Christmas, more shopping, and an accident...

Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Matthew 2:10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.

Luke 2:12 And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.

Our group selfie before heading out to the Candlelight service at FBC! We are always at a family Christmas Eve get together during the candlelight service but this year Autumn had the flu and the get together was cancelled. I hate that she was sick and we missed the family time but I REALLY enjoyed the service. If you have never been to one you should. Jesus is the reason for the season and it's nice to get down to what it's meant to be. Plus, it is really good for the soul.

This year I had more Christmas spirit than I have had in a while. Madison LOVES Christmas. She starts planning months ahead. She loves the decorations, the movies, the music, well...all of it. Maybe she wore off on me...maybe part of it is just having them back home for the holidays. Who knows, but it has been a really nice Christmas break...until tonight when we got the phone call that Madi and Charlie were in an accident (posted below)But I am NOT going to let Satan steal my joy. I am casting my worries on the Lord and I know he will sustain me!

Gift opening time.....We always open gifts Christmas Eve morning because we go to Sam & Helen's (Randy's parents) for Christmas Breakfast on Christmas morning and we have to be there by 7. Way to early to open gifts...most of the pictures Logan is just humoring me but Madi was working it up for me..:)

Harley enjoying his Christmas treat

Madi is using her Christmas money to buy some much needed clothing...so this is our 2nd day of bargain shopping...

Isn't she adorable? I'm just the weirdo momma in the background...

Charlie and Madison were out for date night and had an accident. I'm sure it will be considered a no fault since it was a parking lot but I think it should be his fault since he was backing out of a spot and they were not. We will see what the insurance says. From the pictures Madi sent me he's been in several accidents...Didn't even hurt his truck but sure messed up her car. :(

Love my babies...even if they are all grown up

Christmas Shopping Trip/Dallas 2014

What a fun weekend we had. Mom, Madison and I went to Dallas for a girl's trip. The plan was to finish Christmas Shopping but I think we might have bought ourselves a little more than we bought others, BUT we had a GREAT time and hit some big sales. Truth is we are a very giving bunch so to actually get ourselves a few things felt good and it was fun. Plus, now we get to have the fun of finishing up our shopping this week.

We left Friday morning at 6:30. We hit the outlet mall in Allen, TX first. It was fun but we actually did not buy anything there.

This was when we first arrived in Allen before hitting the stores! Only group pic of the trip

Then we went on into Dallas and hit Sam Moon. We LOVE that store. Madison bought a new duffle bag (super cute) and I bought a few small Christmas gifts. We ended up at Uncle Julio's for dinner. Very yummo. If you have never been it is a must eat if you are ever in Dallas. On the way back to the hotel we stopped at a HUGE Tuesday Morning and bought some Christmas Cards.

We stacked our dinner plates in front of mom and then teased her about eating so much.

Saturday morning we were up and at the mall when it opened. We started out at Grapevine Mills, which is actually where we bought the most stuff. All of us left the mall w/a pair of shoes. Good deal, right?!

My sweet friend, Bonnie, had given me money for Christmas and made me promise to spend it on myself. I bought 2 really cute shirts in Burlington. 1 more dressy and 1 more casual. I had Madi send her this picture as proof I bought something for myself!

Mom got these really cute rocket dog tennis shoe/boot type shoes. She tried them on w/her pjs and of course she looked adorable!

After Grapevine Mills we went on over to the Galleria. Parking was INSANE. Took forever to find a spot and it was on the 4th floor of the parking garage. Creepy garage too, it was to low for my taste. Felt like we were boxed in!

HUGE Christmas Tree at the Galleria Mall. The ice rink is around it and they also had a Choir singing Christmas Carols. The mall was 4 stories and they had about every store regular malls have plus all the rizty stores where I do not shop!

After we left the Galleria we hit some other shops that were not in the mall. Sunday morning we got around and headed home. So overall we shopped for hours everyday...ate some good food....did some people watching...had some great laughs...


Mom and Madi at Texas Roadhouse when we were on the way home. VERY good food. It's kind of like a Logan's but they have this delicious cinnamon butter they bring out w/the rolls and their sweet tea was delicious!!!

Overall, it was such a good time. Quality time spent w/the 2 most important women in my life. Came home feeling very blessed!