I love that my children are falling in love with Jesus. It warms me from the inside out to see them reading their little Bibles, or playing with their own nativity set, and hearing their thoughtful little prayers. I've often felt that my one purpose in this life is to make sure that my children know Jesus and bring him into their hearts. If I accomplish nothing else, I know that I've served His will by teaching Wesley and Hanna about Him. My heart is filled to the point of bursting with love for Jesus Christ and it is a wonderful feeling!
I can proudly say that all of my shopping is done! Yay!!! I don't think I could handle more crowds or more traffic at this point. John and I shopped in Savannah on Saturday--didn't leave till around 1 and it was nearly MIDNIGHT when we finally got home! The traffic in Savannah was horrendus! We got in a huge jam on 204 that stretched from 95 all the way to Target! It took us 55 minutes to get through there. We timed it on the way home when traffic was moving normally and it took us 8 minutes! Yikes!
But, we got all our shopping done. We even found the elusive dirt bike for Wesley that we've been searching for for the past month. We dropped in Walmart Saturday night to grab some dogfood and found one! I nearly squealed with excitement, lol. And I found the kitchen set for the Loving Family dollhouse at TRU--been looking for that for a while, too. I'm still waiting for one package from Skatewarehouse for Kyle and it's scheduled for delivery today. So, excluding that, everything is all wrapped and under the tree and Santa has the rest. ;-)
Today is the last day of school before Christmas vacation. It's a half-day so Wesley will come home at 1pm. He's recovering very nicely from his surgery and at this point, I'd say he's pretty much 100% back to normal. His voice has changed back to it's pre-surgery tone and he's eating regular foods again--though not quite as much as before--yet! I'm grateful that he's doing better and will feel good for Christmas.
And unfortunately, it's the season for other not-so-holiday happenings: John was robbed last week while in Austell. His truck was broken into and the GPS system, around $70 cash and the TOYS he'd purchased for Wesley and Hanna were all stolen. :-( He discovered the theft when he walked down to the hotel parking lot to pack up some stuff. He'd just left to go up to his room less than an hour before. So, thankfully, he didn't come back down sooner and catch the thieves in action. I shudder to think of the possiblities of what could've happened.
I'm proud of myself today, too. I cleaned all day yesterday: got the kids playroom and the sunroom totally clean in preparation for Christmas. The tree is in the sunroom, so that's where we'll be gathering to open presents. I packed up several boxes of toys from the playroom to make room for the new ones--and even still, they have a ton of toys left. But, they have agreed to donate some to the local Salvation Army so that maybe some other less fortunate kids can have some nice gifts for Christmas.
And, I also started a new story. :-) It's a oneshot, but hopefully I'll have it posted over at ff.net later today. And speaking of websites, check out: http://www.nevermetawiseman.com ;-)


