Catching up:)

Soooo...we are about 7 hours away from January 1st where we will get maternity coverage for the new year!!! thank you, thank you miss Kyleigh Grace (her name we think, constantly changes:)) for staying inside...i have surpassed 36 weeks when i had kailyn so things are going GREAT:))) We stayed home for Christmas which was WONDERFUL!!! After a long football season it was SO nice to stay home and just enjoy being a family and hanging out...my parents, and jason/kristin/sydney and austin came up for Christmas so that was GREAT! Also it SNOWED on Christmas eve and remained on Christmas Day so the girls loved that...the only down side was before Christmas we passed around sickness after sickness...kailyn had pink eye, than i got a sinus infection and then kelsey came home from school the week before Christmas w/ bronchitis which got passed to kailyn and then to me!! so we def. did ALOT of bonding throughout the nights and Janson got to play around the clock nurse/doctor/errand runner..and ALL:)))) thankfully he never caught anything! anyway we are all doing good and ready for miss kyleigh..the girls are SO excited...they constantly ask her when she is coming???? and kelsey has "everything" planned for when she gets here!
this is a pic. of miss kailyn wearing her new wedding dress having a tea party...

kailyn and miss sydney

kailyn carefully showing sydney our ordaments:)

so proud to be holding her new cousin...Austin!

Again...So PROUD:)

kelsey sporting her new hello kitty shirt, shoes and jeans! yes, we love Hello Kitty! and her new doll, Lauren Grace...she names everything:)

look at all of the snow!

last picture w/ jansons truck...Yes, he sold it and gets to drive my jeep:) funny story...he bought us a tahoe off of ebay and sold his truck w/in 48 hours....actually it has been an absolute blessing...he got a REALLY good deal on a used tahoe which our new family of 5 can ALL fit in...the girls love that they can run to the back...much more room! anyways he was a little sad to see his truck go but maybe when he is....60 he can get another??? ha! 3 girls, 3 weddings...probally not much sooner! ha!!!

convicted...

totally convicted this morning...i got up and felt led to read Hebrews and WOW did God open my eyes...after a very spiritually/emotionally dificult football season he showed me my little/lack of Faith...so many times I felt defeated, unequipped, w/out, and just so tired but He showed me this morning He Knows and is in Charge of EVERYTHING...He showed me how when times are hard and tough do i go to HIM or do i dwell in my own pity??? yeah, my own pity...hopefully i will take this, grow and learn...
Hebrews 11 talks about Faith and love this from Hebrews 12: 1
We have around us many people whose lives tell us what faith means. So let us run the race that is before us and never give up. We should remove from our lives anything that would get in the way and the sin that so easily holds us back....
So often i wonder why He loves me? He is continually there for me...through ALL of my faults:)

what a weekend...

We had a busy weekend...The Ryan Raiders are officially done w/ a long football season...Bad and good...bad they lost but wonderful to have normal "family" life back:) Plus, they had a GREAT season and were only a game away from state! so we are sooo proud them!!!! Janson said he slept amazing on Sat. night knowing he didnt have to go in on Sunday and he laughed at me all day b/c he was amazed by how happy, layed back, and, as he says, my old self came shining through! amazing the stress that is relieved knowing i have HELP at home:))) On Sun. morning Kailyn had her Christmas Musical at MSBC...we almost didnt go b/c she would not even go on stage at rehearsal but i felt it was imp. for her to try and us be apart of it regardless if she sang or not!?! but....she DID and she was SO proud of herself!!!! this is the girls before we left
sisterly love...

kailyn up on stage...I did shed some tears...it is always so emotional to see my babies growing up...and i was so proud of her:)

Ok so this has a story...my mom ALWAYS, literally ALWAYS, talks about wanting to park in the expecting mothers parking and thanks to me she FINALLY got to...I had to take her picture by the sign...She was very excited!!!

After church we went to El Chicos to eat and then decided to see if Santa was around?? Sure enough he was and Kelsey and Kailyn were on their way to see him...

Right before they went up to see him...I was NOT allowed to take anymore pics after this...they had signs up so i decided to abide by them:))) Kelsey asked him all kinds of questions like where is your sleigh? how did you get here? where are your reindeer??? Kailyn had NO FEAR...they were very excited!

still playing:)

so the big "game" is Sat @ 2pm...we play guyer h.s for a 2nd time...crosstown rivalry! should be exciting...the good news is my dr. goes to the games so if the excitement puts me into labor he will be there:)))) tonight they are actually taking the kids to McKinney to practice and he hopes to be home by 10...all this to say I MISS my HUSBAND!!!!!
2 Corinthians 4 8-10
We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies...

God took me to this verse:) amazing how he works:))))