I always miss him when he isn't here...........

I had good intentions at the beginning of the month to post something each day that I was thankful for, however after the first few days the flu bug hit me and the blog fell behind.

Today, (the day after Thanksgiving) I can say that I am very, very thankful to be healthy again, and that I had a wonderful holiday meal last night with my family. Jim commented this morning that I hadn't updated the blog lately, and that I usually posted something about how much Eli and I miss him. (He currently resides in Texas, Eli and I are in Alabama).
Fact #1 I haven't posted lately.
Fact #2 I always miss him, EACH and EVERY day we are not together. A hundred phone calls a day to each other helps, but it isn't the same.

I am also so very thankful that he has been here with us the past few days. He is a devoted "Popa Jim" and I think he has had his hands on Aubrey and Lainey every opportunity possible.
This morning we got our wake-up call from Krisha at 6:00 a.m. She was already in Tuscaloosa shopping and Dan was getting ready to go hunting. So, Popa Jim and I have been entertaining the girls all morning.............what a wonderful way to spend the day! We hope everyone has a wonderful holiday weekend and ROLL TIDE ROLL!!

Correction to the previous post's title

Correction – "these are Popa Jim's Girls on loaner to Moma D"

This is the response I received from Jim on my title!

Moma D's girls............

Happy Birthday to the greatest bestfriend ever!

This is Vonnie, she and I were the greatest of friends during high school. We could have been known as Lucy and Ethel, and at times even as Thelma and Louise!

I adore her. There has never been a monumental (good or bad) time in my life that she wasn't by my side, either in person or in spirit.

I must admit, as the years have passed and each of us have traveled different roads in our lives, we haven't always stayed in touch. But, we have always known that the other was only a phone call away........distance has never been able to close the gap between us.

I love you, Vonnie. Thank you for sharing Snickers candy bars with me, Sonic chili dogs and tater tots, and putting up with my singing to the Eagles Hotel California cassette over and over. Thank you for being a part of my life!

Eli's day of babysitting................

The new place that God has sent us to.........

If you are following my "Things I am Thankful for each day in November" you will notice one of them is for the new place that God has sent us to. It is something that we have been praying for, for a very long time........and I know without question that God is the person that lead us to this place.

I know that God is behind this, because we have had to wait a long time for it to happen. Just as in Ecclesiates 3:1 we had to wait until the season was right, and we had to trust him (Psalm 62:8) for it. Also, as Matthew 7:7 says Ask and it will be given you.

God has sent us to our new home...............in Alabama!

I have debated about posting this information since the final "closing" hasn't taken place. However I stand on Matthew 9:29, "According to your faith will it be done to you."

We have waited until our season, we have trusted him for it, we asked him for it and it has been given, and our faith will take us through the closing.

Meet Coy, not Freddie...........

This is Coy the Coyote. I have been seeing him in the hay field between the cabin and Krisha's house on a regular basis, and at night sitting in my yard. Describing him to Dan, he thought it might be a fox, so I've been calling him Freddie. But thanks to modern technology (a camera, set up in a field behind Dan and Krisha's) this picture identifies my friend (if he doesn't bother me or Eli) or enemy (IF he does) as a coyote, not a fox. Thus, he is Coy, not Freddie!

Hopefully, Coy will mind his business and I promise that Eli and I will mind ours.....and we will all live in harmony.

Busy day on Halloween!

The girls had a very, very busy Halloween weekend. Krisha has written a step-by-step replay of their activities on her blog, http://thedeavourshousedivided.blogspot.com/. It has been so much fun watching Aubrey and Lainey's expressions while we were putting their costumes on, taking them off, putting them on, etc. However, overall they handled everything very nicely.

I did tell the girls at one point when they were beginning to get cranky, that thankfully Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny came to their house to bring them their goodies....and they didn't have to wear a costume for it!!!

FYI....I did find Aubrey and Lainey's Christmas stocking (to be at my house) yesterday. I suppose they will look cute in the RV!