survived christmas

well, another christmas has come and gone and now we are facing a new year. We are having a new years party, hopefully it will go off without a hitch. We have playstation, movies, ping pong, board games and LOTS of food. That should keep everyone at least somewhat entertained. Christmas was okay, did get to see hubbys cousin from florida, that was cool, she got to meet Lexie. Got a lot of cool stuff for Christmas, and hubby did as well. Lexie made out like a bandit, lots of cool toys and of course more outfits. She is well blessed! The most exciting thing, hubby made the final decision to go back and finish his degree (in general construction) and then go on and get a degree in heating and cooling (furnaces and refrigeration), we are really excited. He is a little nervous, he has been out for 8 years. But all the credits from the classes he took before are still transferable so he doesn't have to take any english classes, he is thrilled that is his weak point! He starts class on Jan. 8th. I think he will do just fine! Thus far he has a GPA of 3.5. People were pretty shocked, we have been talking about it for a long time it was just getting the gutts to go back. We just didn't want to tell anyone in case it didn't happen. Yeah, I know he has a good job now and he makes good money and blah blah blah (that is what people keep commenting on, why would you do that when you already have such a good job) but it isn't the job he loves, he doesn't hate it, but he doesn't love it, he wants a job that he really enjoys going to work every day and still make good money. and his hours aren't great now and seniority wise he won't be able to change that for quite a few years, and he wants a day job with weekends off by the time Lexie is in school, so he can go to volleyball games or basketball games and 4-h shows and whatever else she may decide to join. He wants to be an involved dad, he already is as much as he can be, but as she grows this schedule will become awful, with the new job it will be so much better. So now I guess I will become a "single" wife of a college student, for the next few years, but it will work out in the end. Some really close friends of ours just went through it, (he just graduated 2 weeks ago)--CONGRATS TODD, I AM SO PROUD OF YOU:) and so if they can do it, we can too! It is just gonna be hard at times but we will just pray through it. God is so good!

christmas snow is magic

I have a tradition that I watch Frosty the snowman around Christmas time and I was babysitting my neice this week, so I thought what better time than now to watch it with her. Well as I was watching I was listening to santa talk about the magic of christmas snow and I started thinking. Snow does make christmas seem more magical, and we are definitely gonna lack that this year! Most years you can sit at the window and watch it float down. The window get a little foggy, you reach out and draw or write something on the glass. You just feel a sense of peace, and you are lost in your thoughts. And it feels like christmas, you feel like it is okay to dream and dream big, there is no limit. It is a feeling of escape from reality even if only for a few moments. It is well....magical... It is hard for me to get fully into the Christmas spirit with rain and warm weather which as most people from Indiana can testify, this has not been our normal december! I just wish that we could have snow for a few days before christmas, then on christmas eve and day of, then the day after it can start to melt and be gone by new years, it is just not christmas without at least a little bit of white. but like or not christmas is fast approaching and I must remeber the true meaning of christmas! Merry Christmas to all!!