Day: January 4, 2014

This year we decided to do something different. Instead of going to Costco as usual to pick out our tree, we thought it would be fun to go to a real Christmas tree farm and cut down our own. Of course our trip could not have been as memorable if I haven’t plugged in wrong directions into our GPS and instead of us taking an hour to get there, it took us 2.5 hours. However once we got there, all was forgotten and we were submerged into hundreds and hundreds of trees. At first we thought, it would be the easiest thing to pick out a tree but an hour into our adventure and miles of walking and climbing with two little kids, we realized that the task was much more challenging than we thought. God had mercy on us and we found THE perfect tree 🙂 The kiddos were beyond excited and so were we 😉 We all enjoyed our experience so much that we are definitely looking forward to doing it again next year 🙂

Tonight has been one of those nights that reminds you to hold on to your loved ones and love on them every moment you get. Often we forget the treasures in our life, maybe it’s because we have such easy access to them. I look at my babies and I thank God for them every single day and often times many times a day. I find myself worrying on many different occasions for God to keep me healthy and safe until my babies are grown up and can fend for themselves, but I happen to forget that this very minute, somewhere parents are fighting for their baby’s life. We hear about all types of diseases and sicknesses, but very often we base them on age and think, oh, that usually happens to older people, but oh how we are wrong. It attacks newborns, babies and adults. Dear Jesus, I am so grateful to you for my little joys and I am sorry to take them for granted when I do. I hold so much love for these miracles that the thought of anything happening to them, makes all of my insides cold. I pray for their health, safety, wise decisions, mainly to follow You and to always walk hand in hand with their Creator. I bring my gratitude for the blessing of sharing every minute of the day with them, oh how often I get exhausted and forget what a privilege it is to be with these most precious tiny people. I thank you for their laugh, for their eagerness to learn, for their soft hearts, for the love they hold for one another, for priceless prayers that are prayed by most tiny lips, for their energy, for their excitement about the littlest t things.
I thank you for my most understanding, loving, caring, kind husband, who has seen me in my best and my worst and still never gave up on me and keeps loving me immensely every day. I thank you for both of our families that always stand by our side and support our decisions and continue to love us unconditionally. I thank you for every single blessing and trial in my life. You are the only One that knows me inside and out . Most of all, I thank you for finding me and for saving me, I would not be the person I am without you Lord. I am blessed beyond measure and I owe it all to you my Heavenly Father!