Wishes...

It seems as though the theme for the Christmas season in the retail world this year is "12 days of wishing" and today i have been blessed enough to say that all the things i could have wished for this year, actually came true!

Frank and I closed on our house today!!  its a process we have been pursuing since march of this year and now just in time for christmas, we are once again proud homeowners!  the whole process was so smooth - although not stress free, but it all worked out better than we could have imagined and i give all thanks to God and to those who have been praying for us along the way.  Many of you know of the snags we had been coming up against the last few months and by the grace of God, the way was paved and we have reached the new starting point!

I can't say that this is something i put much thought into from my own heart, 3 years ago when we decided to stay in the house and buy it from Beth, but today - now that we have closed on it, i am feeling something special about the idea of raising my boys in the house their dad grew up in! How awesome, really... and in all truth, this house is perfect for us!  we would have never found this perfect of a situation if we had looked elsewhere, so i believe it to be just one more confirmation that God always has a plan and although we may not understand it right from the start, we have to trust in Him and just go with it.  He knows what He is doing way better than i ever do!

i would love to try and pretend/promise that i could bring you all up to date since my last posting, or even to say that i will still go back and finish the posts from our vacation - but lets be real - i dont think i can even remember what i did last week...so i will try to become more consistant again. a new year is coming and i really would love to keep up my blog again, so that i do have something to look back at when i get to a time in my life when i have the time to remember where the years went! i make no promises, but i can say...the more that hold me accountable to daily blog postings the better your chances are to getting one!  i love a challange, but sometimes i need a reminder!

I hope each and everyone of you is enjoying the beginnings of this holiday season and i hope you are all feeling as wonderfully blessed as we are this year!  God is good and with him, life is amazing!