Happy New Year!

It's officially 2008! It's hard to believe another year has passed us by! Egan and Milo were watching Arthur on PBS yesterday, it was about staying up late and how 'cool' it is....so, Egan of course begged us to stay up til midnite. We enjoyed a nice quite nite at home, just the 4 of us. Dan made a WONDERFUL dinner (have I mentioned what a great cook he is??) for the two of us, and when I asked the boys what they wanted for their last meal of 2007...the both said "MAC and CHEESE"....much less expensive than a birthday boy we know....he wanted crab legs yesterday! Egan did ask us to make some shrimp also....but it was a great nite! Milo went to bed without a peep around 10pm and as wonders never cease, Egan made it passed midnite! yahoo for him....he said the coolest part was watching the ball drop! too funny!
Dan and I had decided not necessarily to make 'resolutions' but to try and make 2008....great! I am hoping to become more organized, of course, lose some weight, but mainly strive to be a better mommy and wife and grow closer to God!
Dan and Egan got me a plaque (for lack of a better word) to hang on the wall....it says: FAITH
makes things possible....not easy. Wow.....how true is that!! I cannot wait to hang it up and look at it every day to remind me of that! Just because we're Christians doesn't mean it's easy street....(trust me... I KNOW this) but it does mean sooo much more doesnt' it?? But to know that we will have eternal life......how cool is that! Milo just got a new Veggie Tales CD tonite and we were listening to it on the way home from The Family Christian Book Store....and one of the songs they were singing was something about one nite in HIS court, in HIS home is better than thousands outside!!! Jonathon and Egan were talking about Eternal Life the other day.....Jonathon was saying something about coming back to life, and Egan said we don't come back to life......here on earth.....we have ETERNAL (he emphasized this part) life in heaven....."right mom"....YEP! Sometimes it's hard to understand death especially when your mommy and sissy die when you are 4 years old......and sometimes you never quite give up hope that they will come back to us again.....but I explained to Jonathon and Egan that they won't come back here again, but some glorious day.....we will see them again....in HEAVEN! This must have still been weighing on Jonathon's mind quite a bit because when he got back home to my parents home and my mom was putting him to bed, he said he was going to ask Jesus to let him see his mommy and sissy again and that was all he wanted for his birthday! Oy! What are you supposed to say to that!? God has definately blessed my mom with a strong heart! She always seems to keep it together and explain things to him without losing it.....FAITH, makes things possible....not easy!
On a lighter note, I've been busy getting all the decorations down and put away and getting back to some sort or resemblance of organization....I use that term lightly...lol! However, I am determined to get organized this week/end!!! I'm going in for some minor surgery (having some hardware removed) next Tuesday and I'll be laid up about 2 weeks, and since it's my driving foot, I will really be laid up for two weeks and I decided if my home isn't organized by then, I'll go even MORE crazy!!! I don't think Dan and the boys realize this yet though......but they will soon enough!! lol! so, wish my luck!!