Over

Christmas is over. I don't know about you, but I'm tired. I feel like I have been shopping and wrapping and cooking for a long time and I'm tired. I need to figure out a way to make this season just as fun and yummy without the stress and exhaustion. Rest would be great; "be still and know that I am God" kind of rest.

I am starting to help with the outside chores. I will be feeding calves and am helping feed the milking cows hay for a couple days while Marlys is gone. I am scared milking might be in my future. I know I said I would never do it and it has taken five years for me to even want to be this minutely involved, but it is a slippery slope and I have started on the downhill slide. I'll try to stay strong. :)

I hope you all had a very merry Christmas and that you are starting to think about your goals for 2009. We heard a speaker at National Milk who said that people who have goals and write them down are more successful than those who don't. Something to think about.

Today

I was in Walmart today to pick up a few of the items that I can get cheaper there than other places when yet again they aren't carrying the item that I wanted and started getting from there. What is up with that? I can't tell you how many times this has happened to me. I finally find a product that I really like and then just when I am hooked I can't find it anymore. This is getting to be one of my main irritations in life.

On a brighter note, I can't believe it is almost Christmas. It seems like just yesterday I was looking forward to Kaleb's birthday. The kids love Christmas. They want to watch Christmas movies all the time, of which we only have one that I think is appropriate for them, loved helping me put up the decorations around the house, and run and yell everytime there is a Christmas tree or decorations in a store. What fun to be a child at Christmas time. Third Day has a great Christmas song about such things. Check it out if you can. The album is Christmas Offerings.

I finally got pictures developed, so here are a few.

At our 4th Annual Labor Day Bash--a costume party

Kaleb's birthday cake