I'm am so sad for a few people this week.
a couple of failed adoptions this week and failed procedures here.
Another of our friends here our age passed away this week. We haven't seen them in quite a long time but we got lots of fun memories with them. It is just so sad what people have to go through, they have three little children and have been fighting Leukemia for five year and been through so much my heart really aches for them and there whole family.
This year it seems there are so so many heartaches and trials. I know three girls all this year around my age all with three young kids who's husbands have passed away, that is a lot. We just never know!
It makes me so so grateful and more appreciative of all I have that I take for granted.
Small and big things.
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Small and big things.
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This and That Randomness:
- I 'm babysitting my nieces for four days so I have a 1,2,3,4,and 6 year old in the house. D prayed for my mental health to still be intact by the end of the weekend -- ha ha funny boy!! They are angles its my kids that are acting up!! fun times let me tell you!
- Our old house is finalized today and no longer ours I went over last night to walk through it and it was memory overpowering and I start bawling. It was like every memory or everything we did was in flash rewind like the movies and it all came flooding in. It was hard.
- I lived the longest in that one house then anywhere in my whole life. It was a perfect home for us and so many wonderful memories happened there.
- We are almost done our office and I can't wait to get totally organized!
- Rebecca is doing our Christmas cards and I am so excited to see what they turn out like!!
- I am turning 33 in a month and a half and am starting to feel old?? Where has the time gone! Actually I don't think its old. I kind of feel like my time is running out to ever have the chance to get pregnant and maybe that's just a really unrealistic dream I'm not sure? Never the less its still a dream.
- I'm getting the dreaded sore throat cold!
- I can't wait to decorate for Christmas I love Christmas its my favorite time of the year.
- My baby is turning seven in a month crazy!
- People always say can you believe you have a child that old but I can because we waited along time for him and if we had gotten prego when we first got married I could have an almost 11 year old --now that would make me feel old lol!!!
- Made some cake balls from Bakerella the other night for a girls night we had here so fun and they turned out pretty good at least my kids loved them.
- Figured out some fun Christmas centerpieces like this one.
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And since its cold an awesome
CORN CHOWDER RECIPE
I made this in under an hour a couple of nights ago with some biscuits it was so so good! and easy! plus D loved it!
2 c. water
1 c carrots
1 1/2 c diced potatoes
a bit of chopped celery
cook vegtables with some salt for 10 minutes
1/4 cup of butter
2 c milk
1/4 c flour
Bring last three ingred to a boil or cook until thick. Add vegetables adn water to the sauce. Add 1 can of creamed corn. Serve topped with grated cheese.
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Anyway for lack of anything really exciting today besides the sad things in the post I just had a few minutes to write some thoughts so that's what we got today!
Have a great weekend! Make it count!
11 comments:
just want to let you know how much I loveyour blog!! I read it all the time and it gives me some sort of strength to keep going!
Thanx for that Christal!!!
Miss you in the ward and being your VT. Had some great chats!!
I too am shocked at all the very difficult trial some people I know have been going through. Makes my trial seem so small in comparison!
LOVE you center piece...where did you get it?
I too am shocked at all the very difficult trial some people I know have been going through. Makes my trial seem so small in comparison!
LOVE you center piece...where did you get it?
How do you do it all? What a CUTE centerpiece and yummy recipes! You seem to have it SO together Miss Christal! You are awesome and kind and concerned about everyone. We all love you! :)
So sad for everyone you know. Puts life in perspective doesn't it and helps us remember how important to enjoy every minute we have! I can't wait for Christmas too. The whole season is so wonderful, all the decorating and fun recipes. Thanks for sharing the corn chowder recipe - it makes me hungry!
I am so sorry to hear about your friends that are so young and going through so much! That is extra sad at this time of year!
Your corn chowder recipe sounds sooo yummy! I will definitely be trying it.
And, I can't remember if I got to comment on your family pics or not, but they are all beautiful! You have the sweetest little family!!
I'm really hating cancer a lot these days. My heart goes out to all these people I have never met in their difficult times. Awesome quote. Your pops look so dang cute. I'm attempting round 2 this week, yikes!
I am so sorry to hear about your close friends. My goodness....that certainly is a lot of women who have become widowed at such a young age. The Lord must truly see them as valiant women, who will see this through. THat or their husbands were valiant men, who were REALLY needed on the other side to have left their families so young.
That Christal for being you. Always caring, Always sharing (THanks for the recipe! and pics of your latest center piece creation.)
How about posting your cake ball recipe! That looks awesome!
Great quote at the end. Have fun decorating! That's what I've been doing for two days....and still going...........
So so sorry to hear about the recent tragedy of your friends. My heart aches for them.
Thank you for always sharing your heart. I love your posts. They are so uplifting and inspiring. Hope you can kick the cold, the centerpieces are wonderful.
i've been thinking of Lani and Casey too. So sad. Thank goodness for eternal families.
Thanks for acknowledging my pain, although you know it all too well also. It's such a battle of emotions, such pain and suffering yet amidst it all there is such strength we find when we rely on our Heavenly Father and Savior. They lift us from our pain and bless us with such love it's undeniable. I think it's such a refining process (for me at least) and I can't wait to see how I come out in the end...hopefully dazzling like a beautiful diamond that's transformed from a lump of coal. I KNOW we will all be blessed for the trials we endure WELL.
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