25 Days of Christmas Ornaments - Day 1

Today, I'm joining in on the 25 Days of Christmas over at MamaBear's blog.

.....and on Day 1, I'm going to share something other than an ornament.

I love this nativity set! I'm not even sure how I ended up with it. I don't remember exactly when I got it, but I think it was after my parents divorced. It originally belonged to my mom and she had it as long as I can remember. Growing up, it was always set up on top of the piano and I remember just sitting there and looking at it.

Someday, I will pass it on to Charlie...who was very cute when we set it up the other day. She had tons of questions about who everyone was and what was going on. What a great opportunity to share Jesus with her!

Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday preparations. We wish you a blessed time spent with family and friends. Check back soon for more Christmas ornament memories.

God bless!

My Beautiful Babes

Look at me...I'm almost 4 months old!

And me...I'm 2 1/2 already!

God bless!

25 Days of Christmas Ornaments

For the month of December, MamaBear, is going to be featuring her special Christmas ornaments and the stories behind them and we are all welcome to join in. I probably won't participate everyday, but do plan on joining in some. Looking forward to hearing everyone else's stories.

God bless!

Our Business...Our Life

I added a button in the top left corner...a link to our business website. Check it out!

We are a lot of things, but our business is a huge part of us. My hubby and our company are almost one and the same. I'm so proud of what he does everyday and what we have turned our little company into!

Chain Link Fence Installation

Manure Bunker Construction

Fence Install & Dry Lot Construction

It's a lot of work to keep a business going and growing, but so worth it. I'm finally starting to see some return on all the time I've put into advertising and marketing...makes it even more rewarding to be apart of it and to get to work with my love everyday. It's not always easy though. I tried to take some photos of the girls the other day for advertising purposes on our website. As you can see...didn't go so well!

On a side note, it may seem crazy.....but we are praying for a lot of snow this winter to keep us busy and financially flush going into next spring. As the Lord has blessed us richly, we wish blessing for all of you in your ventures!

God bless!

Our Thanksgiving

We enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving with my family on Thursday.

Charlie had fun playing with her cousins.

Cori liked all the attention.....for the most part. She wanted to be put down and left alone by the end of the day.

I only took 4 photos all day. It's pretty sad, but I was having such a good time getting everything together and being the hostess I love to be. Oh well, I'm hoping to get some copies from everyone else that was here.

We ate and ate and ate some more. We had an amazing amount of leftovers. I guess I didn't need the 24 lb turkey.

I tried a couple of new things...wonderful pie crust and Amanda's bacon-infused gravy. Amanda was right the gravy was amazing and the apple pie I made was yummy (I did use lard instead of the shortening). So, with all the bacon drippings and lard, I probably didn't need to add all the butter and cream cheese to the mashed potatoes. Oh, put they were so wonderful too!

My sister, Jessica, with Charlie and my nephew, Asher.

My little one, Cori.

The only picture of all the food.

This is the leftovers after we put them away.

Charlie crashed about 5:30 pm and was out for the night.

She sleep until 6:00 am Friday morning. Apparently all the fun and excitement wore her out.

It was great to see everyone. Such a blessing that we are able to get together. Hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving! God bless!

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving! May the Lord bless you and your this holiday!