Christmas Pictures

We got some pics of the kids on sunday although we did it really quick. So I am hoping for some more time on of these days to get some other shots. Also I have the hardest time getting a good pic of the kids together and all of us as a family...I will keep trying so stay tuned for more!

Christmas is coming

It is official the season has arrived we got our tree up and most of our shopping is done we have two Christmas programs this week so the busyness has hit the Lawsons full force! Rachel loves the lights and we can't keep her little hands off the ornaments! When we got out the stockings we had to put a new hanger in the stairway for Rachel's I got so worked up I had a few tears just from the shear joy of our beautiful family and that we get to fully enjoy Christmas this year instead of spending it in the hospital.

Turkey Day....or Should I say Days

Well our Thanksgiving went from one day to an entire weekend on Thursday we went to my Grandparents for dinner with the whole family we had great time eating and visiting. My cousin from Arizona was home so it was great to catch up with her. Brandon had a blast playing football outside with all the guys (he was a muddy mess when he came in) and Rachel was happy as a lark going from one plate to the next of who ever would give her a bite of something tasty! Unfortuntaly there are no pictures from this day beacause I was a ding-a-ling and forgot my memory stick.

Then on friday evening we went to Grandma and Grandpa Lawson's for dinner and Rachel got to play with her cousin Caydence adn Brandon played with Justin.




And one more time on Saturday we loaded up and went to Indy for dinner with Jesse's mom and Bill we played Rock Band after dinner and a good time visiting. After coming home that evening instead of spending the night like orginally planned I woke up Sunday morning with snow on the ground a sick husband on the couch....about lunch time I joined him on the sicky couch where I stayed for a day and half..ugh I hate being sick. But hopefully the time of sickness is past and we can focus on the approaching season...the birth of Christ...Christmas. We are so excited the tree is going up tonight!!

It's been forever....

I know that it has been forever since the last post and we have had lots going on...Rachel is now waving bye-bye and blowing kisses! We have started shopping for Christmas and birthday...we are actually almost done!!! Both kids have had colds and I am now getting it so glad I have taught them to share! The maternity pictures have been delivered and it sounds like they really liked them also I have been researching lighting kits so hopefully in the next few weeks it will be ordered and can start practicing with it (Brandon will be thrilled!) We have hung out with our friends the last two Sunday afternoons we love it because we get adult conversation and the kids get unlimited playtime!

We are ready for thanksgiving I have Wednesday off and will be making homemade dinner rolls and some sort of delectable desert! Then we will begin decorating for Christmas much to Jesse's chagrin we will be hanging icicle lights up outside Brandon begged last year for lights and it just never got down in the preparations for Rachel so this year we HAVE to do it, although the only reason either one of us want to freeze our tuckuses off is to see his look of excitement!

One other crazy thing has happened to us and that is last Thursday Jesse was heading back to work and he heard a loud pop, saw some smoke, then more smoke and his car rolled to its death. So we were faced with the challenge of both of us working and having one car granted we had done it before but at that time Brandon wasn't in preschool and Rachel wasn't born. But we embraced the challenge and both just felt that we couldn't change anything until after the first on the year now although WE couldn't change anything that doesn't mean GOD couldn't change things...today we were approached by Pete from church he said he had a truck that he had felt compelled to give away for over a year but just wasn't sure who could use it...he had heard about our situation and wanted to give it to us yes I said GIVE....can God get any better in his plan! Sorry for not having any pics this time definitely will have some of thanksgiving, decorating, and the truck!

Maternity Photo Shoot

I have a maternity photo shoot scheduled for Saturday morning...watch for pictures! Hopefully it will happen though Rachel is maybe getting sick:( We will see how today goes.


Rachel is feeling better and both kids are off to spend the night at Grandma and Grandpa Lawsons house! Here are some pics from this morning....

Election Day.....2008

This will be an important day in american history we have yet to hear the outcome but I just have to remember above all else that the Lord is in charge and he has a plan and that plan is to prosper....jer 29:11 It may not be as a nation [prosperity]but He is most assuredly is leading this family....my prayer is that we will continue to grow and turn to Him in all things no matter who is in charge of this nation.

Lord, please guide this family watch over us daily, guide us in the decisions that we make as parents guide us to be the parents you want us to be. Let our eyes focus only on You and not to be wrapped up in the goings on of the world. amen.

Trick or Treat

Superman and a Butterfly decided to work together to see how much candy could be rounded up in just a few short hours. They both were just so gosh darn cute they came away with two bucket fulls!

Friday (Halloween) I got to stay home with the kids. Brandon and I made sugar cookies out of colored dough we created rainbows, hot dogs, hamburgers, tacos, smiley faces, and even a spongebob.

Today we picked up the kids since they spent the night at mom and dad's house (jess and I had to work) we took some family pictures in the woods. We then left their house and went to the reservoir to play around we ended up at the spillway and Brandon loved climbing the stairs then him and Dad played on the playground. Also Rachel is standing up by herself now and walking so good, we are never going to be able to keep up now!