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It's Raining Cheescake!

Well, we may be broke, but God is definitely blessing us in the cheesecake department! (haha! joking!)

Since we've moved to Denver we have received two $25 gift cards to The Cheesecake Factory. And we've been rationing them out by getting slices of cheesecake to go every few weeks. So, last night after I picked Brent up from work we decided to swing by and grab a piece to share after the little guy went to bed. There was about $9 on one of the cards and the piece was $8.25 - awesome right?! Then when they went to give Brent his receipt he also got a code to do a survey and receive a $10 Cheesecake Factory gift card! Ha ha - so we've got $10 more dollars from TCF coming to us!

What do you do when nothing goes right?

This is what we're trying to figure out. It's been a tiring and discouraging couple weeks - especially for Brent. The weight of looking for a job is really heavy on him right now, along with some things just going plain WRONG with the kids etc.

We're where God has us, doing what He's leading us to do. And growing in our faith and amazement of His love all along the way. I guess what you do is, just keep on going.

The rest of it is in God's hands. We can't make things or people be the way we want them to or think they should be. Pray for us that we'd keep leaning on God for His strength and guidance, and that we'd be uplifted and encouraged by His love and wisdom in EVERY circumstance!

Silent Night

For about the last month I've changed Parker's bedtime routine. Well, I guess it's more like we started a bedtime routine. He was throwing these huge tantrums when it was time for bed, so now when I lay him down I rub his forhead and sing 'Silent Night.'

So, this evening Brent & I were sitting in the family room while Parker ran around playing. He was getting to that point where he's wild, but we could see that he was getting sleepy and needed to settle down. So I just started singing 'Silent Night' to see what he'd do.

I barely got to "all is calm..." when he dropped to the floor right where he was standing and laid down! It was the funniest thing. Just - boom! laid right down! Of course, he didn't stay there long, but it was just this hilarious knee jerk reaction to hearing that song.

I wonder if he'll be sleepy all December?! :0)