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*YAWN*!!!!! SORRY, TOO TIRED TONIGHT TO WRITE MY STORY. I THINK I'LL MAKE YOU WAIT TILL TOMOROROW MORNING ANYWAY!!!!! HAHAHA! MERRY CHRISTMAS in 26 more minutes!

Christmas cookie magic

This is not the video I wanted to load, I think it was too big or too long (maybe I'll try again later, but for now here's another one), but this one is still stinkin' cute,too! I think K/L are the cutest kids I've ever seen. Of Course. Because "Every mama crow thinks HERS are the blackest"! (if you don't believe it, ask some folks in my family!) hahahahaha

Making Cookies at GranJan's!

This was the CUTEST video I've ever seen! the kids were talking and didn't even know I was video taping! That's the best way to get some of the cutest videos sometimes! HAHA

What would we do without LAURA?!

Everyone that knows the Frys, knows that Laura Glass has been our housekeeper/babysitter for over 25 years! For 25 years , we've laughed/cried/hugged/shared so many things over our lives. I tell her all the time that she is my BEST FRIEND (sorry, Konie/Bobbie! HAHA). She knows me about as well as anyone on the planet! And, she has known Katie since the day I brought her home from the hospital and has kept her since. I do believe, besides Terry and myself,(and now Jon!), that no one loves Katie more than Laura! She adores her! And Katie adores her "LaLa". She went to Katie's school plays/her achievement awards/her cheerleading/to the zoo. She kept both Patrick and Katie more times than anyone else, including grandparents. She is as much a part of our family as any of the others "real" Frys!....Laura had been having some horrible pain and ringing in her ears and had an outpatient surgery last week. She is back and better than ever! We missed her for 3 weeks!!!!.....Once again, like 24 prior Christmases, I walked her to her car, loaded with gifts and wished her a Merry Christmas. For me, the best gift Laura gives (besides her QUILTS!) is her true devotion and loyalty to our family. I don't know what we would do without her and hope we never have to find out!....MERRY CHRISTMAS, DEAR LAURA! WE all LOVE you soooooo much!

Luke 2:29-32

I have a great story that I'm going to share on Christmas Eve that happened to me today! It was amazing and I feel as if I've already received my Christmas gift--from God!!!! BUT, you have to WAIT. It's a good one.....
I'm looking so forward to Jon and Katie coming home this week-end and bringing some NOISE back into the house! Well, not really NOISE, but some laughter and fun. Jon and Katie love to play games so I'm sure we'll be playing APPLES TO APPLES and others while we wait until CHRISTMAS arrives!....Today I can say I OFFICIALLY finished Christmas shopping and even finished up my little snack mix that I like to give to our neighbors and friends. SO, all I need to do NOW is wrap just the final things I have bought. WELL, I DO lack one person's final gift! TERRY! He's soooo hard to buy for!!! I'm hoping Jon/Katie will give me some ideas!

I thought I would share my today's Christmas devotional from "Jesus Be in My CHristmas" book. It was so good!

"The promise of God was fulfilled in Jesus. He grew from a tiny baby, day by day learning God's voice in order to understand His part in the grand plan of the universe. God formed ME in my mother's womb and called ME from my father's house to fulfill my part as well. I am part of the promise and the promises enable me to fulfill God's purpose for my life which reaches out with forgiveness. THis my purpose as well. As this joy dawn on me, in me, more and more I will be living in the promise and purpose for which I was made."

BACK IN THE DAY.......!

Has it really been that long since my 5 SMALL FRYS, as I used to call them, were just that??? SMALL and running around the house? I must admit, I now ENJOY the peace and quiet. MOST days! HAHA! But, sometimes, I get this quick stab of pain when I think and remember days gone by! Days when the FRY HOUSE was FULL of NOISE/LAUGHTER/FIGHTS (sometimes!)/GIGGLES/TEARS/HUGS/NOISE!!!! There was ALWAYS something going on with FIVE kids around!!!! Dancing lessons, soccer practice, baseball practice, choir practice! Poor Patrick ONLY took naps IN THE CAR and would often sleep while his brothers were on the field practicing soccer or his sister was in dancing class! I think the reason Katie is such a good sleeper to this day is because NOISE was what kept her asleep! If it were quiet, she couldn't sleep! (to this day , she has to have the T.V. on to go to sleep at night! HAHA). Oh yes, it was a wild household BACK IN THE DAY! This year is so different. NO one here now. Sometimes I relish the days that BACK IN THE DAY, I often YEARNED for!Those days I remember thinking would NEVER come! I remember thinking, I will NEVER be able to take a bath without LITTLE HANDS coming up under the door! HAHAHA! OR, EVER be able to read a book again, or even WRITE (like I love to do!). BUT, that day is here. Now I go to sleep reading/ I take QUIET baths/I even get to write sometimes! AND, thankfully, these days I can even SCRAPBOOK (something I NEVER could've done when the kids were home!).Anyway, not to get too nostalgic, but I MUST ADMIT (and I hope you kids are reading!), I DO soooo miss having all my SMALL FRYS here sometimes! The week-end at Watercolor , during the wedding, was the best week-end I've had since, WELL, since all the FRYS were under one roof!I was overwhelmed. Not with having even MORE Frys (counting the grands and in-laws) but overwhelmed with JOY and MEMORIES and JOY. So, it is with much of the same that I enter this Christmas season. Of remembering and of thankfulness. And, yes, a few tears of joy....>!

Daisy is ONE

Six days after Powell turned one, Daisy did!!! Yesterday, Dec. 10th, was our sweet baby girl's birthday! She had a little party at school and then we just ate dinner over at Nat/Brad's for dinner and she had cake. It's just hard having parties during December and she has bronchitis and Natalie just decided to forego a big celebration. I'm glad as it was much more quiet! HAHA...She enjoyed the toys she got and especially her new BABY DOLLS! GranJan got her one as well as her mommy! She had a great day and was so SO sweet. Our sweet little Daisy girl is now ONE YEAR OLD!!! OH ~!!!! and she's WALKING! Yes, she started walking about 3 days before her first birthday! She looks like a little doll toddling around! SOOO PRECIOUS!
I love you , angel! HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Powell is ONE

Powell will be ONE YEAR on Dec.4! They had his little party yesterday at his house! It was so nice and he was just adorable! Here are a few pictures of our little boy!

My DEAD arse

Here I sit, it's 11:35 P.M. and I'm not sleepy. Usually I'm "sawing logs" by this time, but, hey! I've dozed off and on today so I'M NOT SLEEPY!!!!! I've had a sinus infection (I guess that's what it is!), so the meds have made me drowsy. I have been a SLUG for 2 days! I feel like my butt has grown to this couch! Thank goodness it's a COMFORTABLE couch! HAHA!...I was just thinking. Thinking about my life and how good it is. How blessed. I mean, yeah, I'd love to have more money. I'd love to weigh less. I'd love to be smarter. But, I'm me. Created by God and yet I also hold the keys to my own action. God is no Puppeteer who pulls my strings. He gives me the freedom of choice. Freedom to act and think and respond. For the past couple of days I've had the choice to just lay on my dead arse and watch t.v. mindlessly/get on FaceBook and nosily read what other people are doing! Not the best actions that I should be taking. I mean, realistically, life is short! I've always been the type to "grab all the gusto I can" which is why I always liked to stay up late and get up fairly early.Even as a child, I hated to miss anything! When I would go on a trip, I wanted to SEE IT ALL! I remember going to Europe and one particular day we were in Salzburg, Austria and Terry wanted to take a nap in the hotel. TAKE A NAP???? IN EUROPE??? IN AUSTRIA???? I "pitched a fit" and decided I would just go on my merry way and do what I wanted to do WHILE HE SLEPT! SO, I did! I started walking up and down the winding streets. BY MYSELF! This was a "biggie" for me, I don't usually like to do things alone. But I did. ANd I walked up to, what I thought was a church, but was , instead a CONVENT. I knocked on the door, BOLDLY, and a sweet nun opened the door. She didn't speak English and I didn't speak a lick of German. But we connected. We smiled and she opened the door and I walked in. We hugged and stared and nodded and I walked around. After awhile we hugged and I left. I found out later it was a CLOISTERED monastery!!!! !But , she let me in!!!! It was amazing, looking back on it. I'm so glad that I didn't TAKE A NAP that day! I'm glad I was adventurous and just took off and did my thing. I need that adventurous spirit again. I'm praying that God will give me that spark again and get me off my DEAD ARSE and get me moving. Right back into His adventures that He has waiting for me. Because time is of the essence!

Pieces of ME

Just a few random shots from a random day in the life of Janice P. Fry!