Fun Games

How many years have we waited to play "fun" games with our kids?  When Tessa and Boaz were younger we played... Hi ho Cherrieo, ABSeas, Candy Land and your whole assortment of really boring games.  Now with Lilly and Eli they have older siblings to play such games with and Tessa and Bo are ready for some fun games. We play Cadoo, and Uno, Cash Flow for Kids and games that actually take a little thought - I know still just a little.  But it's fun!  And I'm happy to be in this stage.  It's fun to take time during these Christmas days off to play with the kids... how blessed I am.!

Today is very close to Christmas, I love Christmas!  But for some reason I keep on thinking about spring and summer, flowers and BBQ's, camping and swimming, camp fires and s'mores, morning walks and berry picking.... ahhhh...... 

Fasting

Today I fasted.  Well just this morning really, I ate at noon.  But this morning I "felt" like I was supposed to "go without" breakfast and spend extra time in prayer.  My "time" with God was great!  Though I had moments where I felt quite gross because I was hungry, most of the morning was fine.  I talked to God, pleaded with God, read His words, cried and felt peace.  But at the end of the morning "nothing had happened."  I know that God doesn't work just because we do (magic formula enter here) and I know that He who knows all and sees all is working always, but I can't help but feel a little discouraged and let down.  

I know God uses kids to teach us so much and this morning was another example of that.  "Mighty God, faithful through the ages, Mighty God...." was going through Lilly's mind (and mouth) therefore it got to go through mine.  I know He is Mighty, I know He has good plans for me and I will trust Him.   

Four kids

It's funny really...  Sometimes I think that people get annoyed when I talk about life with four kids. Four kids are four kids.  It's three more than 1, double 2, and one more than 3.  

It is also half of 8.  I would quickly and readily agree that a home with eight kids, or seven or six or five.  Is totally different than mine.  Just a funny thing that I think about...

Another thing new here is that Dan and I gave ourselves a new video camera for pre-Christmas.  It had to come early for all the pre-Christmas things that we really want to have record of, but yes it is "the gift".  So merry Christmas to us!!  

It's crazy (again with the mentioning of four kids, maybe I do have a problem *smile*) with all these (I must say it) four kids I was so careful to get everything of Tessa and Bo's on video.  Then our camera kind of broke and felt really big so Lilly and Eli hardly have any of their baby hood recorded.  Eli is only three, but I almost believe that "it's too late." I know it's not, but I am excited to record all their memorable and not so memorable moments.  For them to see who they were and for me to be able to remember all these great moments that make up today!

We got our camera on the day of the Christmas home tour that I was a part of to raise money for missions.  So I was excited to walk around near the end of the day and video our home cleaner, and with more candles lit then ever before... clip by clip.  Well yesterday I decided to tidy up our memories and get them edited and on to a DVD.  Much to my horror, and Dan's amusement we found that I had about one second of each "scene."  I turned the camera OFF each time I wanted to record and ON for walking down hallways and stairs.  I guess colouring my hair dark didn't change the roots.  *smile*