The Joy of Christmas

I'll start with a story about this Christmas. Most everyone knows that Jason lost his job this year. When that happened we decided to take a huge leap. Not only did Jason start his own business, he also went back to school. Needless to say we have been on a tight budget. So when it came time to Christmas shop, we decided we would do nothing for ourselves, and just buy for Trevor and a few other kiddos in the family. Which at that point would still have to be on a credit card temporarily.

The week leading up to Thanksgiving, we kept getting a knock on the door, but by the time we looked through the peephole no one was there so we never opened the door. Finally the Sunday after Thanksgiving, the knock came again and aggravated at this point Jason runs to the door and throws it open all fired up and ready. Looking down he noticed "The Package". Cautiously we brought it in and started to open the bag. Inside was some candy and what looked to be a Christmas card. As Jason and I stood next to each other and opened the card, $300 fell out. Speechless, the tears came flooding down and prayers of thanks were said. This, my friends, is the true meaning of Christmas. It is a season of giving. It is the season of Love. It is the season of Christ. Through Christ we celebrate each other and all that we have been given. Jason and I will be eternally grateful for this act of kindness. Whoever it may have been, I know the Lord will be blessing you tremendously.

So here are some pics of our fun on Christmas morning and at Pawpaw & Oma's later that day. Without Trevor, something would just be missing. I believe it is through children that the Lord reveals what true joy and happiness is. Thanks be to our Lord for the countless blessings we enjoy here on the earth.

P.S. Since I have become the budget queen and with help from the Lord, this is what the $300 stretched to: 12 gifts for Trevor and a full stocking, 17 gifts for all of the other children, 1 gift for Jason and I, 4 gifts(1 for each parent), and 12 goodie boxes for us to deliver as a family to other families in the area.

Christmas Fun 2010

Tonight was so much fun. We picked memaw up and headed to the Galleria for FHE. This was the first year Trev would sit on Santa's lap and tell him what he wanted for Christmas. So stinkin' cute. He wants a really big race car that he can drive:) Then we went to chickfila for dinner and ended the night with the lights in River Oaks. Holy cow it was beautiful and ridiculously amazing and I am glad that it is not on my dime:) What a fun way to kick off this week together as a family!

More of our Pics

Sneak Peek

So my most talented friend at photography, Kristy Sevy, took our family photos last weekend. I am only putting a couple of them up because I am sending them out in Christmas cards and I don't want to ruin the surprise. Enjoy!

Thanksgiving at the Farm

What a wonderful day, where do I even start? Well, we got to Brenham pretty early so we decided to go into town to get ice cream with Trevor. He just totally cracks us up.

We got to the farm around 12(about the same time as everyone else) and man did it smell wonderful inside. Food EVERYWHERE! I love my whole family, especially when we are all up there because it is such a relaxing atmosphere. Overall, I think there were about 40 of us there and we had a blast. Misty took some wonderful family pics for us and a few fun pics as well. We shot a lot of guns, rode horses. ate too much food...and ate again and again:). I had so much fun sitting outside talking with everyone and watching Trev run wild, literally. Trev learned how to "guide" a horse. He was such a good listener. He also got so dirty from the sand box that we had to give him a both before we left because it was in every nook and cranny of his body:)

We left at 6:30 and Trev slept all the way home, went straight to bed and did not wake up until 9 the next morning. To sum it up...the day totally ROCKED!

Trevs Bday Party

I am not big on Halloween so here is my attempt to decorate:)

More decorations and the pinata

Kids going crazy over the busted pinata. Even the 7 year old couldn't bust it so I had to tear open and dump it.

The birthday boy and his Spiderweb cake

Presents, presents and MORE PRESENTS

And finally, his new Schwinn hotrod trike. It is the size of a bigwheel but all steel and chrome. Pawpaw found it at Sams so Jason, me and memaw went in on it.

Fun with Trev & Friends

Tinker Toy Airplane

Mani's mask from New Orleans

Trev & Papap

Trev & Lexi

$22 PJ's from the gap that I snagged for $6 on clearance:)

Trev & Kenzie on the way to the Fall Festival

Trev & Maric cutting out Halloween cookies
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Top of the 7' rockwall

Making his way up the rockwall

Shananagins:)

My cutie(3 year old) and paint

Not just one paint brush, but 3

Trev and his Bud Maric

The masterpieces!

Early Birthday presents:)

Superhero Capes

Hey Tara, Sorry it took so long. My camera is not functioning properly so I had to take a few pics with my phone because I only had 2 pics on file from a photo shoot. Hopefully this will give you a good idea of what they look like:) Feel free to email me at tiffanydjoyner@gmail.com when you are ready to place your order. That way I can email you your invoice once they are paid for. Thanks again!