Thankful List for December:
-a decision, a crazy hard decision, offered to us by our agency... forced us to do some serious praying and evaluating of where we are in the process (a blog post about that is coming)
-"I can either be consumed with my unmet longing or trust the plans of our loving God." -Lysa Terkeurst
And a few random things that have nothing to do with adoption:
-Libby's love for decorating our napkins (and forks) based on the nearest holiday
-Tucker's love for traditions
-Advent season and the beautiful countdown wreath my parents gave me
-a decision, a crazy hard decision, offered to us by our agency... forced us to do some serious praying and evaluating of where we are in the process (a blog post about that is coming)
-"I can either be consumed with my unmet longing or trust the plans of our loving God." -Lysa Terkeurst
And a few random things that have nothing to do with adoption:
-Libby's love for decorating our napkins (and forks) based on the nearest holiday
-Tucker's love for traditions
-Advent season and the beautiful countdown wreath my parents gave me
-Tucker and his success in the spelling bee. He got out on the word "thaumaturge."
-Libby and the way she makes faces at herself in the mirror.
-Libby and the way she makes faces at herself in the mirror.
-Approximately 10,523 pictures taken of the kids... about 10 really good ones
-having students in our home
-thankful for our friendship with the Lindseys (but we don't like goodbyes)
-Tuck and Ben being able to serve with students at Mission Arlington
-sweet time just Libby and I while the boys were gone
-friends helping with Libby while Ben was gone
-thankful for our friendship with the Lindseys (but we don't like goodbyes)
-Tuck and Ben being able to serve with students at Mission Arlington
-sweet time just Libby and I while the boys were gone
-friends helping with Libby while Ben was gone
-a sweet boy and his desire to buy a surprise gift for his sister... love his thoughtfulness and generosity
'-getting to celebrate our Savior's birth with our kids
-the tradition of the kids picking out gifts from the dollar store for all of our extended family... it's so fun to watch their excitement over giving their gifts and it's so funny to watch what they pick out. So proud of them for using their own money for this tradition this year.
-lots of time together on our drive to Georgia
-and our first Christmas morning ever spent in a hotel (I need to work on getting pictures of my kids actually smiling and looking excited when they open gifts)
-the tradition of the kids picking out gifts from the dollar store for all of our extended family... it's so fun to watch their excitement over giving their gifts and it's so funny to watch what they pick out. So proud of them for using their own money for this tradition this year.
-lots of time together on our drive to Georgia
-and our first Christmas morning ever spent in a hotel (I need to work on getting pictures of my kids actually smiling and looking excited when they open gifts)
-time in Atlanta with Ben's family
-time in Fitzgerald with my family
-time in Fitzgerald with my family
-Libby's love for Barnes and Noble and Tucker's love for Auburn
“...And then, just when everything is bearing down on us to such an extent that we can scarcely withstand it, the Christmas message comes to tell us that all our ideas are wrong, and that what we take to be evil and dark is really good and light because it comes from God. Our eyes are at fault, that is all. God is in the manger, wealth in poverty, light in darkness, succor in abandonment. No evil can befall us; whatever men may do to us, they cannot but serve the God who is secretly revealed as love and rules the world and our lives.” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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