Christmas

This year for Christmas Josh and I were in our own place as opposed to last year when we were staying at Jim and Christine's house. We decorated our apartment the day after Thanksgiving and it turned out really nice. I love decorating for Christmas and Josh loves to do all the lights. On Christmas Eve I spent the evening with my sisters at my dad's house. We had a delicious dinner that was prepared by my step-mom, Susana, we exchanged gifts and we took lots of pictures. Later that evening Joshua and I went home and straight to bed. Christmas morning Jessica and her fiance Wes came over to spend the day with us. I love being with my two precious children no matter what the occasion. We are extra blessed now with Wes joining in family functions. Wes proposed to Jessica on December 20th at the Idaho Botanical Gardens...how romantic. Jessica hasn't set a date yet but looks like it might be September 2009.
I went back to work today after having taken the week off for Christmas. It is always so hard to go back to work after taking a vacation. Ugh!

Just in time for a new year.

Hi all. First I'd like to say that I hope everyone had a beautiful Christmas. My prayer is that we will all have a healthy, happy and blessed upcoming year. May God's blessing pour down upon us and may we find and travel the path He desires us to follow.

For me the past few years have been rough to say the least. I chose not to follow the path that God had wanted me to stay on and therefore I have been reaping what I sowed. Thankfully, God is a loving God, a merciful God and a God of endless "second" chances. Although I have suffered greatly for my disobedience I have also learned so much and have grown closer to God in a way that I've never experienced before. God is love. God is hope. God is strength. I know these to be true with Him because I've experienced all these attributes of God so powerfully in the past year.

The end of the year is approaching quickly, just a few days away. I think maybe this will be a great time for me to start this blog site. A new year, a new start. I'm glad this year is closing. I welcome a new beginning.