I procrastinate...good grief do I procrastinate.
Thus why I haven't written on here in a while...
I am not yet finished with my Christmas shopping, even though I started in early November. I have a few last minute gifts for family members, but I also haven't hardly shopped at all for the 2 most important people in my life...Justin and Faith. I guess I figured I'd get everyone else done with and then I'd be able to focus on my own family when I was done. Yet, here we are, just a few days from Christmas morning and their stockings are not filled. We've talked about just doing stockings but it probably won't end up quite like that. It's hard to stick to the stocking when you have such a sweet little girl ;)
In the midst of buying gifts, I seem to get frustrated with crowds, how much things cost, the cold...the snow...the COLD!!! And I forget what really "makes up" Christmas. Christmas used to be so "magical" to me as a child - baking with my mom, listening to Christmas music, decorating the tree, making ornaments, and even going shopping. It was all so fun and care free. I realize now it was because I didn't have to do any of the work! I want to make Faith's holidays magical and special and if I get too frustrated with everything I have to DO, it won't come across as a whole lot of fun :)
I'm not one for making New Years resolutions, but if I had to make one, I'd vow to have a better attitude. It's so easy in this life, day to day, to be negative - a lot of other people are, why shouldn't I? But I want to be different in stressful situations, during the hustle and bustle - I want my life to radiate God's light, to truly carry the Christmas spirit with me all year - I know, I'm starting to sound like "The Christmas Carol" :) - but just giving to others, spending extra time with family and friends, and reflecting on the true meaning of Christmas...and of life. That we are here only because God sent His son, and He then died to save us. I don't have to right to have a bad attitude.
God, thank you for all that I have, and forgive me for allowing myself to become stressed and for my negative attitude at times. Help me to be thankful and to trust you through every season of life.
Merry Christmas! I truly hope and pray that we can all keep the joy of Christmas with us all year long. Enjoy your family and friends and remember to be thankful and to cherish all that you have this year.
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We spend most of our time, well, with eachother! Justin works every single weekend, and only weekends. We have majority of the week to spend time together, cooking, watching our favorite show, The Office, and playing with our little monkey of a daughter who is now into everything! We love God with all of our hearts and we're part of a great church here. We don't see ourselves moving anytime soon but love the idea of traveling, possibly with Justin's option of doing a traveling nursing program.
All of our family lives around the same area as us. Both sides are close and understand just how important family is. My husband and I both lost beloved family members around the same time 4 years ago. I lost my mother to cancer, while my husband lost his only sister at age 14 in a car accident. Though it's an incredibly hard thing to go through, we've all gotten closer through it and have come to rely on God even more.
We don't plan on having any more kids for a while, but you never know. We've never loved life as much as we do now that we have our own family and we'd love to add to it someday.
I don't want to get to heaven just to see what I COULD have done in this
lifetime.
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Who We Are!
Hey everyone! We're a young married couple living in North Dakota with our 1 year old daughter, Faith. Justin is a nurse at a local hospital and I clean houses to make my own hours.
We spend most of our time, well, with eachother! Justin works every single weekend, and only weekends. We have majority of the week to spend time together, cooking, watching our favorite show, The Office, and playing with our little monkey of a daughter who is now into everything! We love God with all of our hearts and we're part of a great church here. We don't see ourselves moving anytime soon but love the idea of traveling, possibly with Justin's option of doing a traveling nursing program.
All of our family lives around the same area as us. Both sides are close and understand just how important family is. My husband and I both lost beloved family members around the same time 4 years ago. I lost my mother to cancer, while my husband lost his only sister at age 14 in a car accident. Though it's an incredibly hard thing to go through, we've all gotten closer through it and have come to rely on God even more.
We don't plan on having any more kids for a while, but you never know. We've never loved life as much as we do now that we have our own family and we'd love to add to it someday.
The little monkey...
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