Good Friday morning!!  Yay!!!  Last day of school for two weeks!!  Today is pajama day at school and of course Christmas party day too.  I am in my pajamas this morning ready to have some fun with the kids.

Here are a couple more pictures of Tyler.  I take pictures just about everyday of him.  Here he is by a snowman.  He has the same grin that Jenna had when she was that age.

Here is a funny one of him looking at Nanie thinking "Do I have to take a picture with the gingerbread guy?"  Ha!

Going to be getting things all ready for Christmas this weekend.  I am hosting Christmas Eve at my house this year.  So excited about that!  Getting together some fun things to do.

Christie Ellis:  Having a blast with the 12 days of Christmas!  Love everything!  Hope your cold doesn't get worse and that you feel much better soon.

Thank you all so much for keeping me in your prayers.  I have a real peace about everything.

Keeping this short this morning.  Have lots to do before I leave for work.  Have a fabulous Friday!  Today is another gift from God and He is so Good!!  Thank you God for children and grandchildren. 

Do you eat or make fruitcake???

Good morning!!!  This picture is for Terrie Olstowski.  Yep Terrie......this is proof that we are wearing our reindeer antlers at work.  The kids love it!  Did you wear yours this year?

Only two more days of school left and we are off for two weeks!  The staff is ready and so are the kids.  Tomorrow is pajama day at our school.  I love that because you go to work in total comfort.  Santa Claus also makes a special trip from the North Pole to visit all the classrooms at our school.  It will be fun!

Still no sign of Lola.  Mike and I have decided not to get another dog until we put up a fence.  So slowly we will start to build one (as $ and time allows) and hopefully have one up by summer.  We need to have one up anyways for Tyler.  Thank you for praying for her.  I still miss her tons.

Had a great time with you yesterday Cheryl and Patty.  Happy Birthday again to you Patty McDonald!

Will you all pray for Peggy Dale's dad Pastor Jackson?  Please pray for the whole family.  Pastor Jackson's health is not good and it has been a little hard on the family.  Pray for strength and encouragement.  Love you Peg.  Let Mike and I know what we can do to help!

Lorraine....I added you to my prayer list.  I am sorry about the loss of your dad.  I will be praying for comfort and peace for you and your whole family.

Mary Jo.......got it!!!  Thank you!!!!

I know people will be starting to travel for the holidays.  Please pray for safety on their trips.

Have a wonderful day everyone!  Today is another gift from God and He is so Good!!!  Thank you God for strength, mercy and grace!  Thank you for the birth of your son Jesus.

Do you like egg nog???????

Good morning!!  How is your week going?  I had bought this ornament a couple of years ago and when Tyler was born I decided to put this picture in it.  He looks like he is singing Joy to the World......ha ha!!  He has really changed a lot hasn't he?

Everything went really well yesterday with the MRI brain scan.  I won't know the results until Monday.  My appointment with the neurosurgeon is at 11:15.  However, they did bloodwork too.  The results to that are still surprisingly low.  Everything....the white cell count, red cell count, hemoglobin and platelet counts are all out of range low.  They did not move up at all from last month.......I mean nothing at all.  The only good thing is that they did not drop at all.  I will need continuous prayer that I don't catch any sickness.  I also have to continue to force myself to rest more.  I will see what my oncologist wants to do next when I see him the beginning of January.  I have told you all that my full body PET scan is on the 28th......it is on the 29th of December.  Thanks for praying.

I am thanking God everyday for feeling as good as I do and that I am able to be back to work and out and about. Praising Him for healing me of cancer.  Do I get tired at the end of the day?  Oh yes.  That is why I am pretty good about resting and taking all of my vitamins.

Lola is still missing.  My family is so grateful for all of the support we have received since she has been missing.  Not only are family members looking for her.....so are neighbors and people that we don't even know.  Most have told us they think she was taken.  I just hope and pray that if that is the case that they are taking good care of her.  That is the only way I can get through this.  I miss her very much.

Please continue to pray for those that have lost loved ones lately.  Christmas is very hard on their families.  Pray for peace and for them to find a little joy somewhere through out this season.  Let them know you love them too.

Have a great day everyone!  Today is another gift from God and He is so Good!!  Thank you God for the little joys you give to us everyday.

Not counting today.....only 8 more days to be ready for Christmas!  The celebration of the birth of our Savior!  Are you about ready?

Good morning!!  Jenna needed to go to the grocery store yesterday afternoon so while she was gone Tyler and I decided to have a photo shoot.  He has now started to see our facial expressions good and just smiles so big.  He and I had a lot of fun taking pictures.  I think he is going to be a ham for the camera.  Isn't he just so darn cute? 

Another one.

And another one.  He smiled for me the whole time.  Oh I love this little guy so much!

Here is a picture of Lola.  She is still missing and I am not giving up on her yet.  I know somebody has seen her.  I am still praying that she comes home soon.  I have a real peace from God that she is safe.  A big thanks to everyone who is praying for her and who has looked for her.  Our family appreciates it so much.

I would like to congratulate Jonathan & Nora Dale who announced that they are expecting their first child in July.  Also to Tommy and Rachel Dale who are expecting their second child in July also.  Mickey and Peggy are going to be in heaven with all of these little ones!

Christie Ellis:  I got your e-mail!  Thanks!

Teri Sulli:  I got it! Thank you and Nick!

And HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my dear sweet friend Lisa Alloway.  Hope you have a wonderful day!

Thank you all for the encouraging comments, e-mails and phone calls about my brain scan.  It is today.  God has given me a real peace about the whole thing.  The waiting for results is hard.  I am luckily very busy this time of year so hopefully time will pass by fast.  I go and see my neurosurgeon next Monday. 

Only 4 more days left of work before we have our two week Christmas break.  I am having so much fun with the kids at school this week.  There is so much excitement in the air about Christmas.  Love it!

Have a fantabulous day everyone!!  Today is another gift from God and He is so Good!!  Thank you God for peace that passes all understanding!

Did you get any poinsettias yet this year?  I always pick some up but haven't yet this year.  I need to go and do that.

 Good Monday morning!!  How was your weekend?  I had a great weekend filled with all kinds of fun things to do.  Jenna, Mike and I baked about 10 different kinds of cookies on Saturday.  Tyler was real good while we were doing that.  Then we all went to the "Gilbert" Family party.  We had such a great time there.  Mike's brothers really know how to cook good.  We were all stuffed!  It's great just being able to hang out with the family and laugh!

Then Mike and I went to my work party after that.  When I got there I was surprised to see that Santa Claus had made it to the party too.  I LOVED IT!!!  Turns out it is my sweet friend Shelly Osuna.  She did a fabulous job playing Santa!  Thanks Shelly!  Thanks also to Jesse and Gloria Silva for opening up their home to us for the party.  That was a ton of fun and Mike and I laughed a lot.  I have awesome co-workers!

On our way home we were shocked to see fire trucks surrounding our friends Cheryl and Lonnie's house.  Sure enough the smoke alarms went off in their house and there was smoke everywhere.  It seems to have been a problem with the central heater.  Once that was shut down things started to get better.  We are so thankful to God that they were home when it happened and that their house didn't burn down.  I was so happy that we came by when we did so we could be there for them.  Cheryl and Lonnie were cool as cucumbers though.  God was in control.  Please keep them in prayer this week as the job of getting rid of smoke filled everything is a lot of work.

Church was awesome yesterday and it was great seeing our sweet friend Sierra Vanleeuwen get baptized!

CHARGERS WON!!!!!  WoooooHoooooo!!!!!  Go San Diego!!  This week we host the Cincinnati Bengals.  Broncos lost yesterday so that puts us up two games ahead in our division!!

Lorri Cavins.....I got your message on FB and will reply back this evening.

So nice to spend some time with you yesterday Denise!  Great talking to you yesterday Mary Jo!!

Lola is still missing and my heart is broken.  I pray that she will still find her way home soon.  I pray that she is safe and warm and being taken care of.  We still continuously look for her. 

My brain scan is tomorrow.  Please pray that goes well and the results are great! I won't know results until Monday the 21st.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!  Have a fantabulous day today!!  Today is another gift from God and He is so Good!!  Thank you Jesus for being the reason for the season!

Have you finished your shopping yet???  Wrapped all of the gifts??  My shopping is done......the wrapping of gifts........nope......not yet.