Merry Christmas!! It's been a rollercoaster of a month so far! Crazy, crazy, crazy! I did get my Christmas cards addressed, stuffed, and mailed all by Monday!! Yee haw!! I was actually shocked at how many I ended up sending out. A whopping 100 cards. Yep, sounds crazy, but I was actually short a few. Still trying to figure out what to do about that. I have almost all the shopping done too! I am on a roll. House is decorated, most of the presents wrapped, shopping done, cards done, update letters done, and we will finish the gingerbread house tomorrow. I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas! Be blessed! This is my new favorite scripture: "May mercy, peace and love be lavished on you." (Jude 1:2) I pray this for all of our friends and family this holiday season! We miss you and love you more than we can express!!
Zayin had his Christmas program this week. It was so stinking cute! He picked his pink button up shirt to wear with a pink tie he borrowed from Caleb, and dark jeans with his black shoes. He looked so handsome! The kids did great! They all sang the words, did the motions, and nobody really goofed off or anything. What a great group of kids. Then Caleb and Aren came over to play for a while. He has really been into writing and coloring lately. And is getting really good. Usually he has me write something and then he copies it under my writing. It's weird how they just pick that stuff up.
Eli started work last night. He got a call around 4pm, and they needed him to work 12 hours last night, tonight, and possibly Monday too. That's a bunch of hours in a short amount of time. It's good though, we are getting to a point where we could use the money. He was nervous, but excited at the same time. I hope he has a good night. He said he did pretty good last night, besides being dog tired anyways.
Zoe is as crazy as usual. She cracks us up! Everywhere all the time, and she is faster than any kid I have ever seen. It's amazing what she gets into. Zayin has now taught her how to unlock the dead bolt on the door, way to go big brother! That's ok though, at least my life is never boring!
I am busy, busy, busy! Like I said at the beginning...Christmas decorations, Christmas tree, presents, wrapping, cards, letters, gingerbread house, cookies, stockings, dinners, etc... Just being a mom is enough for me, but when you add all the other stuff it seems to get exhausting! But I love it anyways. The next few days calls for serious cleaning and organizing! I'm kinda excited, I think I might ask Kelly to watch the kids for an afternoon so I can clean, organize, and maybe take Eli shopping for the last couple things for the kids. She is such a huge help!!
I guess the only other thing I can think of right now is sad. Our dear friend, Phil Hoberecht passed away last night. He was Todd's dad. It was not a shock, but still heartbreaking. Eli and I are having a hard time with the fact that we won't be able to be there for the funeral and just for them in general. I think it's the hardest thing we have had to deal with since we have been here. It's so sad, and it's...I don't have any words. Please pray for his family, and for all who knew him. He was a vibrant, caring, adventurous, loving, kind, joyful, sweet man. And we will miss him dearly. Very dearly. Merry Christmas Daddy Hoberecht.
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