Winter Wonderland part 2

More to our adventure.

I love the snow!

Kaci, chillin on the tube! She was the hog and wouldn't let Buster && Piper or Kodi have it!

Kodi wanted those swans so bad!


We had a picnic here last August!

Winter Wonderland!

Isn't it gorgeous!

Lake Barcis [bar-ch-is], in the winter of course!

The water is so blue its craziness.

We went through this tunnel, that leads to Barcis, which is LONG, like a mile or two long, and when the mouth of it opened, we saw what you would see in a move...literally a Winter Wonderland!

It was so pretty. And Nick, being the Arizona boy he is, was speechless!

Our Thanksgiving...

Was great! We had a lot of people over, probably near 20. It was hectic in a sense..mostly when the turkey wouldn't get done....but after we started eating it was aweswome.

We think our thermometer is shot. The internal tempurature of the turkey never reached over 120 and was suppose to be 180....it obviously was, but our thermometer didn't say so. Because when we finally decided to give up and just see what it looked like [we cooked it in a bag] it was literally falling off the bone, and so we were like, yeahhh its done. Haha.

We had everyone bring sides and desserts, while our main food was the turkey's, yes two. The food was great, great people and tons of fun!

We played Guitar Hero World Tour. That is always fun with a bunch of people. And we played PIT. Its a card game and its a loud one!

I'm glad that we had these wonderful friends here, our Air Force Family, to spend the holiday with. I mean none of us are remotely close to our families, considering we are an ocean away. So it was great!

Thank you all who came and joined with us and for the food and your company!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone has a great Thankgiving and has lots to be thankful for! I know I DO!

I am addicted!

So I started reading the Twilight series....I honestly just wanted to see what all the hype was about. I went to the library to see if they had it, I surely didn't want to buy it if I didn't like it. But there is such a long waiting list, my name was number 42!

So I went to the BX to see if they had it and all. They did. Small paperback, cheap. Perfect. Well I read it in 2 days. Today I went and bought the second one! I have only read a little...I am hesistant to pick it up right now, cause there are things that I should be doing, with our Thanksgiving guests coming on Thanksgiving....and I know if I pick the book up, I will not put it down! I read from 11p to 4am this morning. Literally till my eyes would not stay open. I mean it helps since Nick is on mids[nightshift] but I really have things to do haha. But I so want to just pick it up and read!

More from our Snow Day

Here's more!

My baby boy!
&& My baby girl!

First time in snow, she loved it, OBVIOUSLY!

MY FAVE

Kissy kissy

Snow Day!

So we did our pictures today. No, I'm not posting the one we're using for our Christmas card, that would be no fun! But I will post some good 'ons!

We're so cute!
My bestest friend, My hubby!

We have fun! Loads and Loads!

We are family!!

Hailey and Hunter. So cute.

Words of Wisdom

These are just some points I jotted down during our Ladies Retreat the begining of Oct. I just find them very uplifting and thought I would share.

We're all born into sin. Once we get saved we still have that sinful nature/old nature.
---Spirit and Flesh are always at war.
---Whichever once[spirit/flesh] you feed more is the one that will win.

*God's love is not earned, its unconditional! He will always love you and me no matter what happens in our lives or what we do.

~We are all created for God's pleasure & for His Glory. He's not here for our plans, we're here for His.

God is soveriegn. Meaning: He is in control of everything and over everything!

^If Satan touches anyone [family, friends, ect] it is God's will. Satan does not go out of the Lord's will. He cannot.

**Nothing happens by accident! Everything has a reason, we just might not ever know it!

+Don't worry about tomorrow, God's already there!

~We have free choice, but He knows what we will choose before hand, therefore, He always has a plan.

^Don't take life for granted. Don't assume you'll be an old person when you die.

*Live everyday, like its your last.

-Sin always brings consequences.

We need to learn that its not on our time, He knows when we're ready for certain things in our lives [ministry, marriage, children, ect]. He knows when we're ready for the next step.

Col 1:16-18
He brings difficulties for His reasons.

Deut. 8:2
He tests us. He humbles us. He refines. us.

Question:
How intimate are you with the Lord?

The real question is: Not what we're doing fo rHim but how welldo we know Him personally?



Our we "all ear"? Most of us are all mouth...we need to learn to listen to Him.

Just because..

I just wanted to update those who read this.

All is well over here. More than well, its very wet! Its been raining nonstop today. And we had about 3 days with barely any rain, but still no sunshine, for the past 3 weeks. Lovely!

Fall is here! Haha.

I don't mind the rain. Only reason it bothers me is the dogs can't just be outside....or I can't walk them without having the nasty wet dog smell...so for them, it sucks.

Other than that I love laying on the couch, listening to the rain, reading...oh so relaxing!

Nick is on days. His car is broken. Blah. He hasn't really looked at it either just because the weather has been so nasty. And its at his shop. So he has been taking my car and I have been tagging along with whomever lets me. Haha.

We are going to the squadron Christmas party. I am pretty excited. Its the 6th.

Thanksgiving is around the corner! I am so excited. We have most of the stuff we need for our big bash, but still need a few more things. We are going to have around 15 people here! Whew!

Which reminds me, I really need to call outdoor rec to see how far in advance I need to reserve 2 tables and 6 chairs....Hmm.

I'm done Christmas shopping. Have been for a month now, minus just a couple little things here and there.

I turned the heaters on. I think being on the end, makes our house colder because our neighbors don't have theirs on and their house isn't nearly as cold...but they are hugged by two other families on each side...so maybe that is why.

I am taking some Christmas pictures next week of Baby Baylie. I am excited, I've got some cute ideas...so I'll show those on my photo blog when we do them!

Ok thats all for now!

Love you all!