Getting Ready!

Well our tree has been up since a few days after Thanksgiving and the kids are still making their lists and checking them twice! Keenan is pretty obsessed with Cars and Spiderman and Hot Wheels! And AJ has her eye on some cute clothes and some Barbie clothing design computer software. We were blessed with several ride on toys for Darien that a client doesn't need right now, and since there isn't really a place to hide those...he's been having fun playing with them already. He is not only walking but running after his siblings to keep up! He is kind of fussy but we think he is cutting more teeth and much earlier than his brother and sister did. He has 8 already! Hmmm...what else? I have had a few good clients but also some who cancelled last minute which is always a bummer! Donnie is still busy with his job and some classwork that he is finishing, but we are all looking forward to a visit from his parents who come in on Wednesday. We have been to a few great parties and have the kids school celebrations left and then two more adult functions! It will be nice to get out without the kids too! We are going to make every effort to really keep this year's celebration focused on doing things together more than buying a bunch of things. With what I have seen in my business this year as well as our own home is that our kids would rather go places and do things together than really play with a ton of toys. Keenan will of course get some of his major wish list items, but we are grateful to have an opportunity to teach our kids that the gift of family time is the real blessing. We have to be so intentional about reminding our kids in this affluent community where we live that there are so many kids in other places with soooooo much less than what we have. I think the biggest thing that the Lord is teaching me latley is to try to Let them be Little! ( not easy for this neat and quiet freak!) We continue to seek God's direction about our kids and the entertainment industry. Everywhere we go we get stopped about how stunning our kids are...nothing new to us, but sometimes it would be nice if they could just get one really great paying job out of all those adoring fans! Maybe someday!