Getting Ready for Christmas!!!

This is one of my favorite pictures of Will. He was at work helping Daddy and the only way to keep him happy is to let him eat ipod cables... (don't tell mommy!!!) By the way: He is not normally naked at work, but we had a rough/ wet day all over daddy's office!

Will helping Daddy with the Christmas Tree

Will Playing with all of the Christmas Lights!! Seconds later he was tasting the christmas light!!

Well, tonight Katie talked me into putting up the Christmas tree... to most people any time before Thankgiving is crazy, but this is better than past years. Last year we had out tree up in October, so this year we are a little more normal.

It was lots of fun! Everything is very new to Will which makes it so exciting to watch!! Tonight we wrapped Will up in Christmas light and he loved it! (until daddy took them from him because he was trying to eat them)

We are already in the Christmas spirit, we have the screen door open and it is about 65 degrees in the house, we have had Christmas music playing all night and Katie was even offering me Hot Chocolate!! I opted for the sweet tea instead, but it was still an option!

We put the tree up so early because we will be out of town for wuite some time during the holidays... Here is our vacation schedule...

Thanksgiving: November 26th - 29th with My Family in Jax.

Christmas #1: December 8th - 13th with Katies Family in Rhode Island

Christmas #2: December 22nd - 27th with My Family in Jax.

New Years Eve: HOME SWEET HOME!!!!!

Well, hopefully you can understand why we are getting ready for Christmas so early, because it will be over before we know it!!

This is definitely one of the most blessed Christmas's of my life! It will be so fun to be with friends and family throughout this entire holiday season!!

Thank You Lord for your Blessings!!!

Another Fun Wednesday...

Tonight was the second night of our YOUTHTUBE series. This is a series of message that adress our influences... The first week was: What Influences You? The second week: Who Influences You? and Next Week, the final week will be: Who do you Influence...

It has been a fun series. Tomorrow night I am getting together with the youth group to make some videos! I am excited! Especially because we are going to have Little Ceasers Pizza! They just opened up two weeks ago and I alread have been there three times! I love the CRAZY BREAD!

So that is happening tomorrow night and then we will not be having another youth service until DECEMBER!! Can you believe it!! TIME FLIES BY!!! I am so excited about Christmas this year... I am ready to get out my favorite Christmas CD: David Phelps: One Wintry Night...

Alrighty, well I am going to go play with our internet and see if I can hook it up to my XBOX 360. We got the cable and internet last night and I also went to wal-mart and figured out how to hook up the wireless router!! I am using it right now!

I LOVE TECHNOLOGY!!!!

By the way... I am in serious need of an iphone. It is unbelievable the many many different things you can use it for! I NEED I NEED... :) ok, maybe not need, but That sure would be cool...

If I don't get it, I would still be the most blessed person that I know!

Thank God!

I love you all!

Lee

Hey Everyone!

FINALLY! It has been over 3 weeks that we have been in our new home without any TV or Internet!! Tonight at 7:00PM the comcast guys showed up and took care of business! They got us up and running in about 45 minutes! It is so exciting!

Well, we also had a great night spending time with our friends Eric, Sylvia and their two sons, Evan and Gabriel. We ate some chilli, went swimming and played scattergories!!

It was great!!

I will update more some time soon... God has done a lot of great things in our life over the last month. I cannot wait to update you! Thanks! Love you all!

Lee

A Few Pictures of Our New Home! Come VISIT!!!

Here are a few pictures of our new home!

Praise the Lord! We are so Blessed!

What a week...

This has been some week. God has blessed in so many ways and although it was probably the busiest week I can ever remember, I am thankful for all of it!

A little over a week ago, Katies parents came into town and we went and closed on the new house in Sabal Trace Villas. So beginning last week, (one week ago today) we started moving into our new home. Monday and Tuesday were big moving days when I wasnt running to the printing company and the local public schools to put out the flyers for Trunk or Treat. Then Wednesday we had our Costume Party in the youth group. Thursday, I was at the dentinst early in the morning trying to get my crown glued back in. They told me if this glue does not work then they will have to make a whole new crown!!! Pray it works!! The rest of Thursday was a busy day of getting all of the last minute things ready for Trunk or Treat, and then Friday we were basically here setting up for Trunk or Treat all day.

Trunk or Treat was a great success! We had over 1,200 registered attenders. (that is not including any workers, church members, or road side parkers who just snuck in) We were able to get the gospel in every persons hand and also we were able to make many connections with people who said they would love to get more information about our church! What a blessing! We need to pray that we can reach those people who are interested and have them come to one of our services!

Then Saturday we had Men's Prayer Breakfast at 6:30 AM at Perkins in North Port. We had a record attendance of men. There were 22 of us there at 6:30 am! It was a great time of prayer and fun fellowship.

After prayer meeting we went back to the church to clean up from trunk or treat, and then we went and helped Barb Howes move everything from her storage unit back into her house.

Then, Sunday was our churches Anniversary Sunday!! It was such a great day!! We had a fun service in the morning and then we all went out to Port Charlotte Beach and ate and played games and spent the whole afternoon out there together just fellowshiping!

Last night Katie and I spent a nice evening at home and just relaxed and went to bed by 9:30. That was aearly, but it was nice.

In our devotions today we read Proverbs 3... I love verse 33. May we each seek to make our family the "godly" family simply because of our heart and our actions... That is what Joseph did... His entire family was blessed because He was faithful!

Pray for me this week... we have a potentially life changing decision to make by Friday. We are praying fervently and ask that you pray with us!

With Love, Lee