Happy New Year!

Hello again everyone! I feel awful that I haven't been on here near as much lately. I am SOO far behind on commenting on everyone's blogs, so I may just comment on the latest one and TRY to keep up. We got our computer back a couple days ago. Plus, the busy season is over at work, so I won't be working near as much. Ryan has been working lately, thank goodness. However, his job is temporary, and will only last one month. At the end of January or beginning of February, we will be getting taxes back and plan to take a trip to the Northwest (yes Oregon), and stopping in Colorado, and Montana. We are praying for a change, we MAY be moving, but where to is still unknown. Until we KNOW where we are SUPPOSED to be, we are going to stay put. But I am REALLY in NEED of a change, of getting away from here. Life has been getting better, in most ways. I am thankful that Ryan is working, and for other reasons. But we're not completely out of this trial. But I am confident that we are getting back on track.

We had a GREAT Christmas. I had thought that only half of Ryan's siblings were going to be here (the ones that live here), but the other 2 were able to make it and it turned out to be a great Christmas. I actually made 2 projects before Christmas, for my mother and for my in-laws. I made a picture calendar for 2009. I scrapbooked 24 pages altogether (12 for each family) and took them to Office Depot and they took the pages and made the calendar. They all REALLY loved it, it turned out nice. I couldn't think of anything better to give for Christmas. I somehow forgot to take a picture of Ollie and Sharon opening theirs, but my sister e-mailed me a picture of my mom with hers:

Then came New Years. It was actually not as great. We REALLY wanted to be invited somewhere, anywhere, but no one invited us to come over and spend the evening. That little fact actually brought me to tears. We don't feel like we are even thought of here. But, we watched the countdown on TV, and then went outside right after 12:00 am and lit off some fireworks. There were several people on our street doing the same thing, that was the highlight of the night.

Then yesterday morning, my niece from Colorado called me and said that she had flown in Oklahoma City for a wedding this weekend, and hoped that we could come see her, (because she was without a car). So we got in the van and headed to OKC. Normally we wouldn't be able to afford going to OKC, but the gas prices are AWESOME right now ($1.35)!!!! We didn't do much, just ate lunch and went to see a movie. We watched "Bedtime Stories". It was a pretty good movie. But it was nice to see some family. I always take advantage of that :) I have a nephew that is actually moving to Oklahoma in January. Btu unfortunately he will be on the other side of Oklahoma. He will be about 3 hours from here, but maybe we'll get to see him once in a while.

The first half of 2008 was a great year. My two highlights of 2008 were: Ryan and I got to got to Dallas for our 9th anniversary, and I got to go to Colorado for 1 1/2 months with the kids . Then when I got back from Colorado, things really unraveled. I hope that 2009 will be full of highlights that can be remembered forever. There are several big things in 2009 that I do have to look forward to: Mine and Ryan's 10th anniversary, my best friend's (from high school) wedding in Colorado, my 10th high school reunion (also in Colorado), and HOPEFULLY a fun trip , and POSSIBLY a big move for us :) I hope everyone else has a HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Merry Christmas!!!

Besides being super busy, our computer hard drive went out, so I've been without a computer. I am using my in-laws' computer. I don't have any bit of news in my life, I really just wanted to wish all of you a very MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!

My elf family

Hello again. It has been a very long time, for me, since my last post. I can't even start to explain how busy I've been in the last couple weeks. I really appreciate all of your kind words, it has helped me a lot. Things are going a little better, but we're not out of this trial yet. I haven't been able to get into the Christmas spirit yet. But this video below helps a little :) Any of you can create a video like the one below, it is a LOT of fun!!!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Writer's block...AGAIN

Hey everyone. I first of all want to apologize about not being on here as much since my trip to Colorado this summer. After getting out of the habit of posting blogs, I just can't seem to get back into the groove. Plus, I've had A LOT of ups and downs in my life happen. Mostly downs. I'm not really myself lately. Please continue to pray for my family. My husband and I have been through some rough times in the last few months. The adversary is REALLY trying to split us up. He hasn't worked in over 2 months, and I've found myself losing my patience with him. That's why I've been working lately, so we would have SOME income, certainly not even close to enough to pay all of our bills. We are in a desperate situation. Something needs to change, and FAST. We can't keep going like this. So please, keep us in your prayers, and please continue to have patience with my blogging, I will return to my old self, after these trials pass. I care for each and every person that I've gotten to know. Until next time, take care :)

Pics from Halloween

I know this is a little late for these, but better late than never :) Here is the whole group of children that went trick or treating (lots of Star Wars ;) There was Derrick - (SW) Clone Trooper, Jordan - (SW) Clone Trooper, September - Cleopatra, Bradley - Scary clown, Dylan - (SW) Storm Trooper, Autumn - Pink cat, Blake - (SW) Obi Wan Kenobi, Aiden - Batman, Wynter - Brown cat, Anakin - (SW) Darth Vader (BTW, Darth Vader's real name in the movie is Anakin Skywalker, so I thought it was cute that they made Anakin...Anakin), and Taylor - a zombie. The kids had a blast!

Ryan's pumpkin

Me and my WONDERFUL sister-in-law, and even more... FRIEND, Melissa