Merry Christmas

Well today was AWESOME!!! It started with me hearing my husband getting up out of bed a little before 7:00 this morning. He is always the first one up on Christmas Day. He is the biggest kid. He got up and put on the coffee and I soon followed. We were trying to wait for the kids to get up and come downstairs so we could open presents. So we waited and I turned on the Christmas music and made cinnamon rolls thinking by making some noise and the smell of the cinnamon rolls would wake up my kids. But no such luck. So I finally got them up by knocking on the walls and down they came.

Daddy past out the presents as he always does. This is one tradition he loves to do. He gets a lot of joy out of it. We had fun opening our presents and as always my husband spoils me. I can never seem to out do him. I am very blessed to have such a kind giving husband. Megan prayed over us and that was the highlight of the morning.
What a special privelege we have to be able to celebrate our Lord & Savior's birth today. I feel that my family is truly a GIFT from GOD!!!!

So after presents we dispersed, everyone wanted to play all their new games for the computer and Xbox. So I decided to start reading a book I got. Nights in Rodanthe. I didn't have any trouble getting into this book. Ohhh it's good. I did however have to stop and get our roast in the oven. George helped to. He has been so helpful lately. I'm loving it. So I went back to reading my book after we got that roast in the oven. It needed to cook about 2 1/2 to 3 hrs. Well when I got up to check on dinner I was surprised that I had read half the book already. Boy I'm on a roll.

We ate around 3:30.Our prime rib roast turned out fabulous. It had the best flavor and we devoured it. So while the kids cleaned up the kitchen I went back to reading my book. I can't put it down. We were planning on playing a game tonight and Megan was gonna make cookies. So I kept on reading. Well around 6:30 I finished my book. I can't beleive it. I have never finished a book in one day EVER. It's a good book but I don't recommend it for our daughter's to read. It's a romance novel by Nicholas Sparks. His books are very well written but still not based on the principles we are trying to raise our daughters on.

Hope every one had a very blessed Christmas.

Addictions

Ok, I confess. I do have ADDICTIONS. Before I confess I have to give credit where credit is due. I want to thank my Dear friend Heidi for nominating me for this award. She is the one who is inspiring me to keep on Blogging. I also want to thank God for brining us closer as friends.

Ok here are my 5 addictions: (I'm glad we only have to reveal 5)

1. Chocolate(anything sweet) - After eating lunch or dinner I always feel as if I need something sweet to eat.

2. HGTV - Yes I have to record all my shows. So when I ready to watch them I can speed right through those commercials. So really when I'm done watching them it was really only 15 minutes of my time instead of 30. Ha! How do you like that.

3. Shopping - Oh yes, I love to shop. It's funny though. When I have money to spend I can't find a thing. But when I don't have a lot to spend I see too much stuff I would love to buy.

4. Coffee - I LOOOVVE COFFEEEE!!! I have to have my coffee and shower first thing in the morning when I get up to get me going. If not I tend to get a little lazy.

Last but not least!!!

5. GOD - I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't worship my Lord & Savior when & where I wanted. I am very thankful he has given me my family to LOVE & SERVE.

There you have it!!! That wasn't so bad. Just need to keep on letting the Lord work on me everyday.

Ok I would like to pass this Blog Award onto:

1. My darling daughter Megan
2. Kaylee
3. Praise

Here are the rules:
1. Confess 5 things you are addicted to
2. Pass this award onto to 5 sisters if you can

"A Wife's Biblical Submission"

Well I'm wanting to start this online bible study but I need to write an article first to tell a little bit about myself. I'm new at this blogging thing so this is probably going to be short but sweet.

First of all I am truly blessed with a wonderful family. I am married to my best friend of 19 years (George) and have 2 teenage kids (Sean 18 & Megan 16) who I absolutely adore. They are one of the reasons I am wanting to start this bible study. I want to be a better wife, friend, and mother to my family. I know I need help in changing my ways and I can't do it myself. I now know I need my Lord and Savior to help me change and rid me of worldy self.

My friend Heidi is the one who found this bible study. So we decided we would do this together except I'm a few days behind in getting this done. I know I need to study and meditate on God's word in order for my heart to change and I think this bible study has the tools to help me grow stonger in my relationship with God.

There you have it. Short but sweet.

Sunny you are very inspiring to us all. God has blessed you. I can't wait to the end of this book study to see the work of God.

Resolved Christmas Party

Pic's From Thanksgiving

Tag

I was tagged by Tammy. Here is the 5th picture from the 5th folder from my file.

Boy I'm glad this was the 5th picture and not the one before it. In the 4th picture I look really awful. This 5th picture is 1yr after we moved into our house next to the Merwin's. I'm redoing the pathway. It was a lot of work but I enjoyed it and loved the results when I was finally done.

I tag Cindy Thompson, Millie Mooneyhan, Kaylee Merwin, Britani Lockhart & Dawn Kubacko.

The Rules: go to Your Pictures file go to the 5th folder open up the 5th picture and post it then tag 5 people when you are done.

This was fun.

Wishing Everyone a Happy Thanksgving!!

Boy this year has flown by. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I have a lot to be thankful for. First and foremost I'm thankful for MY LORD & SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, who has loved me even when I fail him. I'm thankful for my family who is always there when I need them. I just love them so much and thank God everyday for Blessing me with them. I love my church family who are very encouraging and ready and willing to pray with you or for you at any time. I'm very thankful for God blessing me with an accountability partner who I can truly call my FRIEND.

Thank you Lord for all the bountiful blessings

Big Daddy Weave, Rush of Fools, Jason Gray Concert!

Tonight Megan, Britani, & I went to the Big Daddy Weave Concert and it was great. I can't wait to download their songs on my Ipod. What an amazing gift all of these guys have. It's getting late so we'll post some pictures tomorrow.

80's Night

We had so much fun at Resolved on Saturday night. Everyone really got into their "character". I'm amazed at everyone's creativity. Here are a few pictures to enjoy.

Busy Week

This week was a normal busy week for me. Monday was a holiday for me and my husband so we went to see the movie Fireproof. Several friends recommended it. It was GREAT!!! It was so good I want to go see it again. Anyway it had a great message. It pretty much sumed up why we need God in our lives. We need to go to him daily to grow and to keep from repeating the same sin over and over.



I have friend who asked me if I wanted to do the 6:00 AM club. That's where one of us will call the other at 6:00 AM everday to encourage each other to start our day out with God doing daily devotions and quiet time alone with him. It's been a couple of weeks now and I have to say it has helped me so much. So my hope is that we can keep this up for a long time. Because it seems when you have someone depending on you, you can seem to find the time to get up and do it. But when you leave it to yourself we can tend to get lazy. So I encourage all of you to have someone to be accountable to.

Trusting in Him

Our First Post

Well we have been trying to post something on our blog for a couple a weeks now. We were so inspired by everyone's blogs that we decided to start our own. I, Rhonda, am new at the blogging world, Megan on the other hand has a blog with Britani Lockhart. So she is a little more expierenced than I am. Today was our last class in the Do Hard Things discussion book study, we were both very convicted while participating in this class and are very excited to do hard things for the glory of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

We are hoping as we get to know more about all of you that you might get to know a little bit more about our lives too.

Well slowly but surely we are getting things posted. More to come.