It’s a Marshmellow World in the Winter.
As I sit here to write little Aiden is still sleeping and it is 8:40. When I woke up this morning and saw all of the beautiful snow and that it was still snowing I felt like a kid at Christmas. I even keep getting slightly choked up at being privileged to show this wonder and awe to my son. Now I know plenty of people who don’t really care for snow. This is mostly due to the danger of having to drive in it. Perhaps you have to see the snow through a child’s eyes to truly capture the beauty and magic of it. Thus lessening your fear of it. Now I am as scared as the next guy to feel that lack of control as your car slides over a patch of ice but still can’t get enough of it in the winter each year.
One other thing before I go into our family news. Being without a job since April has been really hard and stressful. There have been many prayers, many tears, and much frustration, as application after application has seemed to fall to blind eyes and deaf ears. During all of it I have wondered where our help in finding a job has been. What is Heavenly Father’s plan for us, and why haven’t we gotten a job yet? Even jobs that Brandon seems a shoe in’ to get have been given to someone else. Thankfully my dad finally suggested that Brandon start subbing. The pay is minimal and only comes once a month, it doesn’t have benefits, but every day he has sought out to work he has been able to. Despite it’s small wages we will be able to get into our own place before the baby comes. Things will be tight but they will be doable. Brandon may have to take on a second job for awhile but he is willing to do so. Anyway, through all of this stress I have wondered what the point of it all is, what am I supposed to be learning, or who are we helping by continuing to be here and without a job. I simply felt like we were trodding this trial alone despite the miracle that we continue to pray for. Well this morning as I looked out on the snowy world I realized, despite having no job we have been fortunate to not have any emergencies come up that would have cost us our savings. We almost had to buy a car battery but that ended up being ok and we have all maintained steady health. We have had no crashes, no car break downs, and even our windshield is still amazingly crack free. On top of all of this my dad has been generous enough to continue to buy groceries for all of us as well us let us skip some bills we owe. Oh and we have been allowed to live here rent free. Thank you dad. So I guess my realization is just that even though we have had no job, we have been watched over and kept safe.
So my typing was interrupted by Aiden waking up. He has now been laid down for nap and has been jabbering away in his crib for a good 20 mins. Go to sleep I tell you! 🙂 Anyway, when I took him downstairs to see the snow we looked out the front window. I said to Aiden, “Look at all that snow, oh my goodness.” to which he replied, “Oh my goodness, cute snow.” LOL. What a cute kid.
Ok now our news. These first two pictures are silly I know but I got swollen during my last pregnancy and forgot what my hands and feet looked like skinny. Therefore I decided that this time I would document them before they started to swell.
Tuesday evening I attended the ward Relief Society dinner. It was tasty and I enjoyed the holiday tunes by the choir. Wednesday we went to the Anniversary Inn open house. We were bummed that they did not offer their usual delicious chocolate chip cookies but enjoyed our time. We love the great deals you can get on a room during the open house and this time we even won a few prizes from Kosy 106.5. Below is our picture of Aiden with Santa. He did NOT want to sit on his lap.
Thursday morning my sister came into town. My grandma, Aiden, and I picked her up from the airport. She then hung out with Aiden and I all day. In the evening Brandon and I attended Glenn Beck’s the Christmas Sweater: revisited with two of his friends, while my dad, mom, and sister took Aiden to dinner. It was a nice evening.
Saturday Matt came into town and mom, Erica, and Matt all stopped by briefly during Aiden’s nap time.
Sunday was our Thanksiving #2. Sadly I had gotten the stomach flu and everything I ate came back up. I was feeling like death and mainly focused on sitting still. Thanks to everyone who chased Aiden around and kept him entertained. Everything looked beautiful mom.
Lastly, here are my saltine’s and graham crackers from Thanksgiving week and my felt breakfast items from last week. I will be making four slices of bread this week. Thanks for reading!
