God's Faithfulness!

Today we had a very busy day. I feel like that should be capitalized. We had a super-fun Mom's Group this morning where the girls got totally worn out from so much fun. We all took naps, and the girls went to bed without any problem and slept for a long time. Unfortunately, I didn't have any work today, but I was able to work on my Pay It Forward some. I finished the one thing I was working on so now I just have two more things to make and then get it in the mail! We picked Joel up from work and went to TJ Maxx and got some Christmas gifts for the girls. They were there, but they will forget by the time Christmas gets here! We probably won't get them much else except for things for their stockings. They get so much from everyone else, and I would really like to instill a spirit of giving in them as they grow. I am excited to put up the tree though. That maniac dog will probably chew it all apart and then I will really have to throttle him. I love the Christmas season. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday though! That makes a nice segue into the next thing I want to tell you all about!

I don't often talk about my faith on here. I don't think that the internet is really a good place to communicate things like this because there is no tone of voice, no facial expression. But this is something I just need to share. The power of God is an awesome thing!

It all started when we got a flat tire about a week and a half ago. When Joel put the spare on, he accidentally broke the lug nut so he didn't want to take it to get it fixed because he was afraid of the expense. He was going to arrange with a mechanic friend about an hour and a half away to fix it. Then this past Saturday night we were in the car and I happened to look over out the driver's side of the windshield and notice that the sticker said 10/09. Of course, Saturday was the last day of October and our car was supposed to be inspected by then. Ugh! Our old car always got inspected in May so I guess I was thrown off by that and the fact that we haven't had this car a year yet. We didn't know what we were going to do because everything we make just goes right back out into bills. We haven't even been able to get the oil changed because there was no extra money. So we prayed. We prayed Saturday night and I was praying Sunday morning and decided that I wasn't going to tell anyone about it. When we got to church, I checked our mailbox and there was a video game that Joel had loaned to a friend and a card in there. I figured the card was from our friend who had the game so I opened it and inside was a check. Someone happened to come up and ask me how I was at that moment, and I just burst into tears. The poor woman probably thought I really had lost it this time! The check was from our church because they had heard that we were having a bit of a hard time. They did this before we even prayed about needing the money! God knows our needs and is faithful to meet them. I just cried the whole way through the worship time because all of the songs were about God's faithfulness and we had just seen it in a big way. He never lets us go without. We always have food and pay all our bills. He is so awesome. I'll be honest, I cannot imagine going through life without Him.

Our trick-or-treaters came Friday night, and the girls got to dress up to give out candy.



Our princesses are a little weirder than your average princess:



I think I am going to do something with this picture for Christmas: