Our new car ...

So....we finally have our new car and it's already been such a blessing. We've been enjoying using it, and the air conditioning in it is so nice ;) I'm getting quite spoiled. Josh loves it too, he will go to sleep almost every time we turn the air on :) The car is small but it's perfect for our small family...It's already been a huge blessing to us and we're so thankful that the Lord provided for us to buy it.

So, here is our car....

Excuse the little Indian behind the car...I don't know where he came from ;) (BLUSH)

The front of our car

Hubby and I were washing the car on Saturday and we left the little Indian I mean, prince nearby watching us. A couple of minutes later...guess where we found him...yeppers...in the water puddle....Just look at that guilty face when mommy called his name :)

The little Indian playing in the water puddles after the rain...uh oh...:)

We're rejoicing in the Lord's provision and goodness to us!

Hope you have a wonderful rest of the week!

It's Wednesday already!!!!!

How the days are flying by! I can't believe it's Wednesday already! The week has gone so fast...

My grandfather arrived from the US today...Hadn't seen him for 3 years, so it was nice to see him again and he also got to meet little prince, his first great grandchild! I tried to get a picture of them together, but my grandfather would not let me get one, he's terribly afraid of Facebook and was afraid I would post it on there... talking about Facebook, I deactivated my account...I just think I need a break from Facebook. It's wearing me out and I hate how much time I spend on there so therefore, I am just keeping my blogger and email for a while...I don't know how long, but at least for a bit :)

Anyways, back to my grandfather...I forgot to mention my grandmother came with him...she's a real sweetheart, she's not my real grandmother...my grandmother passed away several years ago, and my pops remarried this sweet lady...She's just so fun, I really love her!

Friday is my pop's 74 th birthday so we're having a small family party for him! He really looks great for his age...and my grandmother is almost 75 and she's wow...what I want to look like when I am 75! They're really energetic and in shape...of course they're vegetarians and only eat healthy, so I guess I will never look like her...I don't really want to give up on my meat (grin)...

Sooo, our day was kind of thrown out of schedule, little prince napped in the car on the way home and will not nap again. I was hoping he'd nap, because I have so much I wanted to get done during his nap...yikes!
And...today is a Wednesday, which mean we have church tonight...and I know a little guy who will not be very happy in church today! The worst is, he's fussy and I can definitely tell he's sleepy... oh why won't he nap?!?!

I've got a load of laundry to hang up, a pile of clothes that need to be ironed and hung up in the proper places in our wardrobe and a bathroom that I was really hoping to get cleaned today...soooo, I'm off to do that before time rolls around for getting ready for church!

Hope you're enjoying your Wednesday afternoon!

Christmas pictures

I have been so behind in my blogging! There are so many pictures to post, but just too much going on. I don't even know where to start...let's see, I am starting back at Christmas...
 I posted, but did not post the pictures, so this is going to be a picture post, mostly ;)

Josh opening gifts on Gramma's lap :)

"Helping" with the cookie cutters ;)

Sugar cookies....

He likes the frosting, of course !

What did you do for Christmas?!?! What are some of your family traditions? I would love to hear them!

We wish you a....

 Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas! This post is a couple days early because we'll be out of town for Christmas and won't have internet access out there, so Merry Christmas to all of you! Hope you have a wonderful day! We're going to enjoy a laid back day with some family and friends...really looking forward to it! I am just so thankful for this first Christmas together with our little prince! It's sure going to be one of our happiest Christmases :)

Thankful for our little angel....

and for a new ornament on our Christmas tree :)


Have a Merry Christmas!

I am still alive!

Hello, I am still alive, believe it or not! What can I say, craziness...Things have been literally crazy around here! I have been starting posts for the longest time, and never get them done. Something always comes up and I am interrupted, but trust me, they're more important things, so...posting can wait :)
 My husband has three weeks off work so we're working on our house construction. I am fighting a cold, so I have not been feeling the best lately... We're getting excited for Christmas!

We had a special Christmas program at church last night. It went very well and we had several visitors, so they got to hear the gospel clearly. I have several pictures to post from that, so stay tuned ....

 In the meanwhile,  enjoy some family pictures....

Happy Saturday

Happy Saturday! Hope you're having a good day!

 Hubby didn't have to work today, so we slept in...it was so nice! We were awoken by a little boy chattering away, but we all feel rested up! I love Saturdays, just enjoying a laid back day with daddy home all day! Right now I can hear Josh and daddy playing together. Josh is squealing and daddy is laughing :) Such a sweet sound...I could sit and listen to it forever.

Our church is having a churrasco (Brazilian barbecue) tonight, so we're looking forward to that!

Just a lovely, lovely day! So, I am getting off here to enjoy it with my two favorite people!

Enjoy your Saturday!

Jessica

Out and about

We went out and about last night. This new supermarket opened this week and we wanted to see what it was like. It's called Extra supermarket and it's the closest thing to Wal-Mart here. We did not have anything like it, so I was so excited! It reminded me a lot of Wal-Mart in the States. They were packed last night, so we only looked around for a couple of minutes and left. I saw several things I want to go back and get, but the line to pay for the stuff was ridiculously long. I hope to go back this week with my Mom so we can take time to look at everything. We just kind of looked over all the stuff because my hubby and daddy were there with us and well, I'll just say they're not too keen on shopping, soo sigh, we'll just have to back sometime soon!

We left the supermarket and just watched the city lights for a while! It was fun! Josh enjoys looking at all the Christmas light and the car light that were zooming by under us. 

Lighted up tree!

Our Church decoration...

My mom and I decorated our church a little for Christmas. We made the flower arrangements pictured below. We had a lot of fun putting these together, and I just thought I'd post a couple of pictures!

How do you like our little palm tree with poinsettias around?!?! Very Christmasy, huh?!?!

Can you tell I am excited for Christmas? Our church choir is working on a special cantata and program for Sunday the 19th, so we're busy trying to get things ready for that. I am supposed to memorize a passage of scripture, but I still haven't even begun! 

 What can I say? My life has just been crazy lately! Having two sick people around is a lot of work! I am just praying I don't feel sick...that would be catastrophic for sure. I have lots of laundry to catch up on, hopefully later tonight and tomorrow morning? My list is long. (Sigh)  

* Oh life! When wilt thou slow down?!?! I only have one kid, I don't know how you busy mommies of multiples make it! Congratulations and Merry Christmas, I admire you! 

Well, enough rambling. I need to get focused... I keep saying that to myself several times a day...focus, Jessica, just focus!

Wow, this post is just sooooo

RANDOM! 

This and That

On my last post, I mentioned about my hubby's presentation last night and that he was wearing a suit! I also mentioned that I had not found the camera to get a picture of this phenomenon :) I found the camera by the time he came home and snapped a pictures of him in a suit. Yay! He was so relieved to have this presentation done and be on vacation from school until March.

My prince charming!
I love you, Alex! I am proud of you and admire you greatly!

He wasn't able to go to work today. He woke up in the middle of the night with sharp pains in his kidney. We don't know what exactly is going on. We took him to the ER last night and they gave him some pain medicine intravenously. Then this morning, he started feeling sick again, so he's at the doctor's right now trying to have some testing done to see what's going on :( Sigh, I wish I could be there, but I don't really want to take my already sickly baby to a hospital, so I have to stay home with him!
 The little prince's hand improves every day! He now has the flu that's going around here, so he's pretty miserable. He's been running a fever, coughing and had a runny nose...poor little guy :( I have two sick men at my house! Please pray that God will give me extra strength today! Thanks!

My littlest prince...
Mommy loves you, little guy! 

Melodious monday

 I am sitting here enjoying this comfortable, overcast day, not as cool as I wish it were, but it is nice!  I have a big mug of really strong coffee sitting here. *Yummy! * Wish we had some snow! I envy you people who have snow on the ground!
 Josh & I enjoyed a laid back day. We slept in and then went out for breakfast. It was a lot of fun! Little prince has been feeling some better. His finger is healing so nicely! So much better than I expected! I am so thankful he's feeling better! It's amazing how fast these little people heal! He uses his hands to touch everything, (I was afraid he would be scared of using it) and he's even crawling (Smile). It's hard to keep him quiet, he's a very active little man. He has learned to pull himself up on things and takes small steps around! I can't believe how fast he's grown and how much a child develops in just months! Wow! He's going to be 9 months old on Wednesday! Where has time gone?!?! I still can't get over how fast these 9 months have gone!

 
We're having homemade deep dish pizza tonight and I made some chocolate chip bars for dessert... life is good!
 Hubby has a huge presentation at school tonight. He spent many days working on this project. He was up 'til 4:00 am. last night working on it! After this week, he will have three months vacation from school, so we're excited and anxious to have some more time together as a family! He left for school all dressed up, he looked sooo handsome (swoon)!!!! He actually had a suit on! If you know my hubby, you'll know that's a once in a life-time thing! He only wore a suit at our wedding and I convinced him of wearing a suit for my cousin's wedding. (I think he only had it on for half of the wedding :) Here he went to school in suit and tie! Impressive! I wanted to get a picture, but I could not find the camera :( Oh why can I not find things when I need it most?!?! (sigh) This is historical, so I really needed to have this documented!
  Oh well, I hope there will be another time!

Well, my pizza is done, so off I go to enjoy it!

Have a wonderful evening!
 Jessica

Boys will be boys...

I couldn't help but smile when I saw this scene! Look who wants to be with the big boys ;) He was enjoying watching the big boys play soccer , he was really interested in the game. I just thought it was too cute and I had to share!
Hope everyone is having a lovely day! It's raining right now, so it's cooling off quite nicely! I am going to be fixing up my sunday school room later this afternoon. I get to teach the pre-schoolers starting this sunday, so I am very excited about it!
 Hope you have a blessed day!

Jessica

My day today

So, what's better than:                                  

                                                                 Ice-cold Coca-cola

                                           Delicious Home-made pizza...stuffed crust and all!

                                              Playing "peek-a-boo" with this little prince

                                                Rich Chocolate Brownies to top it all off

This is close to a perfect day in my book! It is only not perfect because my dear hubby isn't here to share in on all these blessings :) Baby is napping, I think I will follow suit!

                                  Hope everyone is having a wonderful day!

                                                      Jessica