Chritmas Party

The Women's Ministry at my church is called, Joy Ladies, and we had our Christmas party last night. I enjoy hanging out with these ladies so much and we had the best time.

My Pastor's wife, Kathy, is the one with patch on her eye. She poked herself in the eye with her mascara brush and ended up having to go to the eye doctor and found out that she had a bristle from the brush stuck in her cornea....bless her heart!

This is me and baby Sam, who I am just in love with. That look on his face is priceless..he had just woke up and wasn't quite sure what was going on yet. His mom, Stacy, is on our worship team at church and I am usually the one that gets to hold him on Sundays. We have this sweet bond now. Literally every Sunday, I get him and he lays his head on my shoulder and falls asleep during the entire worship. Stacy said that he only does that with me...awww!

Linda, the hostess, has dress up clothes for her grandchildren and we had fun putting wigs on Samuel. He was so cute because we all cheered and clapped when he came out with the wig and he loved all the attention. Don't you think he makes a pretty girl :)

....and here's Tina. This is my favorite one! He was so funny waving at everyone and clapping with us.

We also ate good food, played games, and had a kitchen towel and Christmas sock exchange.

Monday, we are off to PA. Please pray for good weather and safety as we travel. I turned on the t.v. today and saw the headline "2009 Blizzard in the Northeast" and called dad. He said that we should be fine, that the part of PA we are headed to is not being affected by the worst of storm and the weather will be sunny on Monday through Wednesday. Of course we will be watching the weather closely and taking our time.

Women's Worship Weekend

This weekend a group of ladies from my church were invited to go to the Abiding Place in Centerville for a women's worship weekend. Bob and Teresa Nix are close friends with my pastor and his wife and they have come to our church and ministered to us several times. They have a beautiful home out in the country called the, Abiding Place, where they hold retreats and conferences throughout the year. The last time Teresa came to Joy Church she felt that the Lord told her to invite us to the Abiding Place and have a women's worship weekend. 14 ladies came from my church, including my sister Stephanie, and we had a wonderful time.

Joy Ladies

I am so thankful that Stephanie got to come. We had so much fun together and it was a great mother-daughter-sister bonding time!

Me and Sara

Sara and her sister Cecilia are on the worship team at my church and they did the worship all weekend. They write most of their own songs and they are so anointed and gifted in what they do. Hopefully, this year they will be recording a worship CD with their own songs on it and I can't wait to get it!

The Abiding Place

The Abiding place is literally out in the middle of nowhere off country, dirt roads. Stephanie had the address and put it in her GPS so she thought she would be able to find it without any problem. The GPS lead her to an old, abandoned house off this dark, dirt road. We laughed about it later because she was thinking, "What kind of place is this?" Mom and I got lost too, but we eventually all got there safe and sound.

The pond in the backyard

We woke up Saturday morning to this view, coffee and stuffed french toast! I was a very happy lady :) Teresa spoiled us this weekend with delicious food and desserts.

I just got a new camera and I enjoyed taking pictures of the house.

Birdhouses on the front porch.

Every room in the house is named after a fruit of the spirit and the pillow cases and towel sets are monogrammed with that name on it. We slept in kindness! The bedrooms are decorated so cute. I love how she decorates...it is so cozy,warm and inviting.

Front door

I feel so refreshed after this weekend and everybody kept saying how much they needed a weekend like this. We talked, worshiped, shared our hearts, relaxed, ate lost of really great food, cried, laughed, and got to know each other better. I am so thankful for my church family. I feel so blessed to know each one of these women and they have really become like family to me.

Let is Snow!

Yes, you are seeing snow in Southeast Texas! This makes the second year in a row and I am loving it. I went to work this morning and all everyone was talking about was the possibility of snow today. Finally, around 3:00 one of my students came in the room and told us it was snowing! I took my class outside and let them watch it fall on the playground. I was just as excited as they were. What a perfect start to December! Mom talked to dad and Glenn today and they were shocked that we got snow before they did (they are in Pennsylvania). Who would have guessed?

This was the view from the front door when I got home from work.



The snow just starting to come down!


As it got later, the snow really started to fall.

Mom's birthday is this Sunday and she loved her early birthday present :)

I love love love this picture with the snow and the Christmas tree in the window. The snow started to accumulate on the ground and the roof and it was so beautiful!

Snow falling in the night sky

This just makes me happy!

View from the front porch at night.

This was such a wonderful surprise! I hope this continues every year. I already love this time of year and this just put the icing on the cake. After standing in the cold taking tons of pictures we went inside and ate a hot bowl of chili. We don't get to experience this often so I hope you enjoyed the snow today as much as I did!