Friday morning the boys got up in the freezing rain and went to play golf. They said they were miserable the first 9 holes but once the sun came up it was really pretty. They played and enjoyed time with each other. It was neat because all the brothers went- so cute (Roy & Justin, Sam & Jonathan)
While they played golf Jessica & I helped mom transition the house from Thanksgiving to Christmas. We pulled out all the boxes and began changing wreaths, putting up Santas, stockings and nativity scenes. It totally put me in the Christmas mood.
When the men got home, they showered and we all ate lunch. The rest of the afternoon was spent just being together and hanging out before we went back over to the Parkers for gumbo. Grandma always makes gumbo after big meals. We ate gumbo and hung out again...ya know...eating, football, eating, coffee, pie, cake, etc.
Saturday we slept in until 9:30- when we got up Mom made us breakfast and we all hung out until lunch when we met up with Roy, Jess & Dad who had been at the mall. We all had lunch together- the 6 of us before Dad & Roy left to go to the Katy game and Justin left to go home to hunt. The rest of the day was spent finishing Grandpa's book(more on that later), going to Hobby Lobby, printing baby shower invitations and just being together. Mom was sick, Jessica was doing homework for her masters and Grandma was watching TV. A real eventful Saturday : )
Sunday morning we got up and went to church. It was a really neat sermon. Instead of preaching they had a big table set up on stage and five families shared their stories of why they are thankful this year.
The first man was thankful for his family, church, Sunday school class, etc. The second lady just lost her husband and was thankful for her church family that had been there for her through this tough time.
The third lady has a tumor that is causing her to go deaf in her ear. She took radiation last Thanksgiving and they are hoping it will kill the tumor. She is currently still living with the tumor in her ear. She is a single mom to a 14 year old boy. She said she is thankful for a God who has seen her through the fight and is continuing to fight her battle for her.
The fourth was a man. His story- unbelievable. His mother had been sick and he had been driving back and forth between Kingwood & Dallas area. Well the end of October he was driving back and he looked to his right and a tornado was coming at him. Before he knew it- he was in the tornado. When he came too afterward he looked around- every seat in his car was crushed- except his. He crawled out of the window to see an 18-wheeler and dump truck on top of his car. The 18-wheeler had been carrying the dump truck. He showed us pictures- the driver seat was the only place not completely smashed. He said the first thing he did was thank the Lord his family was not with him. He was bleeding from a few glass shards but nothing serious. He went to the doctor and the doctor told him that God must have big plans for him and that he is not finished with him yet. I love that. He had a lot to be thankful for this year.
The last story was a husband and wife who had gone through the battle to adopt. They had done everything they could. A 15-18month adventure turned into 5 years.- They call it the "paper pregnancy." They fought with it and at times were at their breaking point- but God kept them strong. After long years passed, they signed up for a adoption program for children with special needs. He said one Saturday morning, they called and said they had a 18 month little girl with a clef lip and palette and would they be interested in moving forward? He said could he call them back- their response was if they hung up the phone they would have to go call the next person on the list. So of course he said yes!! They moved forward and a few months later they went to China to adopt their little girl. They were waiting in the hotel room for them to bring her to them. When they came to the door- he told his wife- go get our daughter. When she opened the door the little girl looked up and said "Mamma." The husband said he had such a desire to be called Daddy but even more he wanted his wife to be mommy. I love how God works in everything and takes care of his own. Maybe not the way or timing they thought- but he took care of his own.
After church we went to Luby's for lunch and then I got on the road to get back home! : )
Sorry I know this was a long post with no pictures. : ) If you got this far, I love you.
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