Mixed Nuts: Advent Day Twenty Five - the LAST day of ornaments

Quotes

"There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark." - Helen Keller
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me." ~Erma Bombeck
You may never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.- Unknown
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow' ~Helen Keller
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."- Dr. Seuss
"Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you react to it."
"God doesn't give children with disabilities to strong people: He gives them to ordinary, everyday people, then He helps the parents to grow stronger through the journey. Raising a child with special needs doesn't TAKE a special family, it MAKES a special family."Author Unknown
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go – Abraham Lincoln
Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. ~ Benjamin Franklin
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is a miracle - Albert Einstein
The journey of a 1000 miles starts with a single step
Sometimes in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives you a fairy tale
Where there is great love, there are always miracles - Willa Cather
The Difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a little longer
Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness
There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings.
Be the change you want to see in the world
Don't tell God how big the storm is, tell the storm how big Your God is..........
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it
Fall down seven times - get up eight - unknown
Despite our differences, we sink or swim together
Life may not be the party we expected, but while we are here, we might as well dance
"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." -Confucius

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Advent Day Twenty Five - the LAST day of ornaments

Today's ornament - the manger

This is the last day. We have had a lot of fun putting the tree together. And I have enjoyed reading the stories and versus to the kids each day. Arlington is sad that we won't have any more advent days this year. It was a great little project. We will look forward to doing it every year.

I took pictures of the tree from different angles for this post - enjoy.

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life." John 3:16

Today was Mat's first day of vacation. We had a nice, relaxing day. It was a rainy day, so he hooked up the train around the tree for the kids to play with after school. They played with it for hours. We have the G scale train - so it is big. This was the first year we have had the space to put it out for the kids to enjoy. Scooby found it interesting and tried to chase it.

Tomorrow Mat and I are starting out day with breakfast out - just the two of us. It will be fun. We are going to try and start to help Santa get ready for Christmas by removing some of the twisty ties from the toys. We are nice like that. Santa is very welcome. The more we get done over the next few days, the earlier we can go to bed on Christmas eve.