Cale's new toy

Great Grandma and Grandpa Cauble got Cale a new toy for his birthday next week. It is a ball popper and he was so excited about it. He started screaming YAY!!

Thanksgiving with Brandi's Family

Cale and Bella playing

Sweet Bella, my cousin Natalie's daughter

Yes, my mom and her cousin Donna Jean scuplt the mashed potatoes into something. This year it was a grandma and a tribute to grandmas. Jayde always helps out.


Cauble-Verble Thanksgiving

Koziatek Family Thanksgiving

Koziatek Family

Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend! How about you? I could get used to a four day weekend and am not looking forward to going back to work tomorrow! We had dinner with Jeff's family Thursday and lunch with my family Saturday. I think we will be eating leftovers for days to come!

What am I thinking

I was so thinking next Tuesday was the 2nd of December. It's next Wednesday. 1 week from tomorrow our baby boy will be 1!

One more week

A week from today our little man will be 1 year old. 1 year! I have so many feelings about this right now. Feelings of excitement and wonderment to see our little man grow, what his interests will be, to hear his thoughts when he talks, to see where God leads him in this journey of life. But I also have some feelings of sadness. I was looking through pictures last night and saw pictures when Cale was born. Wow, was he really that tiny? Was that really almost a year ago already? Where does the time go? It goes too fast if you ask me! And although I am excited for little man to turn 1, it's also a little hard in that he's just growing way to fast.

Christmas

Christmas is my favorite time of the year. I absolutely love it. The lights, time with family, giving gifts to loved ones, celebrating the birth of Jesus. Our women's ministry at church hosted a "Heart for the Holidays" day this past Saturday and it was wonderful. You could go to different sessions and I chose "Keeping Jesus the Reason for the Season", "Children's Crafts" and "Holiday Baking." Each session was awesome! The crafts and baking gave me some great, easy ideas. I had a delightful time. I got to think though after the Keeping Jesus the Reason for the Season session how easy it is for me to get lost in the worldy Christmas. Worrying about all the different houses to get to for Christmas, trying to figure out what to buy for everyone, getting wrapped up in the lights, decorations.

This session talked about having a plan for our hearts during the holiday season so that we might remember the birth of Christ. The speaker explained that we live in the already and the not yet at the same time. The already is when Jesus was born in a manger, dying later on a cross for our sins. The not yet is we are waiting for His coming again, for God's ultimate glory. Sometimes she said we get wrapped up in our own glory, we make an idol out of the Christmas of the world-presents, Santa, having the perfect Christmas with family and friends. We need to remember that Christmas is about God loving us back, God sending His son as the sacrifice and buying us back from when Adam and Eve fell into sin in the Garden of Eden. We should accept that we don't have it all together, that we are not perfect-the turkey may be dry, the house may not be the cleanest, but will we allow things like this to run our Christmas. Don't let expectations, travel, schedules, pressure, getting everything done, fear of disappointment or anything else get in the way of the true meaning of this holiday season. It's a beautiful time of year and I can't wait to celebrate it with my family and share in the joy of God's son! I know it's early, but Happy Holidays.