Merry Christmas from all of us

Well, here is the best attempt at our Christmas picture. We took this right before S.School and many people were watching, so we had to be quick. This is the best we could get :) I hope you're enjoying this week as you make preparations for Christmas Day.

My deep desire is that I remember to "make room" for Christ this Christmas in the midst of the great chaos of the season. May He truly be exalted above all!!

dancing duo :)

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this is the lovely demo music on our piano :)

K5 school program

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Emma played the handbells for her k5 school program..."Jingle Bells!" Way to go, Emma.

sick with the flu...

I took this picture of "dorothy" the fish from Elmo for Esther Mulder's girls :) Thanks to Elmo and Dorothy, my sick girls laid on the couch and rested for a little while. They have the nasty 4 day flu. It's been rough. But they're on the mend!




























Eden was loaded with all her "necessities" for the sick weekend.

Christmas Decorations...

Let's just say that all was peaceful while I was blogging this (or so I thought!)
Andrew just came in to tell me that he tipped the tree over. Gotta run. Enjoy!

REMEMBERING GOD!

I just want to let you all know that I am grateful for you and your testimonies to me. Thank you for your encouragement yesterday!!!! I have been reading in Isaiah. I hear that the 1st 32 chapters are difficult to understand. It's true, yet God has been showing Himself to me through this book in a mighty way. Isaiah 17:10-11 says, "For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and have not remembered the Rock of your refuge....though you plant, yet the harvest will flee away." I was struck with the truth that it is so easy to get self-sufficient, to forget our God. The self-life is a destructive one as seen in the rest of the chapter--and in many of my days.
May we remember our GREAT God and offer our lives to Him as our reasonable act of WORSHIP.

the recent happenings...

I just wanted to write and say that there are times in motherhood that you just simply have to LAUGH, or you will fall apart and cry...


Lately, Emma has been taking piano lessons with Leann, a wonderful piano teacher. She is learning so much and can play 3 note songs now.
She also likes to serve our family. She was pouring cold water from the tea kettle, and we all had a drink of nice COLD, SOAPY water. Another mom-moment to rinse out mouths with clean water....but look at that innocent face :)



The latest on Brent Aaron Belford is the bad case of bronchitis and 2 ear infections. POOR DADDY!!! He is still such a trouper and plays with the wild children when he comes home.

Noone comes close to daddy in Andrew's eyes FOR SURE!!

The twins: well, let's just say that they take their diapers off all the time. I find them in eachother's cribs at naptime. They smear poopy all over their sheets....even though I put their diapers on backwards and tape them around 3 times. I really don't know how they manage to get them off! I went to a website for desperate moms of twins and found that many go through this horrible case of twins taking off stinky diapers. I now am going to walmart for safety diaper pins.
So, thay concludes the days in the life of ME!!! :) I'm tired, discouraged, yet rejoicing in God's goodness and blessings as well as begging for STRENGTH And much WISDOM!!

dedicated to my dear sweet friend...

LATRISHA FAITH FIPPS!!!! What a blessing she is to me. I was struggling to the point of absolute despair and frustration until she figured out for me....HOW TO UPLOAD VIDEOS!! Gracias, Trisha!!! I love you soo much and am thankful for your computer knowledge and care for our family videos. As you can tell I am now addicted to uploading as many as I possibly can!! I love you, friend.