it's a beautiful day

After so long without a blog post I'm beginning to feel rather guilty! It's been way too long since I've posted, and yes, I'm prepared to say that it's mostly because of Facebook and Buzz. But this post is to make up for that long absence. :)

A few snippets from my life and the life of my family...

William's feeling high on the hog these days...

Emma likes rain.
And we all know what rain makes!

Dancing doesn't happen often enough these days. But we managed to do some at the last Consistory meeting. Fun stuff. :)

Some people are getting married in May...

We can never get enough of our friends!!!! So what better way to spend time with them then to go on a picnic in freezing weather??

Practice for Tiff's wedding at Liberty Day was eventful and fun. :)

Summer approaches and that means brightly colored summer clothes.

Joel McDurmon, R.C. Sproul Jr., Gary Demar and Dad the Sunday after the American Vision Worldview Conference.

William's looking so grown up these days...*sigh*



So is Caleb...




And James!!!!! ;)

There's never too much food on Sundays! Look at the beautiful feast!

Me and Tiff. I'm going to miss her so much.

living it up {aka goofiness}

(we're not as frightening as we seem. :))

Some more: Here

Christmas Day

Morning.

Snow covered rooftop, lights on the trees...

The sound of singing I hear down every street

Families have gather from miles away

Oh Merry Christmas, it's Christmas Day

You see that old tree down cotton lane

Those lights keep shining it's always the same

We hear the church bells ring out to say

Oh Merry Christmas. It's Christmas day

See the lights and hang the stockings

Decorate with green and red

Made the cookies for old santa

Made a runway for his sled

Singing carols on a sleigh ride

Gather 'round the manger scene

Open presents and read the letters

And together we will sing A Merry Christmas

Joy to the world

For every nation

for every boy and girl

Let's light a candle

for peace we pray

Oh Merry Christmas

It's Christmas day

Ooooooh

It's Christmas Day.

*Michael W. Smith and Mandisa, Christmas Day



Evening

A wonderful Christmas Day feast was followed by a Christmas night feast with our dear friends, the Sanfords.

The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. ~Burton Hillis

For centuries men have kept an appointment with Christmas. Christmas means fellowship, feasting, giving and receiving, a time of good cheer, home. ~W.J. Ronald Tucker

Christmas is not as much about opening our presents
as opening our hearts. ~Janice Maeditere

Perhaps the best Yuletide decoration is being wreathed in smiles. ~Author Unknown

I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Happy New Year, Y'all!

(A post about Christmas Day is coming soon. :))

I know what you're thinking. And yes, I know that I have been terrible about blogging. Well if it does any good, I *have* been fairly busy. Well, fairly may be putting it lightly. I have been *very* busy and I'll leave you to guess what I've been busy with. *cough* Okay, so the library has been a very frequented place lately by yours truly. I don't know why (maybe it's the coldness on my part of the earth at this moment in time.) but winter tends to get me reading more then usual. And if you knew how much reading I do *usually* you'd really understand what a big statement that is. *cough again* You anti-bookworms probably can't relate, but books are one of the best things in life. One of the *very* best things. I amore them.

Anyway, moving on. Dad's 50th Birthday was Monday. We had a surprise party for him on the Saturday before that. He was completely sorprendido (a.k.a. shocked.) and not expecting a bit of it. I love it when we get away with stuff like that. You know? Dad's usually are pretty hard to keep secrets from. But it was successful and we were very happy. I hope we communicated in the party, just a little bit, of how much we love him. He's wonderful.

Sometime before that (Okay, in November.) my sister Tiffany was proposed to by Ben Hector and they are officially engaged to be married. Let me tell you, those of you who've never had a sibling get married, it's one of the strangest and most difficult things. Well, for me anyway. Tiff's my best friend and I'm very contento for her. So join me in wishing her congratulations! :) Or you can just go tell her so yourself on her blog, www.itsthesimplethings.blogspot.com

So I finally saw "Penelope". I'd always heard people raving about it and I'd never actually gotten around to seeing it when everyone else did. (Maybe I was too busy reading...) But I finally watched it and was very enchanté. It was adorable and sweet and funny. All that a Chick Flick should be. *smile* So, go watch it if you're like me and haven't yet.

I know that more has happened, but I can't seem to recall much of it at the moment. Well, besides the things I've already told y'all, that is.

In closing, I hope that each of you have a Merry Christmas season. Oh, and I will try and blog more often.


Joyeux Noël,

jessica