The Jackson's 2009 New Mexico Trip!

Today was our first day and is it going wonderful. We left our driveway this morning at 5:30 am and Greta was very excited. We went to breakfast in San Antonio and Magnolia Pancake Haus. It was so good. I had an omlet that was to die for. Then with our belly's full we headed to a rest stop outside of Sonora, TX. for lunch and running around. The girls had so much fun and we had chicken salad sandwiches for lunch. After that we went to Ft. Stockton and walked through a small Wal-Mart and Greta thought that was so neat compared to the big ones that she knows. We are staying the night in Van Horn Tx. It is a small town with not much to see but the mountians, which by the way are beautiful. We will wake bright and early in the morning and head to Albuquerque, NM.

Nine Years

Today we have been married nine years. I can't believe it. I feel as if it were yesterday. I can say that I love you more today and I ever have. I love the feeling of our growing love. I love our two girls so much and am so thankful for you to help me guide them through life. I could not have picked a better partner to spend my life with. I praise God and lift you up to him daily. I am so proud of you and everything you. Thank You and I love you.

Kindergarten is Almost Over!

I can't believe this year is almost over. It feels as if we have just moved to this incredibly foreign (not really, just to me) place. Come into a school district that I had no comparison to. I was really scared to let my child go.
We could not have made a better move for our children. Greta's teacher this is a gift from God. She is completely awesome and motivates children to do their best and more. I am so happy that she came into our lives.
I am so proud of Greta. She is really a smart child. I'm not just saying this because she is my child. I have prayed from the moment of conception that she would not be cursed with challenges like her momma. Dyslexia is horrible for children and even as an adult I fight it daily. I learned to cope but for children it is hard. I'm so happy and relieved that she is so much of a sponge.
I just want to thank Mrs. Thrash for such a wonderful year. You have given us the greatest gift that will last us the rest of our lives. The perfect start for a wonderful education.

Love Dare

In August we started going to a new church in our new neighborhood. Let me tell you my eyes were opened wide for the first time in my life. I am so fired up for My God that I just can't stand it. We look forward to going to church every week. We are learning so much and feeling fullfilled at the end of the sermon. Our life has taken on a new meaning and we are living for Him and not ourselves.

The sermon series we started on was one on marriage. Daniel and I have a great marriage, I am so in love with my husband and know that he loves me. We are each others best friend and truly complete each other. But who would not want to make a great thing even better. We learned a lot about what the bible says about marriage and learned about the book love dare. I purchased the book with my Husband not knowing. I is a book that takes 40 days to deepen your relationship and truly learn to love unconditionally. We love our children unconditionally but it is different with others including our spouses. As God loved us so much that he gave his son to save us. So every time I started the book it seemed as if something started attacking our relationship. I know now it is Satan trying to take hold. So today I am slamming the door in Satan's face and starting over. I will let you know how my forty days are going, I know that the end result will be a deeper relationship with God and my husband. I can't wait.

If anyone has done this let me know how your journey went or is going.

Scary Foot!

I've made some life goals. One of them is to be healthy and I'm really trying to live this one out. I've been walking in this wonderful neighborhood that we moved to. Right after school started I started having pain in my right foot again. In early October I went to the doctor thinking it was just something minor. Well Well it was not as good as I had wanted. It seems that my body can't handle pregnancy. During my pregnancy with Juliet two bone spurs grew on my heel and were very sharp and were knicking my tendon as I was walking. So after a week of shots to where my whole body is black and blue I went in for surgery. This is my beautiful incision. It really is pretty compared to the others. My foot does not hurt and I am so happy. Greta saw my foot for the first time the other night and said "Momma you have a very scary foot." I will have to have some physical theraphy and then I will be off and walking!! YEAH!!

Reflections

This year has been one of reflecting for me. I've had lots of time for thinking about how blessed I am. Tonight I was watching my girls playing on the floor and thought "WOW". Thank you Lord for picking me to be their mother. Thank you for blessing me with the job of caring and loving these beautiful beings.

Sometimes I need to be reminded of this. Some days are difficult with children. Greta tests me many times and I know that I am being taught patience. I am a patient person as long as things are going my way. With children things do not always go our way. If I stand back I usually handle the situation with minor chaos. Sometimes as parents we need to remember that our children are a blessing to us as we are a blessing to them. They are our gift from God, we need to handle them with care, love and support.

Halloween!!

Last night was Halloween. It was the first for many things. First for Juliet, First for our new neighborhood, and a first for door to door for Greta. The girls had a blast, Juliet slept in her stroller and Greta was scared of everyone that walked by. Greta had more fun handing the candy out. She is so like her momma it is scary.

I'm not really fond of Halloween because I don't like to be scared. I never really liked it as a child and really don't like the scary stuff now, But I like for the kids to dress up if they want to.

Greta wanted to be something scary this year and her verision of scary was a spider. We got the spider costume in the mail and she put it on and said "How will they know I'm a girl?". I said "I don't Know" her response was "Put Bows on the head". So she was a really scary girl spider with big orange bows on her head.

Juliet was a pumpkin. She was so cute she did not mind the costume she just smiled and wrinkled her nose. She sat in the front yard with me for a while and then fell asleep and her daddy pushed her down th sidewalk. She is such a happy baby.

The night ended a 8:00 pm and Greta came in and sorted her candy and Juliet got ready for bed. Everyone had a great night and no one got too scared.