Merry Christmas...

Tis the season, and it's only just begun!  It has been pretty hectic (as usual) around here, Christmas day has come and gone but we have just begun celebrating the 12 days of Christmas...
My mind has been adrift very much these days to the worries on my heart that should be in God's hands, and I have felt pretty down...  but...  I know I shouldn't be, we are, afterall, celebrating Jesus' birth... AMEN.  Lord I cast my worries upon you, I know you have been waiting.  Looking forward to a wonder-filled 2012...  AMEN, AMEN, and AMEN....

Tag Alongs...

We went to work with Daddy and had our own fun ...  inspecting the landscape at UIW

Stopped to put gas and ride a horse...

Can you see all the birdies in this bush?

Long day at the office earns a nice warm bubble bath...

too cute!

Where were we on Christmas day after the smoke cleared and all was quite in our house, at IHOP for some Hot Chocolate!

I've been so good Santa!

Love this cute elf!

Practice makes perfect

Can you see my little Longhorn Jersey on stage practicing for his Christmas program...  Love this guy!

And here is my handsome guy all set to go!

Tick Tock goes the Clock

Maybe it's because I am a mom, that feeling like we go 100 mph 24/7 is just part of life, but really, I don't think people have a CLUE what goes in to being a wife/mother...  and I know this because there are many times, when I am asked to do one more thing I am usually thinking ...  really?

So here's my new idea, that I will do as often as I can remember so that maybe, just maybe if a man reads this blog he will think, hey, maybe I DON'T have a clue...

So far today I have,

• Made breakfast
• Finished my husbands time sheets, copied them, taken them to be faxed and went to the post office to mail the originals.
• Ironed my sons clothes for school.
• Wrapped three teacher gifts and attached cards
• Picked up lunch for my son and niece and went to school to eat with them.
• Called in the new insurance information for my husbands meds to the pharmacy, called back to make sure it went through and will soon be on my way to pick them up.
• Called my mother in law's podiatrist to see if there was anyway they could see her today.
• Called the hospital to find out if there was a wound care clinic bc the doctor couldnt see her.
• Begged my brother in law to pick up my mother in laws layaway so that I didn't have to wait in line for it on my BDAY!
• Fed the dog and have taken him out 3 times.
• Washed the breakfast dishes...

and did i mention it is only 2 pm...

Happy Birthday...

to me!!!  41....yikes, and these 40's are kicking my butt...

My little Salvation Army bell ringer!