Where's Grayson?

Grayson has been having a hard time as of late staying in his own bed all night. He creeps into our room several times a night, and unfortunately for Trevor, he's a much lighter sleeper than I am and is always the one tending to our little guy and his travels. Besides that, Grayson always goes to his side of the bed to wait until someone (daddy) notices he's there.

Well, we've been talking to him a lot about staying in his own bed adn not in ours so that we can get a good night's sleep too. Two weeks ago, after putting him to bed, we would hear something down the hall, and would travel down there to find him in the craziest places: on his floor, in the hallway, in his doorway, in our bed, on our carpet. But the one that takes the cake is this...

I literally was a little panicked because I couldn't find him. He and his pillow and the precious "blankie" were all under there on the hard, cold, wood floor under our bed. Trevor said I should have just left him, but I knew he wouldn't stay there all night. Next time we play hide and seek, I already know a great hiding place!!

One of the "park" places Grayson loves

After being gone to work in Lynchburg for a couple of days, my men got home safe late Tuesday night. It was great to have them back!! We have had a great time catching up and playing with all of the new Christmas stuff, and slowly getting back into a routine. Today was our day to get out and get some exercise in. Grayson is loving going to a "park" these days. We're not sure where it came from, but every day for months, he says he has a secret. When asked what it is, he whispers in our ears "I wish we could go to the park?!"

Today was not a perfect park day as it was rainy and wet although the weather was very mild. So we packed up in the car and went to one of our favorite indoor playgrounds. At one of the malls in our area, there is a huge indoor puffy playplace. When we first started taking Grayson there years ago, he could do nothing but toddle around all of the play pieces. He couldn't even climb over the lip of the huge plate or climb onto the watermelon slice or the cookie! He accomplished one of his last 2 big feats today. The hot dog awaited him. The cupcake is next to be mastered.

We had a great time playing at the "park"and came home refreshed!

We always finish our visit to play by riding on one of the vehicles!

More Christmas in the Hill City

Smoky Mountain Christmas

This is just a glimpse into the fun we had in Gatlinburg with Trevor's family over the week of Christmas. Sorry it all focuses on Grayson, but I had from over 100 pictures to choose from and the slideshow would only hold so many!

All Things Possible

We were blown away at the end of 2007, as God used His children to bless us beyond measure. I have never expereinced such an outpouring of love and a modern-day miracle!! Thanks to those of you who contributed to that through your generosity, but more so with your prayers and words of encouragement adn hugs!

As the new year has begun, we look forward to seeing how God is going to continue to reveal Himself to be mighty and powerful in our lives and in our business. We are anticipating growth and success both personally and in our business. We are going to continue to seek God's face and ask for His wisdom as we carry on in this New Year 2008.

It came up so many times while away over Christmas with Trevor's family, that I think we have all decided to adopt Matthew 19:26 as our verse to claim for the next few months if not the entire year. I was so surprised to come home and find that it is the very same verse inscribed in a plaque that I look at every day in the Office. "With God, all things are possible." If you don't believe, how can you hope to receive? We have believed and have seen that what God promised is true and He will carry through. So as the New Year continues, we hold to the promise and believe with all of our hearts that if we seek Him, we will be heard, if we knock the door will be opened unto us, and "With God, all things are possible"!!!

What an amazing God we serve. May each of you that reads this, beleive this to be true in your own lives, and trust in Him for everything. Not in our time, but in His, all things are possible!!!

A Smoky Mountain Christmas

For the sake of getting something down quickly before too much time passes...We had a marvelous time at our TN getaway for Christmas, with Trevor's whole family!. Grayson was ecstatic to know that Santa had a chimney to come down, although his quest for the perfect spot for the cookies, milk, and carrots proved to be quite comical!! A relaxing week with great family time, relaxing in the hot tub under the stars with my honey, a King-size bed, and great food and sweets.

Overwhelmed!!

So a lot has happened since I wrote about my 2 miralces. Grayson barely has a trickle coming from his nose and we are praying that it will totally clear up by the weekend when we will be travelling. As for the other miracle, it was tied in to our finances. God has been so gracious in His prvision. Over and above what I even asked for or imagined that would be! Yesterday we were able to pay so many bills and even begin to make Christmas giving lists. Giving is such at the heart of who Trevor and I both are, and we are proud to see Grayson developing that too! I don't even know all of the places where the money came in from, and honestly I don't need to know! I am so overcome with gratitude and thanksgiving. I have seen the Lord work in my life only a few times like this, and never in this kind of a need-it-now situation! What a difference a week has made. I began praying for these miracles last Wednesday, and before the week is up, I am blown away! May all of the granters of this miracle be blessed in unspeakable ways for allowing God to use them to touch our lives in great and mighty ways!!!

But the biggest surprise of all came today, just a little while ago. This kind of stuff just doesn't happen to people I know, let alone me. Trevor left to go to work and quickly returned with 2 wrapped gifts and an envelope addressed to our family! My cellphone began to ring which is random because we have had them turned off due to cost. It had a wierd ring, which means my phone didn't recognize the number, so I didn't pick it up. After it rang 3 times in a row, I finally answered and the person simply said, "An elf left you an early Christmas present on your front porch. May God bless your family" and then they hung up! We decided to open them up right away. The gifts were for Grayson. An addition to the growing GeoTrax train collection that he loves. And one of the new trains that go forward and backward--of course the fire truck! But when Trevor and I opened the card to see who it was from and what it said, a stack of bills came pouring out. Trevor and I just let them drop to the floor as we just stared at each other, began to cry, and whispered quiet thank yous to God!!

God has been so gracious and giving to us that we can't stand anymore! The family of God and other friends have blessed us beyond measure this Christmas. If you are reading this, and you know somehting about this secret elf, please pass this along to them. We have already begun to pray that blessings be rained upon those individuals who have touched our hearts. This has been a great opportunity for me to talk to Grayson above the love of God, and how He passed along the wish for us to receive these gifts and given us a great surprise.

Thank you for your prayers that have been lifted up. And thanks be to God for His unspeakable gifts! Thank you for hearing our cries and responding with quickness and abundance!!