So close to Christmas!!!!

I cannot believe that Christmas is less than a week away!!!!! it is so exciting to to watch the anticipation in the kids and doing all the Holiday traditions and family stuff!!!
The stockings the gifts the hustle and bustle of the season!!!! its all fun but remember the whole reason we celebrate is because god sent Jesus as a baby to live among us die for us and forgive our sins so we can heirs to the Kingdom of Heaven!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you God for the most precious gift you could ever give us!!!!

Family Fun

How fun Sat i baked a bunch of sugar cookies. Like 5 of those precut packages. lol

Any way we finally got around decorating them tonight.

Noah Fell asleep early tonite!!! which is ok cuz im not sure if we would have any cookies left with him lol!!!! God Bless !!!

house pics

Here are a few after pics of the house!! Sorry it took so long!!!!! We are so happy to be here!!!
God is way too Good to us!!




Here is a pic of the Kitchen!! What a difference from the beginning!

Jacuzzi Bathtub!!!! Nice!!!

Dining Room looking into the Living room!!

Another Dining room pic!!!Li

Living Room

So Thankful!!!

Wow so much to be thankful for. We are finally moved into our house!!! wow its great to have our stuff out of storage and have our beds back. it has been almost like Christmas for the kids to have their toys and stuff back. lol

God is so Good!!!!!!

What a week!!!!

Well where do i start? It looks like We are FINALLY moving next week!!!!! WOW!!! I cant hardly wait. I am not going back to Baker next semester. I am going to try to switch to mott. More convenient and flexible. Baker is so not!!!!! hmmmmmmm let me see.... Oh Nichols broke his wrist last night. I caught him getting into the chips and he jumped off the counter and landed on his wrist funny. BOYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! anyway hes fine he has a cast and sling.
Thanks for the Prayers

Just some pics of the house we are moving into- The before pics

Just some pics of the house we are moving into to show how much it has improved. i will take some after pics before we move in. it was in bad shape butit is looking good now. Like i said i will post some after pics asap.

Some new pics of the kids

What wonderful blessings!!!!!!!!!!!! They are growing up so fast.
Noah

Kelsey

Haley

Whitney Nicholas

God is so Good!!!!!

hmmmm not in yet. well God has a reason and his timing is so much better than ours anyway. He has been stretching us and though it has been hard i am learning so much and my Faith greater. Only He knows what is best for us. I am reminded of the scripture in jeremiah that says: For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. (29:11)

Wow that is so cool.
Oh i also decided after praying for quite a while that i am going into Early Childhood Education.
I am so excited!!! if i can just get through Psychology lol

I also had the chance to sit with some friends of mine this week and brainstorm some ideas of how we can be better moms and wives and help eachother. we talked about ways to save money by clipping coupons, shopping smart and many topics. It was awesome just to be able to pray and help eachother. We are meeting once a month so if anyone has any great ideas i would love to hear them and pass them on.

Also I had conferences with Whitney and Haleys teachers today. I great reports back. They doing well and the only thing is they need to practice thier reading skills. So pray for them that they will get practice and can catch up to where they need to be.

and last but not least Nick, Whaitney and Haley have a Bible Quiz competition this Saturday. It will be Haleys first. They have been practicing at home and every Sunday @ jbq practic.

almost there

I cannot believe we are almost a week away from moving in. It is gonna be so nice having our own place again. The kids are excited to have their own rooms and having there stuff back. Its gonna be like Christmas with them getting all thir toys back. I will post before and after pics.
God Bless.

what a week and its only tuesday!!!!

Hi all man its been a crazy week and its only just begun. Yesterday i ran over a bolt and blew out a tire on the van. that is gonna end up costing about 70 bux that we cant afford and today i got called out of class because the day care called and said Kelsey has pink eye. so off to the doc we went. i wonder what could haoppen next. thank God that through it all in Him we have Hope.
James 1:2-3 says:
2Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.

Thank You Jesus!!!!!! for strethening my faith and helping me to keep a good attitude and not to get offended at little things(or big things) Amen

what a great day

Today i took Haley , Kelsey, and Noah to Fenton city fire department open house while Nick and Whitney were at their Bible quiz competition. I t was so cool they had some free stuff raffle all the fire trucks out and the kids even got to spray the hose. but the coolest thing was watching the life flight helicopter land and getting to sit in it.

Other than that everything is good at our end, Terry is back to work and we should be moving into the house on elizabeth st within a couple weeks!!!!! God is so good. Thank you for all the prayers.. ... have a Blessed week!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Our liittle girl is 4!!!!!

Yesterday out little angel Kelsey turned 4!!!! I cant believe it! She was so excited. We had cake and ice cream and she sang happy birthday to herself lol.

Starting fresh

I started back to school today @ Baker. i am majoring in human service. That is gonna be a lot of work but i am so excited. my first two classes are cmposition 2 (writing yuk!) and general psychology. Im really excited for what God has in store for me in this field.

We also have been told that we probably have 4 more weeks before we move into our house. so please pray that it gets done and soon. Also pray for all the gm stuff to get hammered out because Terry is laid off and will be until this is over with. Thanks

Family

Hello all
What a beautiful day. The kids and i went to a wedding today and it was absolutlely breathtaking. What a wonderful reminder of how Good God is and what a perfect plan he has for us. Marriage is such a wonderful gift which leads to more wonderful gifts such as kids family and friends.

We are also getting ready for our Halloween outreach at the church. We are along with an another couple are hosting Light the Night at our house along with several other host homes in our area.; 5 churches are teaming up to light up several homes and show the Love of Christ to our nieghbors on a night that typically is used to glorify evil. We will be giving away candy and having games and activities and much more. So please pray for us as we prepare for this time.

Welcome to our Family Blog!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello all. Hope all is well with our dear friends and family. I created this blog so we can keep in touch and can share our family milestones and show how God is so wonderful and growing us each day. i hope you will all enjoy and i will keep it updated as often as possible.
God Bless the McDonnell Family