Carlson's Best Life: 11/15/09

Monday, November 16, 2009

Time Together

This Thanksgiving was the first in many years that all of my side of the family were together for the entire weekend. We had lots of fun hanging out and doing whatever we wanted "together" for a few days. Jeff and dad spent a lot of their time hunting. Jim did a little bit of everything, including washing lots of cars..LOL. The three women talked, ate, napped and chased kids oh yea, and shopped. The kids did what they do best. Play and ask a thousand questions. But no matter what we were doing, we all enjoyed ourselves and had a great weekend. We ended the weekend enjoying a great service at my parent's church in Blountstown. It meant a lot to my dad and mom that we were all able to be with them in service. And as always as we went on our separate ways; we all left with the comfort of knowing that all is well and we will be toghether again very soon.

Fall Festival Fun

Once again, I had the opportunity to help coordinate the Fall Festival at the church. It was a lot of fun and I went all out costume and all to make sure it was a great time for the kids.

Alana surpised us all when she signed up to do "Karokee." And she rocked the place out. We were so proud of her and she really had a great time.

Of course, no matter what you set up at any event, face painting is always a hit. By the end of the night, Alana had both cheeks painted as well as her entire forehead. She just loves to get her face painted.

August in Review

August has been a very busy month and we are not quite done yet. Micah turned 5 months on August 16, and is doing so much: sitting on his own, playing every morning and afternoon in his activity saucer for 15 minutes at a time, pushing up on his forearms and getting on his knees when he is on his belly. He has also already cut his two front bottom teeth and appears to be working on cutting a top tooth. I'm thinking we are going to have a crawler very soon. He is growing so quickly and we are totally captivated by his every move.
Alana is getting ready to begin 2nd grade. I just can't believe that my child is going into 2nd grade. Where has all of the time gone? She is full of energy, love and zeal for life. Her typical days in the month of August have consisted of play dates, swimming, riding her bike, Bible School (she attended 5 this summer), traveling and hanging out with the family. I have promised her that we WILL go to the beach before summer ends, so I have two weeks left to make that promise come true.
Jim hashad a busy month so far and we are praising God for his new position/transfer closer to home. He will begin at his new location on the September 1, and we are so happy that he will be closer to home now. We are going to really enjoy meeting him for lunch and getting to kiss and hug him goodbye in the mornings now that he will not be leavign quite so early. God is AWESOME!!!! He always works things out for the good for those who love him (just a little paraphrasing..lol)
I have also had a busy month so far. One of the memorable things I've done this month besides playing the role of mom and giving vocal and piano lessons was being a part of the Royal Tea hosted by the 1st P.H. Church. It was a great experience and the guests speaker, Connie Hale, really spoke a message that penetrated deeply. Her word somewhat revived my heart and reminded me of the quality of life I have as a "Daughter of the King." I have willfully let go every unkind, critical and negative word ever spoken over me. I have determined that I WILL NOT listen to, entertain or accept any opinion of me given by others that is contrary to the words and thoughts of GOD. I am living a more productive and satisfying life because of it.
Below are a few pictures to document this month. I will obviously be adding more pics as the month comes to an end. In the future I will only update this section on a monthly basis.