New letters

I got new letters for Emma's room. Jon hung them up a few days ago and I love the way they look!

All cleaned up and no place to go

Emma was sitting on the counter while I combed her hair after her bath (in the bath tub) and she saw something on the other side of the sink that she wanted and scooted herself right into the sink.

O Christmas tree

Here is our Christmas tree all decorated. Ever since I was born my grandma gets me an ornament to add to the tree each year. By the time I got married I had enough ornaments for Jon and I to fill our own tree. Now my mom and grandma also get Emma an ornament. By the time she gets out on her own she'll have plenty for her own tree too.

One down one to go

Jon got a seat in the anatomy/physiology class that he needed!!! We are super thankful that the Lord blessed us by letting him get in. Now we just need to get him a seat in the internship. We appreciate the continued prayers for that. We won't find out if he gets into the internship until February. We are one step closer!

A Pancake in a Pear Tree

So it's not a pancake (or a partridge) and it's not a pear tree. It's actually a bee hive! I am not gutsy enough to try and get free honey though.

This is only a test...hopefully

We are in the process of getting Jon set up for an internship that would start this coming summer. It's a 12 month internship that upon completion (and passing a test) he would be certified as a clinical laboratory technologist. For those of you like me, who need that translated, he would do testing in hospital labs. It is a great fit for Jon and we are excited to move in that direction. We have the application in, but now two obstacles stand in our way, getting the one class done prior to the internship, and actually getting accepted into the internship. They only take 9 students per year and there are already over 20 applicants. We feel the Lord will get him in if that is the path we are supposed to take. So we signed up for Jon to take the anatomy/physiology class at NCSC, only to find out that it's full! So now we have to trust that the Lord will open up a spot in that class as well! We hope this is just a test of trusting the Lord to pave the way and not doors slamming closed. Either way, we need to trust that the Lord is directing us and showing us His will.

Refreshing

Fresh flowers are alwasy so refreshing. We have hydrangeas right outside our window. They looked so bright and pretty that I left them out there... until a few days ago.
I cut some and brought them in and tried some new effects on the photos for fun.

We went to a night of worship at our church and it was so uplifting! As we sang and prayed, it felt as though someone opened up a window and a summer breeze blew through- it was the Spirit of God blowing in and resting on us. It was so refreshing to my spirit.