Jon

I just want to take a minute to brag about my husband. Of course we all think our husbands are the best, but Jon really is a GOOD husband. We may not always agree on things but we are human and are not meant to be perfect. Whatever is thrown his way he puts his God first. Without a doubt, Jon is a God fearing man. His father was a extraordinary spirtual leader and I believe that is where Jon gets his humility and a thankful heart from. He is a wondreful father to our two boys. I could not ask for a better father for my children. He is quick to love and lend a helping hand, but also to discipline and lead in the right direction, which I believe is a difficult task. I know I can't do it! I really just want to thank him for all he does for our family. Through lifes ups and downs we will have each other and will always have a shoulder to cry,laugh,or just snuggle up on. I love you baby and I look forward with excitement to our future!

New Video Camera!

WooHoo! So we FINALLY decided to go out and buy a video camera. I don't know what took us so long because it is SO much fun!!! On our way home from Portland today we got stuck in some horrible traffic so Jon decided to start recording us sitting on the freeway. I won't post that video. Lets just say I was singing loudly to a song and I didn't know all the words and I was NOT aware that there was a camera shoved in my face! LoL There is a cute video of Kiernan deciding that his favorite color is fuschia...yeah fuschia.
Also, some big news in Lincoln Land! He has figured out how to pull himself up to a standing position. My little guy is growing up so fast I can't believe it. At one point I was ready to trade Lincoln in for another baby. That was only during the first 5 months or so of his life! He is finally happy and has worked through whatever crying, needy, colic issues he had. He still doesn't sleep through the night, but I would much rather get up once or twice a night then have a baby who screams and wants to be held all the time! He really is a great baby now and I can't imagine my life any other way.

Get Your Tissues...

Take A Minute...

I know that this is a pretty common email that floats around, but I thought that I would post it anyway.

"I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees, Christmas trees.. I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against. That's what they are: Christmas trees.

It doesn't bother me a bit when people say, 'Merry Christmas' to me. I don't think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it It shows that we are all brothers and sisters celebrating this happy time of year.. It doesn't bother me at all that there is a manger scene on display at a key intersection near my beach house in Malibu . If people want a crèche, it's just as fine with me as is the Menorah a few hundred yards away.

I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period. I have no idea where the concept came from that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the Constitution and I don't like it being shoved down my throat.

Or maybe I can put it another way: where did the idea come from that we should worship celebrities and we aren't allowed to worship God as we understand Him? I guess that's a sign that I'm getting old, too. But there are a lot of us who are wondering where these celebrities came from and where the America we knew went to.

In light of the many jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This is not intended to be a joke; it's not funny, it's intended to get you thinking.

Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her 'How could God let something like this happen?' (regarding Katrina) Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said, 'I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out.
How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?'

In light of recent events... terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body found a few years ago) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school. The Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.

Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.

Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.

Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with 'WE REAP WHAT WE SOW'.

Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says. Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing. Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace.

Are you laughing yet?"

Its Finally Here...

The dreaded "season" of the Great Northwest is officially here. Don't get me wrong, I like the rain, but what I do NOT like is living in the dark. I love the leaves, and the good holiday food, and laughing as I drive down I-5 flying past other cars going only 60mph because NO ONE IN WASHINGTON KNOWS HOW TO DRIVE IN THE RAIN!!! I understand that a lot of people around Fort Lewis are not from here, but people in Seattle still can't seem to drive while its raining! Okay, so this is not what I had planned to write today. Sorry for the little vent session!
Anyway, I was trying to tell you how much I dislike it being dark at 7am and then again by 430pm. I don't like making breakfast and dinner in the dark. I do like the fact that I get to burn "fall" scented candles all day...yummy hazelnut cream! The boys actually slept until 9 this morning which is really 8 now. I was worried that they were going to be up at 630!
A little update on the kids. Lincoln has started doing his first sign. He says all done! He really is become a much happier baby. For a while, I thought I was going to go insane! And for Kiernan, we are still diligently trying to get him potty trained. he doesn't have a problem going pee, but he won't tell us when he has to poo. So he just goes in his pull-up. I think he has officially given up nap time. I have been making him lay in his bed and read books for about an hour. I still need a break!!!