God is so amazing!

Happy Thanksgiving! Well it's been a busy couple of weeks, and some really great news! Eli officially has a job doing night security! Yeah!!! Answered prayer #1! He starts on Monday for his training week, but then he can make it as much part time or full time that he wants. So good. He does however have to shave the facial hair which is going to be interesting, but hey, it's a good job! Our answered prayer #2...there is a guy who wants to buy our condo in January if it's still up for sale!! Yeah!! And to top it off, there are actually 2 or 3 other people interested in it as well! Isn't it amazing how God doesn't just supply, but seems to go above and beyond what we need. It's been so great realizing how faithful He really is. I always knew God was going to provide for us, but sometimes I feel like I need to be doing something more, or I'm doing something wrong if things aren't going exactly as planned. Which is totally wrong. I believe God will always  provide for me and my family, it just might not be in the time or way or thing I think I need.

For Thanksgiving we went over to Matt and Kelly's house. It was great! I made fruit salad, mashed potatoes, roasted asparagus, veggie tray, relish tray, cranberry sauce and brought a pumpkin pie and some crescent rolls. Matt cooked the turkey and Kelly made sweet potatoes, another fruit salad, stuffing, gravy, steamed cheesy broccoli with cauliflower, and an apple pie. It was a great meal. There were other friends that joined us too. It was one big happy family. And tonight we went over again for a left over dinner which was just as good as last night. We are so blessed to have friends like them here. Oh and the kids played ALL day! Zayin was exhausted when we got home, and Zoe was out of it too. What a great day!! Then Kelly and I got up this morning to go Black Friday shopping. Yep. 3am this morning. It was fun and we got some great things. Back at the house by about 7:30am and decided to take Zayin to a couple more stores because Eli and Zoe were still asleep. We had fun too!

I think this might be a short one, just because I'm so tired, but I will try to do another soon! Megan and Isaac and Hannah are visiting in the morning and we are sooooo excited! But that means I need to clean and be ready to cook in the morning, so off to bed for me. Night night!
Love all y'alls!
Crystal

Ok, I have been slacking on the whole blog and update thing. I swear I am trying! It's been going good! We had a good couple of weeks. Tonight we went over to somebody's house for a Prayer Group gathering. It was fun, but there were a ton of people. They had made chili and cornbread, and had veggies, and pineapple, cookies, and drinks. They also watched a movie outside but we left right before they started the movie. The kids were having a blast, but were starting to wear down.  I'm trying to think of what else has happend lately since the last entry. See that's what happens when you wait too long!

Let's see...Oh Halloween! Zayin dressed up as Woody from Toy Story and Zoe ended up being Tigger. They both looked great and had a good time. We went over to a guys house who Eli knew and ate pizza with him, his wife and 2 kids before we went out trick or treating around his neighborhood. They had fun, but Zoe was a little slow for the bigger kids, so she ended up in the stroller which she didn't mind since I put nerds in the snack dish.

Zayin's teacher called us the other day, letting us know that he was going to be given an award last week in chapel and we were welcome to be there. So of course we went! It was super sweet. Zayin didn't know he was getting it, so he was all surprised and didn't know we were there either until he had to walk up and receive it. He got a Sportsman award. They do these Character Trait awards, that encourage the kids to keep up with the good things they are doing. His was for acting the same weather he won or lost and treating everyone the same. I was super proud and he seemed to be proud too. He had to show it to everyone, and then when he got home he said, "Mom! This is so cool, it HAS to get put up!" So he marched over and put it on the fridge, and has shown it to anyone and everyone that has come over or stopped by.

This year I have decided to try and offer Christmas portraits for family's. Just to make a little extra money. I am making a flier this weekend and we will see how it goes. Ya never know unless you try, right? I also went out on a limb and bought a tiny sewing machine to make little things like headbands, pillow cases, and I might try some detail work on t-shirts or onsies. Just trying out new things, and so far I really like it! I made some pillow covers for our couch pillows and Eli seems to really like them. So now for the headbands. Zayin is super excited and wants to help really bad with them so I told him we would try. Wouldn't that just be cute if he loved sewing!

I'm going to end on a shorter and not quite as organized than usual note this time. I apologize that this entry is not as information filled as usual, and I will try and do better! Hope everyone is well, and please continue to pray for us, the Hoberecht family, and Dan's (our new friend) girlfriend and her daughter. Her little girl (2yrs) is incredibly sick and they are not sure what is causing it. She has seizures and is not hitting the milestones she is suppose to be hitting, so please pray for them to stop! Thank you! For all your love and support!
Love-
Crystal