Mmmm... Those Christmas Aromas!

Our tree has been up for a good week now. Yes, it's one of those wal-mart imtreeonators! (Ha, I just made up a word!! )

Well, it looks pretty there decorating that one corner of the room. I like the colored lights, and I also put white lights in it. Maybe oneday in the not too distant future we'll be able to reinstitute a family tradition for going for a picnic to pick out our real Chritsmas tree.
I also like to collect special ornaments that mean something to us, and at least one ornament that has the year on it. I found one at Hallmark that's a little photoframe with the date, but I didn't buy it as my creative brain is thinking..."I could do something like that with a little Fimo!"

Today was the day to get some of H's pent up energy burnt off. I took her to the Mc'D's playground. There were a couple ladies there with some young children but all at least a year or two older than H. She watched them go up and tried herself to pull up on the platform. I took my shoes off and decided to take her all the way up and down the slide one time!! It was fun going down the slide, and it gets a little warm in there. We had fun.



I have Christmas candles burning and today we made some banana and pecan squares and some Christmas mince pies. The apartment smells good!

Here's a photo looking out from our apartment at the snow last week.

Hello!!!!!

Wow, where do I begin??

Well, we're not in Georgia anymore. We have moved lock, stock, and barrel - containing all of H's toys!!!! to the great state of Washington!!! and we love it here!

Some of you may not know, but the Lord begain putting Idaho on hubby's heart concerning starting a church, a while ago but at that time it wasn't a fully lit thought, and then this past summer we met a Pastor and his family from Idaho who has recently started a church and that not-quite-fully-lit thought ignited and turned into a little flame which grew brighter in our hearts with each passing day. The Lord started to 'stirr the nest'. We made a trip out to Moscow, ID for two weeks to check things out and meet people. We put as many miles as we could on that rental car!!

On our return to Georgia, the stirring of those 'twigs in our nest' were starting to gouge!!

Well, we are here now in Liberty Lake which is just inside the Washington border from Post Falls and Coeur D'Alene, Idaho. Upon arrival, the Lord blessed us greatly by being invited to stay with a family from the church for a week so we could find an apartment. The Lord also blessed by leading us to this apartment which is pet friendly!! (Not many are here, so beware if any of you have pets and are thinking of coming this way!)It is also asthetically pleasing! ;-)

After another week, Hubby has a good job with a construction crew, but it is hard on the body working in the snow, cold and wet. Please pray for his health and safety.

The people here are so GENUINELY friendly!! We love our church and the Pastor and his family. Our stay here will only be for a season, and we're not sure how long that season will last. We came here to plant and start a church (in Idaho) and we are waiting on the Lord's direction, timing and guidance for this to happen. We are truly grateful and glad to Him that He has led us here. It is amazing to look back and see how everything fell into place so quickly and so precisly.

We didn't get a chance to say good-bye to many people we would have like to in Georgia, nor did we get a chance to tell out of state friends, but you're all about up-to date now :)

I hope that you all had a wonderful Thanks Giving because we certainly did!
Sa