Oh how I love my little silly

Macey is by far my silliest child.  Oh how she makes me laugh. Her teacher has told me so many times that she brings a lot of laughter to the class.  Of course, it wasn't until I substituted in her class that I realized that was a nice way of saying she is the class clown!  Wonder where she got that?  She has a very laid back personality which means that very little bothers her, and she gets along great with everyone.  What a sweetie she is.  Here is a picture of her new look, and a memory I don't want to forget.


Abby  "Look at the picture I made in art class today."

Macey "Oh Abby, that's wonderful.  You are such an artist!" (didn't I tell you she was a sweetie!!!)
            " I am not that great at art, but I really wish I was.  I am going to be an art teacher when I grow up,
              and being an artist would really come in handy."

Macey lost her two top teeth, and she cut about seven inches off her hair all in the same week.

The Grace of God

Yes, I am back...finally!  All you people nagging me can relax now.  :)  This was the last post I typed and then apparantly never posted!  I will share it with you now even though it is a little dated. More to come...


I can't seem to get caught up on my blog.  A month flew by without one single post from me.  I was determined not to let the Christmas season overwhelm me this year like it does so often.  I'm a sucker for getting roped into helping with EVERYTHING, especially when it comes to my girls.  I just can't seem to say no.  This year, my plan was simply to stear clear of anyone who might be asking me to plan a party or bake two dozen cookies for a class.  It's not that I didn't want to help, but I wanted this year to be relaxed.  My goal was to make this Christmas clam, stress free, and more about Jesus (which is really why we celebrate). However, sometimes life just has different plans.

About a month ago, Bret's mom called and needed to go to the ER for what she thought was a bladdar infection.  She did have the infection, but the doctor also discovered a tumor on her kidney which turned out to be cancer.  There went our quiet, stress-free Christmas season.  It was scary, overwhelming, and exhausting.  I hurt for Piage knowing what she must be going through emotionally.  I didn't really know how to help Bret except to be there for his mom as much as I could.  This led to after school care for the girls and a lot of Nani time!  In the middle of all of this, I realized that this was just one example of God's grace for us.  Paige could have gone on for a long time with the cancer and never known it.  It is often times symptom free until it is to late to treat it.  Going into the ER and discovering her cancer the way she did possibly saved her life.  She lost a kidney,  but she is cancer free.  How wonderful it is to know that Jesus is always looking out for us.  That even though we don't deserve it (and none of us do), we still have his grace poured out over us.  So this year, even though I am exhausted, I am also so very thankful that He saved such an important part of our family.  What a great reminder this Christmas of what is really important, and who we should be focusing on!