December Recap

This month has been interesting. I could ramble on and on with all the details but I'll spare you. (You're welcome) I'll just give you the highlights.

We got our first decent snowfall this month but it wasn't too much. Just enough to close the schools and make it pretty. We estimated about 10-11 inches. We enjoyed playing in it and breaking in our boots. Our cars were buried under snow so we had to dig ourselves out. That was fun. Thank goodness we have kind neighbors who let us borrow their shovel or it would have taken a lot longer.
Here are some pics of the snow on the day of the storm. It was a Sunday and yes, we went to church. I got lots of prayer time in on the way. The roads were not fun! The third pic is our church.

After the drive home from church, we took some pics from around our apartment. Here they are.

On the 19th, my mom flew out here and stayed until after Christmas. It was so nice to have her here. We had lots of fun. We shopped, baked Christmas goodies and just enjoyed being together again. Below is a pic of the strawberry candy we made. They used to be almost a tradition in our family. We also made fudge (for Vince) and pfeffernusse cookies which are a huge tradition. I'm not so sure Vince likes them but I have to admit, they are a bit of an acquired taste. I don't have a pic of them.

Our Christmas was very nice. It was just the three of us and we made a nice dinner including duck, homemade noodles (a family recipe), sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, fresh baked bread and a pecan pie (with Oklahoma pecans). It was delicious!
We all got wonderful gifts but the most wonderful was just being together, we just don't get to be with family enough. Vince did have to go to work Christmas night but we were just thankful we had the day together.
Well, that's pretty much it. I hope you all had a great Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Have A Blessed Christmas and may Christ be at the heart of all your celebration!

A day in the life...

I just found this video on youtube that is about a day in the life of a pinnacle airline pilot. That's the airline Vince works for so it's kinda neat. It gives you a short inside look at what Vince does. Check it out.

New Car

Here are the pics of our new car. It's a 2007 Ford Focus and we named her Forcus. Okay, I named her Forcus.

Listening to God

I recently came across a blog by a Christian speaker/writer named Lysa TerKeurst. I had never heard of her but she occasionally writes for a devotional series I am going through.
She emphasizes that she is just an everyday, average woman but she has done one really WOW thing and it has been stuck in my mind for days.
She was going about her everyday life when God spoke to her and asked her (out of the blue) to do something that would change her life. Not only her life, but her family's as well.
She had gone to hear some orphans from Liberia sing near her home and ended up adopting two of them after hearing God whisper to her "Two of those boys are yours". What she did was so amazing, and the response of her friends was so unusual that she was invited to speak on Oprah. You can see the video clips from her interview with Oprah on her blog. They tell the whole story. It's a story that really tugs on the heart.
After visting her blog and hearing her story I was amazed and a little humbled.
My question to you (and myself) is this: How quickly would you be willing to take that big a risk and walk out on faith to do something that would so drastically impact your life if God told you to do it?

Christmas comes to the Inzerillo House

I finally got around to getting the house decorated for Christmas. I spent all day yesterday getting the house in the Christmas spirit. Since most of my decorations are in Kansas at my mother's house I made do with what I already had and what the dollar store had to offer me. I just can't stand the thought of spending a lot of money on decorations when I already have quite a bit of them, even if they happen to be hundreds of miles away. We are making it work for us though and we're just pleased as punch with our little 1 foot tree. Vince did get me some mistletoe this year ;) but I think that's actually the biggest Christmas investment we've made. And it'll be the most fun too!
Vince is supposed to be getting in today from a four day trip. God has been good during that time and kept the nasty weather away. We've had bad weather in the forecast almost every day he's been gone but nary a flake has fallen. I did have to drive in a little bit of snow/ice the day he left for his trip but I found out a trick, if you drive the freeways, it's mostly clear.
Well, I'm off- time to get back to work sprinkling "Christmas Cheer" around the house.

Update to Blog

I have added a guestbook to our blog so I know who has been here. It will help alleviate my curiosity.
I know that my dear mother has been spreading the fame of this blog so I am hoping that more people will stop in and say Hi.
This blog is first and foremost a way for us to stay in contact with all of you. With the creation of the guestbook we have another way of doing that and hopefully, have new contact with friends we have lost touch with.
The guestbook is located right above the archives. Please take a moment to sign it and leave a quick note. Thanks much :)
NEW UPDATE (12-13-07):
I have taken the guestbook away because I can't keep the message displayed.