to Him Who is able

Christmas was {almost} everything Christmas should be. It didn't snow, but freezing rain is close enough, right? The babies were sick, and didn't get as excited as we had hoped, but they were sweet and cuddly and ate a lot of candy. Overall, it was Christmas. And, for the most part, Christmas is always good. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's true, our 2 littlest were too sick to fully enjoy the craziness of waking up early, eating sticky cinnamon rolls, and making a huge mess unwrapping gifts. All Blessing wanted to do was sit on my lap and watch. Creed opened his presents like "Hulk would", but instead of being like his older brothers and freaking out, he neatly put each of his things in a pile and said sweet "Thank you's"  and then sat back down and looked like he was about to fall asleep. <3 I know every family does things differently. {We definitely do a lot of things way different from everyone else. ;)}...

It's almost Christmas y'all! Almost, as in, a day and a half. It hasn't snowed. At all. The temperatures have been very inconsistent...one day it might be 65...the next it's 43....then 56....then 32. But still, no snow. I love snow, and it kinda just makes the whole world look prettier. Whiteness, covering everything. {That is, it's all pretty till we drive around and turn over the dirt and make it go from a beautiful picture to a nasty one.} I'm making new traditions every year. Once again, I have to go out on Christmas Eve to finish my shopping.  I have been out helping to finish Christmas gifts on Christmas Eve for the last 3 or 4 years. I guess it wouldn't feel quite like Christmas without the last minute rushing around, right? Oh yeah. The awful flu has made it's self comfortable in our humble abode. It's gotten to know each and every one of us pretty well... I'm hoping we're not all so-miserable-we-have-to-stay-in-bed sick on Tue...

I played with the focus and exposure on my camera last night. And had fun. :) Me: "Isaac, how should I caption ^this^ picture?" Him: "Duh. 'I set fire to the rain.'" Duh. :) When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." John 8:12

A few months ago, we were adopted by a little black and white kitten. We made the mistake choice to feed it, and now it faithfully hangs around our house, teasing our dogs, and scratching on our windows at night. Creed, my youngest brother {3}, gave it the name "Mittens" Because it looks just like "Mittens" from the movie "Bolt"  It's funny, because our other cat, my little sisters baby, is named "Bolt". A few weeks ago while daddy and all the boys were outside working in our back yard, I was summoned to come right away with my camera. Daddy pointed behind the shed to this adorable picture: Little Creed, with his golfer-hat, had coaxed the skittish kitten to come to him, and was now sitting in the leaves, on the wet ground, playing with it. He loves his little kitten. {sweetest thing}

Here is my first post on my new blog. If you are new to me and my ramblings: This blog is the 2nd of it's kind. I started it because of issues with my other one . {I refuse to call it my "old" blog, because I shall always love it as my first ever blog.} I started my other blog about 6 years ago. Blogging has become one of my favorite things to do in the world. And so. Here is the begining to a whole new Neva's Life. And I hope you enjoy it.