better get ready

well, the season is here.... hard to believe in 20 some days we will be welcoming 2009!!! we are getting more and more women, so much in fact, I'm not sure where we're going to put them all! now that's crazy!

we have the tree up and the lights on the window and all of our favorite nick-nacky stuff cluttering coffee tables, but it looks great! we got the most perfect tree that we have ever had, and the ladies did a really good job decorating the tree. i didn't even kick into "control freak" mode! (now that's amazing.)

the presents are bought, but not wrapped, we had a meeting the other day and we received a strong encouragement about presents, instead of bending over backwards trying to find "something special" for everyone, just donate to a worthy cause, right across the lake are a bunch of kids that don't have very much. I'm taking it to heart. we are so spoiled we don't know what to do with 90% of the things that we have.

we are having 2 parties, and 3 birthdays all in one week! i need to learn the discipline of blogging shorter. i printed out my Oaxaca blogs today, and it totalled to 22 pages, but with some minor editing, i cut it down to 11. got bunches of pictures, 135 to be exact yesterday. when i get my laptop (yeah!) I'll put them on so you can see how beautiful Oaxaca is.

well, i need to get ready for class now.

Give thanks to our Lord our God and King

well, I'm back in the swing of things. it took a few days, one night i heard a knock on my door, so i woke up and thought "oh no! i have to go talk to these people and they aren't going to understand me!!!" i was really distraught about it, but then i realized i was home. another time the phone rang and woke me up from a nap, and i couldn't figure out where i was. it was really hard to get back. i think yesterday was the day where i was all together. we got home safe and didn't see any deer or anything!

thanksgiving was really nice. 90% of the ladies had visits, so that was nice for them. Mom and Dad came, it was so good to see them both. going to another country really does impact your life if you want to admit it or not! I'm so grateful for all that i have. mom and dad sat around and told stories about me when i was little. the ladies really enjoyed it. they all laughed and laughed. dad was in rare form. he jumped up on his soap box in a moments notice.

today i got a call and i was asked, so are you ready for your Christmas tree? i freaked out! oh no! where is the tree stand, how did we move the furniture last year! what to do. well Jene and i got our heads together and figured it out. we got our tree in, and guess what! it's perfect! it's so very pretty, i think the prettiest tree i have ever seen. we got it from the 4-H farm. i think tomorrow we will decorate it, and I'll leave the house for Ashlee to decorate when she gets back to do with the ladies.

well, i think that's it for the night. i hope your thanksgiving was as good as mine!