Life has seemed a little overwhelming lately. Overwhelming not in all bad ways.....just busy with what feels like 10,000 things going on. In the midst of our busyness, we feel blessed. Blessed to be children of God, blessed to have each other, blessed to be the parents of Judson, blessed to get to know our foster girl-mom and baby, blessed to live in our little house in our little town, blessed that Matt has a stable job, blessed to live near family, and blessed to have sweet friends to just name a few.
(It's good for me to sit down and stare at the words I just typed and let the gratitude sink deeper into my heart because a grateful heart is a worshiping heart!) Too often this is not my heart.
Psalm 7:17 "I will give to the LORD the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the LORD, the Most High."
We got together with my family over Thanksgiving and celebrated Thanksgiving and Christmas together. We had a sweet time together, and I always soak up being with my sisters because the moments when we are all 4 together are RARE. I have come to understand why my mom would continually tell my sisters and I, in the moments of raging hormonal crashes, that someday we would come to understand that sisters have a special bond. It is not that growing up we never realized that special bond. We just appreciate the sister-bond to a much greater extent now and have learned grace in the midst of those hormonal collisions. :)
Breakfast together waiting on Mark and Ashley to get in town.
The Sibs United: Mark & Ashley, Chase & Aubrey, Matt & I, and Alexandra. Love them all!
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Someone had to be doing something pretty funny behind the camera..........
I very much appreciate my mom and all the work she does when we all come together. She is so thoughtful and I'm thankful for her!
Here is one happy Papa. :D
We celebrated Matt's birthday while in Quincy. Happy 27th to my most favorite, amazing, hunk of a husband!!!!!!!
We enjoyed Matt's birthday present all weekend.
Our grocery fun turned into a friend spotting. Love when I go back home and get to see Kourt! Most of my old friendships have dwindled since I now live in a different state, so I'm grateful that Kourt and I have little opportunities to catch up.
The proof that we had a great Thanksgiving meal.
Alex cracks me up.
I love that she cracks me up! Love her!
One of my favorite things to do when I go back to Quincy is go to TJ Maxx. Alex and I didn't let the fact that we had 2 babies to watch stop us. Good thing they are both well behaved babies.
Lastly, as you can see, Judson loves his Aunt Alex.
To my family---I LOVE AND ALREADY MISS YOU!
