to Him Who is able

We welcome the new year today. {Remembering to write 2015 instead of 2014  might just prove to be my hardest struggle.} Some people welcome it by jumping right into their resolutions and hitting the gym hard. Some people shoot off fireworks. Some people kiss their significant other from 11:59pm to 12:01am. Some people make lists and lists of what they're going to change in this next year. Some people might not do anything particularly special.  I managed to change out of the pi's I've been wearing for the past 3 days...into more pjs.  It's hard for me to process the fact that 2014 is over and 2015 is here. Is it just me, or did it fly by? Is it that I'm getting older? Is that why things are flying by faster and faster? A whole lot of "Next year I..." phrases were said in 2014, and now next year is this year and the year in between is gone and, holy cow...wow. Make your lists, make your resolutions.  Bottle up 2014 and all it held and keep ...

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. ;)}...