Finally...a post

Wow! It has been a really long time since I have posted, so I’m sure that this is going to be long.


Things here in the Hamilton House have been BUSY!

Our Thanksgiving was WONDERFUL! Jake and I were so excited to be with our families this year, so we decided to host at our house. The beautiful thing about our families is that everyone LOVES to bring something, that way no one has to do it all. Evidently since I was offering up the house, I got the easy stuff. I was in charge of:

- Opening a can of cranberry sauce

- Green Bean Casserole

- Broccoli Cheese and Rice

We wanted all our guests to be able to have a leisurely morning, so we told everyone to show up between 11:00 and 11:30, that way we could easily have lunch on the table by noon. By 9:30 Jake and I were sitting on the sofa watching TV wondering what we were going to do until everyone showed up…

It was SO good to be with family this holiday. God has SOOOOOO richly blessed Jake and I. Not only has he granted us Salvation through our relationship with him, but this year we are also thankful for an even stronger marriage based in Him, a beautiful (and sassy) little girl, a son on the way, and a wonderful home for us to live in and share.

I absolutely love it when God shows his humor. When I was growing up, it seemed that you had to be serious all the time in church and about church things. I LOVE how funny God is! 3 times in the last few days I have just had to stop and think, “God, You are SO funny!”

The first time was at Target. I was buying diapers for Cady and the check out guy (who looked like he was still in high school) was commenting on how expensive they were. Then he tells me, “You know, my mom said that children are not like pets. If you can’t afford one don’t get one.” – Hmmm? Thought I see what he was trying to say, what came out was too funny!

Then on my way to Hobby Lobby, while I was stopped at a red light, I watched some police officers pull someone out of their car and begin to search their car at the drive-thru window of a drycleaners. I just couldn’t help but wonder what you had to do to get arrested at a drycleaners…?

The last thing was at the registration desk at my OB/GYN’s office. I am there every-other week (soon to be every), and I know exactly what to do. But for some reason, I could not for the life of me remember when it was my turn. I just stood there and looked at the little guy behind the counter trying to remember… Then it clicked and I said, “I am so sorry, my brain is just not firing on all cylinders today.” I gave him my ID and insurance card, and told them who I was there to see. As he took it he responded, “Oh honey, you’re in trouble!” waving his hand, “ It’s not even lunch time yet!”

Let’s see other things to update the world on:

Black Friday Jake and I went shopping (I couldn’t believe it myself). Thankfully only at Wally World .We ended up with:

- A can of varnish for Wyatt’s dresser

- A razor blade for my stovetop

- A CHRISTMAS TREE

I am so excited! This is our first year to put up a tree. Since we’ve been married we have flown home for Christmas so there was never a point in putting one up. Now we’ve got it, and it’s up, and SLOWLY we are getting decorations put up on it (we didn’t have those either!).

Sunday after Thanksgiving I got the stomach virus (awesome!). That was really not fun.

And last night we had a surprise B-day party for my sister-in-law’s 30th Birthday! It was lots of fun with good food and good people!

Okay, that’s all I can remember for now. I will try to get better about posting more often…