can spend loving on my kids and hubby. Will I really have more time to do things I enjoy. More time and energy to be involved with Center Pointe.





I talked to my new PM (project manager) today and he agreed for me to keep my hours and free days for the next three months, plus my vacation. Right now the team I am moving to is at their slower time, which we would be nice (for a couple days) but after a while I would be going crazy. So I will be helping out another project team Monday through Thursday until after my vacation. I am excited about this because of the experience I will get from it. I will now have experience from three different project teams and dispatch. I got a chance last summer to help out a project team for a three weeks (actually it was the team Missy is on now). I really enjoyed it and have wanted to go to projects since, but money has never been right. I make a lot more in dispatch just because of my after hours.



I am excited to see what God has in store for me in the next chapter in my life!

A blessing from God

I have posted before that I have been wanting to switch departments after Christmas. Looks like God is watching out for me and sees how tired I am..... I will be moving departments next week..... I was a little disappointed that I couldn't wait till after Christmas (mainly because of my vacation and extra money for on call) I am promised that I can keep my vacation and on call until after Christmas.

I know this is a blessing from God, because I am just wore out! I will find out whose team tomorrow....

Random thoughts for the day

I am still in complete shock of the elections! I don't understand it and I defiantly do NOT like it, but what Ray said is right. We will be okay. I can not say that I am not scared because I am. I am praying that I am wrong because I can not see this ending good. One thing and the only thing I am okay with is that the United States has voted for the first black president. I just think it's the wrong one. I am holding on to my faith, that this will all work out.

I am confused that Obama can be the president of the United States when he has yet to provide documentation that he is a natural born Citizen. How can that be? What will happen if he is proven not to be a US citizen? Will Biden become president?

I have to say that I am happy to see Clinton County will not be getting a casino! Gambling is such an ugly addiction. It destroys people inside and out. It breaks up marriages and causes so many financial depths. I understand that DHL is shutting down, but there can be so many more things that can be built for jobs.

Bucket List

Today's service was probably one of the most touching moments in my life. Mark you are a true miracle and we all love you! It amazes me that you never lost your faith in all that you went through. I admire you for your strength and trust in the Lord. Ray delivered an awesome message. I love my Sunday's. No matter how bad of a week I have had, just walking into Center Pointe makes it all worth it. It is so amazing to see EVERYONE jump up and help out no matter what or when. There is so many amazing things happening at CP.

Today our small group decided to do it different, we had our group at Larosa's. We had a great time there discussing the sermon and Mark's video. It touched us all and really made us do some thinking. So much thinking that we started talking about our own bucket list, which gave us the idea for our next fun night. Our group is going to host a movie night at the Church next Sunday right after the youth spaghetti dinner. We will be watching "The Bucket List". If you haven't seen it or even if you have you should all come/stay and watch it!

One more important thing

Tonight Scott and I arrived early to pick Robin up from youth group. Alex, Kait, Janelle and the teens were all out side playing monkey in the middle. We had a chance to really see these three with our kids. You guys are awesome. Thank you for all that you do with and for our kids. We couldn't have asked for better role models than these three!