Christmas Time???

I can't believe it is December already!!! Yes.... I was a crazy person and went out at the crack of dawn the day after Thanksgiving to go Christmas shopping!!! And yes, it was worth it!!! We always have a great time! This was the first year we actually made it to River Valley Mall! It was the best shopping experience I think I have ever had! Except for one rude teenager EVERYONE else was sooo polite. I kept hearing..."Oh I'm sorry" and the reply would be "No, that's ok... your fine!" Imagine that on BLACK FRIDAY! HA!

So, I have been decorating at preschool.... like a mad woman..... Thanks to a couple of friends, Cissa on bulletin boards and Mark on the lights! Our room looks GREAT! I wish you all could see it! So if you get a chance, Stop in and see it! lol.... I still have things to do.... but, it is looking very Christmasy! (i know not a word but, it sounded good) (only from a Texan)

I asked the kids what they wanted for Christmas and Dallas' list consisted of..... Guitar Hero II....... and spend the rest of the money on sis, cause she needs it for college! Then he said, "Mom she's growing up!" LOL.... Steph's list was, clothes and dorm stuff..... So this should be a very grown up Christmas! YUCK..... I want the little kids back....LOL ..... The one's that couldn't wait to see what Santa left.... Oh well.... I guess I will just have to grow up myself.... This getting old stuff stinks!

Just a short update on Zoe:
Jenny and Tim plan to leave for China..... in mid December and will be back at the end of December with Zoe!!! They probably won't have her here for Christmas but, her birthday is in January.... so she should be here for her first Birthday!!!

EVERYONE.... COME.... JOIN US THIS SUNDAY AT...... PICKAWAY CHURCH OF CHRIST!!!! WE ARE GONNA PRAISE THE LORD.... SO GET READY!!!!

Well, guys.... I gotta go check email and look up scholarship stuff to see what else we can come up with! Good Nite!

THE WAIT FOR ZOE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well some of you have read my blogs from the past year and you know that Dan's neice is adopting a baby girl from China.... They have been waiting for Zoe for 2 years! They just found out that they should have her picture emailed to them tomorrow.... Which means in about 6-8 weeks they will be traveling to China to get their long awaited baby girl! Thank you so much blogger friends for your prayers over the past year..... And of course thank you for buying the cookie dough this time last year..... that will help them to bring Zoe home!!! :) We are soooo excited.... Tim and Jenny (dan's neice and her husband) have been waiting for about two years! That is a long time. Just think how mothers to be get waiting for 9 months to have their children but, to wait two years!!! I am so proud of them and their Faith in God! They have shown such courage and obedience to their God!!! Wow.... it is really nice to see that faith in this day and age... God will bless their family for their efforts! Please keep them in your prayers as they continue their journey!!!

We love Zoe.....

SPREAD THE WORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PLEASE!!!! DO NOT SEE THIS MOVIE!!!!

THE GOLDEN COMPASS! I THINK I HAVE SEEN THE PREVIEWS AND THOUGHT DALLAS MIGHT LIKE IT..... THEN I GOT THIS EMAIL......

There will be a new Children's movie out in December called THE GOLDEN COMPASS. It is written by Phillip Pullman, a proud athiest who belongs to secular humanist societies. He hates C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia and has written a trilogy to show the other side. The movie has been dumbed down to fool kids and their parents in the hope that they will buy his trilogy where in the end the children kill God and everyone can do as they please. Nicole Kidman stars in the movie so it will probably be advertised a lot! This is just a friendly warning that you sure won't hear on regular T.V.

If you would like the website to read more about this movie go to http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/compass.asp

I think we as christians should ban together and boycott this movie as well as pray for this poor man! How sad would that be!!! The thing I don't understand.... Ok so he doesn't want to believe in GOD..... but, why hate christians and if he doesn't believe there is a GOD then why even include him in your movie???

God has really been speaking to me on this issue lately..... Kim, Steph, Kim's daughter Jenna and I all went to McDonalds drive-thru for lunch..... there was a car in front of us with all these weird bumper stickers and of course I had to read them .... They said things like..... I don't hate your God, I just hate christians! And Who would Jesus Bomb? etc.... there were also abortion things etc..... Kim and I sat there reading it and all of a sudden Kim said, "I can't read that and not do anything!" then she said "We should do something!" I was soooo proud of her..... She said "HONK..... IF YOU LOVE JESUS" and then proceeded to honk like a crazy person!!!!LOL..... We need to stand up and speak out!!!!

We love Jesus! Yes we do! We love Jesus, How about you?