Creatures of Habit

Last night I was sitting on the recliner watching "The Biggest Loser" when I overheard Alliah having quite the conversation with her Dad:

Alliah: "Dad, did you know that I am a nature of habit?"

Dad: "A nature of habit? What is a nature of habit?"

Alliah: "You know, because I always write my name, the date, and my number on all of my papers at school!"

Dad: "Oh, you mean 'creature' of habit..."

Alliah: "Creature? I'm a creature? Oh yeah! A CREATURE of habit! We are all creatures of habit."

Larry shook his head and laughed and Alliah heard me laughing, too. She glanced over at me and said, "Mom, I'm a creature. Did you know I'm a creature of habit? I said, "Yeah, so go brush your teeth and get into bed like you do every night, Creature of Habit." Alliah kissed me goodnight and ran up the stairs singing, "I'm a creature of haaaabiiit, I'm a creature of haaaabiiiit..." She started all over when she ran into Angel who was already upstairs. I heard her say, "Hey Angel, did you know that I'm a creature of habit?"

Church Search

So, if you haven't heard, we're on a new search for a new church home. We were at Echoes From Calvary for about 14 months but have now moved on. Our pastor resigned and is moving back to Missouri so we, too, have decided to move on. Today we visited a nice church called Mosaic. It's a new start up church with about 40 people and we liked it. It's about 5 minutes away from our house and the people there all live in our city, Marina. The worship was great and the preaching was down-to-earth and relevant. The kids liked the classes and I liked the free Starbucks coffee. The message about Christmas helped us put the season back into perspective: don't stress, keep it simple, treasure what you already have and remember that it's all about Jesus - it's not about us. The people in the congregation were all about our age, some younger, some older. They were extremely friendly and the church just felt like a comfortable place to be. We're excited to see what doors God is going to open up for our family to walk through. Whoever says being a Christian is boring really isn't a Christian at all because God always keeps us on our toes!

Christmas Fun

The Christmas Dance

I can't believe Christmas is just 16 days away! We have been so super busy and there have been some major changes going on in our lives these last two weeks. I finally have an opportunity to sit down and blog! It's one of my favorite past-times and is a memory keeper for reals. So now...I blog!!! Today we bought our first two gifts ~ one for Angel and one for Alliah. Yes, I did type our first two gifts. I'm the kind of person who likes the crowded stores and crazy parking lots. I love listening (and singing along to) Christmas music as I wait in line trying to make the people around me feel a little less stressed. Long lines don't bother me as long as there's good Christmas music in the background. Anwyas, our poor beautiful tree looked so lonely so Larry and I just HAD to buy the kids something (We LOVE Target) and put it under the tree. We put our tree up last week and had a blast doing it. The video below highlights the dancing skills of our hilarious children... enjoy! We did...