Excited!

I love the holidays and all the time that I get to spend with friends and family!

Tonight is our Thanksgiving service at church and we are truly blessed with special guest from Northridge Church praise team! They are so uplifting and exciting! I always feel so uplifted after they have lead worship! Holy Spirit is always strong when they are around!

Thanksgiving mom and Kevin are coming to town and we get to spend a nice day at home with them and the kids! Its so nice that we don't have to travel to much for the holidays! The travel always made the holidays so stressful and we don't have to have that added stress.

We are still working away on the Christmas Musical! Things are coming together nicely and we just can't wait for the show. The next few weeks will be very busy as we get ready for the show, but it is exciting to see it all come together!

This year we get to have Chelsea and Matthew for the majority of their holiday break. I am also blessed to have the time off. Its nice for the five of us to be home just enjoying each other! Well I say that now. By the end of nearly two weeks together, we all may want our space, we shall see!! LOL

This holiday season will be so enjoyable, I just can't wait for it to get started!

Out of the Mouth's of Babes

So Jacoba being 4 always comes up with things that either make me cringe or make me roll on the floor with laughter. Sunday evening was not exception. We went over to Ryan and Amy's to watch the premier of 24. Great night, with great friends! On the way home was when the magic happened. A little background:

We were driving down Inkster towards Sibley heading home. As we came closer to Sibley you could see flashing lights up ahead. I of course was keeping my mouth shut because Jason must no something I don't! As we pass by Pennsylvania, I finally ask, why did you not turn there, we are not getting through up ahead. Of course, Jason is convinced he can get through! So needless to say we get to the corner and there are 6 cop cars, a car in the intersection, three large fire trucks and 2 or 3 ambulances. So, yeah we could not get through. We had to turn around and go back to Pennsylvania to get home. As we turn around Jacoba says Mommy, just say to the police, excuse me and they will let us through. I try not to laugh as I try to explain to a 4 year old that there is an accident and they won't let us through. She says back to me, well if you are polite when you say excuse me, they would let you through! There was no changing her mind. She was convinced if we just said excuse me, we would get through! Priceless is all I can say!

Family Photos

So we had our family photos done the beginning of the month! Some are great, others not so much. The middle child syndrome sometimes gets the better of Matthew and he forgets that he can speak up. For instance, the following picture Matthew looks like he is in pain! Most people would say, hey this hard floor is hurting my knees, but not Matthew. He is the silent cute type that will just look like someone is pinching him in the picture.

So the family photos were ok, but the pictures of the kids turned out great! Having three kids, they always seem to end up in very similar positions from year to year. This year, Jacoba got to sit on Chelsea! That made her day!

Each of the kids did great individually too! It was really hard to pick just one, so we opted for two! Even then, it was hard to pick!

Chelsea has grown into a very lovely lady! She is getting too big, too fast. I can't believe she will be 13 in April! Ugh. Her is our eldest beauty! Jason is already talking about sitting on the porch with a shot gun when her first date comes to pick her up! Can we say, my husband is the exact reason why I never dated in high school! Yup, my dad had similiar ideas!

Here is our middle child! Our handsome son, whom looks happier when he was getting idividual shots, although he could not relax enough to give a teeth shot! How handsome he is at 9! We are in trouble in a few years!

Finally, here is our youngest! Sassy as always, but sweet as pie! She is a camera hog like no other and can charm anyone into believing that she is the sweeties thing there is! Jacoba almost fought with the other two kids to be the first kid to have individial shots! She loves the camera and really, it loves her back! She is 4 going on 40 and she will tell you as much!

So the family photos did not turn out exact as I was hoping, but my three supermodel kids did pretty good on their individual shots! What can I say, I am biased!