Let it snow....

The snow we had last week brought a lot of fun with it. Faith built a snowman and did some sledding. Faith really enjoys the snow and doesn't seem to get cold at all, she would stay in the snow for hours if we let her. I kind of hope that we do have one more round of snow this year, so that she can enjoy it again. The snow is almost gone in our neck of the woods now, but the weather is still very chilly. The wierd mixture of snow, ice and rain left us with some very slick roads last week. Faith got to have almost the entire week off from school, so she got a fun little break. I got stuck three times in the car...and am very thankful for such great helpful men in the community! My car was stuck in the driveway on Tuesday, so my neighbor came over with his tractor and plowed the driveway for me so that I could get in and out. My boss picked me up for work one day and helped get my car "unstuck" on another day. Another nice guy in the community helped me to get my car out of my sister's driveway on another morning last week. To say the least, it was pretty crazy for anybody to get from one place to another last week. So, I'm glad that is over with. :) Maybe the next snow will be easier to get around in! :) I hope everyone has enjoyed the snow and any time off work or school.

On another note, my niece Tillie had her surgery recently and everything went very well. She is at home and recovering wonderfully. Thank you all for your prayers and for all the phonecalls while she was in the hospital. We really appreciate it. Also, our nephew Koen had his adenoids removed last week and is also doing wonderfully. God sure takes care of our little ones!

(I recently got to practice my photography skills on Tillie...here is one of the photos from that session with her...she's just beautiful! - ps...the surgeon didn't have to shave any of her hair for the surgery, so she still has all that pretty blonde hair!)

Christmas 2008

We celebrated Christmas a few times this year and were able to visit with most of our family. We had a great time, but we were pretty tired when it was all over. Faith had a wonderful time opening all of her gifts, singing at the programs and getting to play with all of her cousins. It would take me days to post all of the pictures from our Christmas season, so I just randomly picked some from here and there and made this slideshow. You can see that all of the kids (and the adults as well) had a great time!

We got exciting news twice during Christmas. Jon and Angela are expecting their 4th blessing next year and Tom and LeAnn are expecting their 2nd blessing next year as well. Congratulations to both families - it's always heartwarming to hear of a new baby on the way!!! :)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

Life House Youth - Everything Drama

A friend of mine posted this on her blog a while back and I was thinking of it again today. I was really touched by this skit and thought that some of you may be as well.

Student of the Month







Faith is the Student of the Month! We also recieved her first semester grade card a few weeks ago and she did great. Her teachers speak very highly of her.....and once again, she is the Mother Hen of the class. Who didn't see that coming? Anyway, we are proud of her and wanted to share her big news.
Sorry I haven't blogged in a few weeks, but we have just been really busy. Faith had a fun Halloween, she was Snow White this year. I had the flu that night, so she went trick or treating with Aunt Jamie. I don't have any pictures yet, I have to get them from Jamie. Let's see, we visited the Zoo and Chuckie Cheese's a few Sundays ago. It was lots of fun for the kiddos....but we were all very tired at the end of the day. Josh and Faith went back to Chuckie Cheese's the next weekend for a birthday party......so I think Josh has had his fill of Chuckie Cheese for atleast the next year or so. So, that's about it....we've just been working, schooling and trying to spend time together in between. I love when the fall rolls around and the weather is still nice enough to be outside without sweating, but it sure seems like fall is already ending this year. I'm glad we have been able to do a few things together before it gets cold again.
A quick thanks to those of you who have been praying for Jamie. The surgery went great and she is home now, where she would much rather be. Mom is trying to help her as much as Jamie will allow. The doctor told her that she was fine to lift Tillie. She has 15 staples in her stomach, so I really don't think she should be, but the doctor knows best. So, anyway....Jamie's doing great....Thanks again.

Wedding..


This weekend was very eventful for the Littlejohn and Raysor families! Sam and Susie had their wedding on Saturday....and I must say that it was absolutely gorgeous!! Everybody had such a great time and all of the kids had so much fun getting to play and dance. Susie looked stunning in her wedding gown and Sam looked very nice in his tux. Miss Olivia looked very adorable in her little red dress. She did so well this weekend, even with all of the commotion, she was a little social butterfly and really ate up all of the attention! :) Here are some pictures (taken by H.O. Wade of Vivid Impressions).