Trip to see Santa!!

I decided that if I had not had Elli by today I WAS going with Don to take the kids to see Santa!  He is such an amazing husband.  He took me to the door and got me a wheelchair so that I didn't have to walk.  I am so blessed to have such an amazing husband.  God knew exactly what he was doing!!  So fun, I love Christmas!!  

Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas everyone!!! Charis and Grady are showing off their Spanish skills!!

Spanish

The kids have SO much fun at their Spanish class.  Jenni Schmidt teaches them and does an amazing job!!  

SNOW!!!!

WE HAD SNOW!!!!  Charis has been praying for snow and HE ANSWERED HER PRAYERS!!!  It was so fun to here her thank God for answering her prayer!!

Fun at the Emerald Rainbow!!

The kids had so much fun on Monday.  Don took them to the Emerald Rainbow!!  

Dinner with the Taylors

We also got to have some fun with Jen and the boys!!  My kids were still on there house building sugar high.  But they had a wonderful time with their buddies while Jen cooked us all dinner.  Thank you my friend!! 

Fun with Nonnie!!

Nonnie has always read the directions first!!

Mommy just pulls it all out and hopes for the best!

were we eating or building?

The kids had a blast Saturday making a gingerbread house with their Nonnie!!  Charis even had icing in her hair.  I am not sure but I think they ate more sugar during the construction than they have had all year!!

Happy Birthday Dad!!

Nothing like a kickin party at the King house!  It was a rowdy crew!!  It was Dad's birthday and My and Don's anniversary!  So we did it up right with some Turkey Salad sandwiches and apple pie!!  

Decorating the tree

Saturday Don and the kids decorated the tree!!  It was so much fun to watch them.  They were really excited about putting it up!  So much fun!!!

Thanksgiving

Well...I had some great pictures of Thanksgiving!!  Had...Charis decided to delete them off the camera.  She is just too smart for her own good.  Anyway we had a wonderful day with family and friends.  Mom, Dad, Josh and Meme Shirley, Rufus and the Taylor clan were here.  We started the day with our customary turkey frying extravaganza!!  My sweet dad and mom brought it all to me so I could be a part.  They fried the turkeys here this year so I got to graze with the group on the first one.  It was so much fun to have all of you over!  The kids had a blast.  They played ALL DAY!! It was just so nice to have everyone hanging out on the couch WITH ME!!!   

Wednesdays Appointment

Well as of Turkey Day I am 31 weeks. Dr McFarland said, "I would like for you to go to 34 weeks, but your baby is big and healthy so I would try to stop things if you went at 32 weeks...... Yes my friends that is this coming Thursday. I think she saw the twinkle in my eye because she then said, but you are STILL on bed rest! I am starting to see light at the end of the tunnel and I am excited. You should have seen my moms face when she said. Jamie that is only one week. My dad of course... Well! Not on my birthday... long story! Don was just quiet as usual. He is like Mary, he ponders these things in his heart! Drives me nuts. I would love to know what goes on in that gray matter sometimes!! Anyway, I am excited and felt renewed to keep at it....on the couch!

Baby update and Bedrest....

My last appointment was this past Thursday.  I just saw the OBGYN.  Not the specialist.  She said that I am still just hanging on.  Stricter bed rest was the order.... Wow stricter I said.... Fat mamma's been down!  She laughed and said.... give me 4 more weeks.  After assuring her that I was not the one calling the shots, I agreed to be down as much as possible!  So here's my sign!  Bed rest, for those of you who know me well, is not my forte.  Sundays are the worst because everyone I know, love and enjoy is together at church.  I do miss my people (especially the little ones!)  But, everything is for a purpose.  I have been praying that God would use this time to reveal things to me that I usually would be too busy to hear.  So, I will keep listening!!  My kids are great.  They are an amazing blessing and I have really enjoyed spending the time with them!   I will go to the specialist on Wednesday and I will keep you posted!! Thank you all SO SO much for your prayers, emails, calls and love!!! 

The after party!

After the shower some of the girls stayed and put things together for me. My mom made sure to tell all of them how we could never make it home from San Antonio before I had boxes opened and things put together in the car! I get a little excited! It was so fun to watch them... Check out the serious constructors!