Our Awesome Christmas

We were so blessed to have our own Christmas eve at home.  It is such a wonderful tradition.  In the past we have had Christmas eve and day with Jeff’s family.  I have really enjoyed the time with my husband and the kids.  We start out the night with the bible and the story of [...]

What happened to Christ in Christmas?

Last night I took Jeff to work and then picked up Luke from work.  I was noticing all the decorations and the pretty lights.  I kept thinking, something is missing, but what?   When I got home, I did little decorating and I came to my nativity scene and then it hit me.  There are no [...]

Hello everyone!!!!

I have a lot to share with all of you.  Today is my oldest son’s birthday.  Luke is now seventeen years old.  I still can not believe that he is such a handsome young man.  Where does the time go?  Yesterday the family got together and celebrated Luke and his grandmother’s birthday.  It was an [...]

A little house cleaning

Jeff and I have been doing some work around our home.  Last night we were visited by a man who may be able to replace all the windows in our home.  I hope that this is true and the house will start looking awesome.  Jeff and I, with the help of all the kids. We [...]

God is so good!

 God is so good and I tell you, He has been blessing us so much.  First of all, He has provided money for food, so we have has three meals a day.  This is big for me, I really worried about food, but God is good and He provided.Then I have to tell you that [...]

I am learning about contentment

 The other day, the old Tanya crept in and I started to see some old habits.  Later on, Jeff had noticed the old Tanya also and he made a comment.  See, in the past, I have had some jealousy issues towards Jeff’s sister.  It was not her, it was me.  I can not tell you why, [...]

Random Thoughts 2

This morning I got up with Jeff and got his things ready for work.  After he takes his shower and gets dressed, he will sit on the couch and doze.  I sat there in the living room with him and noticed this bright yellow hue coming through our mini blinds.  I got up and looked [...]

A New Road to Faith

Last week our brother in law called and was asking us some questions about the space in our house.  Actually meaning do we have space to house them for a couple of months.  At first, I freaked out.  This house is not as big as you think.  But, I also started thinking about the past [...]

Introduction of another family member.

This is our Rudy. We got Rudy in December of 1999, he was born on September 7th, 1999 which is Melanie’s birthday. He is the sweetest dog. He loves the kids and he is always acting like a protector of the home. He loves to play and play and play. He reminds me of that [...]

Fruit flies, UGH!

 I can not stand bugs, they swarm all over and they get into food etc. I also hate to spray toxic chemicals or put out things that could cause harm to the family. So, I did some research this morning and found an all natural way to get rid of fruit flies.

Here are some other [...]