Hammy

Meet the newest member of the Snowden Family! Hammy the Hamster!

She was a gift for the kids for Christmas, and I have finally taken some pics of the kids with her.

Those first few weeks I'm just trying to make sure Hammy SURVIVES the love fest!

Who says it doesn't snow in Orange County?

The park near our house hosted a "Snowfest" last weekend! The park has some great hills, so they truck in some snow and make some sledding runs. They also make a nice big area for the kids to just play in the snow :)

Unfortunately, we missed out on the pre-registration for the sledding, but playing in the snow was just as fun for our kiddos!

Sam was all about the snowball fight. He spent his entire time throwing snowballs at Jake! haha


Nate was so curious about this strange, cold white substance. He loved it!


And Faith was all about trying to build little snowmen. She kept saying, this is like Canada! Well, in Canada we would be in more then a long sleeve T... :)


After the snow we hit some rides, played on the playground, found some Kindergarten friends to do some rides with, played some more, then went home....I was TIRED! :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NATE!

I can not believe our little man is already 2!!



We had an amazing day at the park celebrating with friends!

We love you Hurricane Nate!

Prayers for Brielle

A few months ago I read a post by a friend on facebook, asking to join her in prayer for a little girl named Brielle. This little girl and her family attend my friends church, a church that Jake and I used to attend.

So I hit the link and started to follow the story of Brielle. At that time she had just gone through some surgery to remove a tumor and I followed along and read about her recovery, the good days and the bad..and just kept on praying for this little girl, believing that the Cancer invading her little body was now gone

Over the holidays I did not follow as much. And she was doing so well, the blog entries became fewer..and then this morning I was checking my facebook and 2 friends had requests to cover the Brielle's family with prayer. Oh no...

So I rushed to the blog and discovered that Brielle's cancer had returned..and had spread to her spine..even though she had been doing Chemo..it didn't help..the cancer was back. Her prognosis is grim. She will go quickly the doctors say, as quickly as a matter of weeks.

I broke down and cried. Cried for a little girl I don't even know...but had gotten to know by following her journey on her families blog. I could not believe after all she had been through, that this was going to be the end result. I think often of her mother, and how on earth is she coping with all this? How do you handle the news that your daughter will be going to heaven so soon??

So please friends, join me in praying for this family. Pray for a miracle for Brielle! Yes, the doctors do not have good news, but GOD IS BIGGER!!!!! This family has been so strong in their faith, they truely are an inspiration! Please take a moment to read some of the blog so you can see this family of faith in action, and PRAY PRAY PRAY!

http://web.me.com/terrypeiffer/Brielle/Welcome.html

Welcome 2011!!

Well it has been a bit since I last blogged. I had meant to blog about Sam's birthday...Christmas...Christmas break from school...

BUT....We have been at battle with a feisty cold/ear infection/bronchitis/sinus infection!!! I think we are finally all pretty much over it, but I am still keeping track of Amoxicilin doses for the boys and puffer treatments! Phew!!

So my first prayer for 2011 is that I have a healthier household!! I've been at battle with these never ending colds and cough's for weeks and weeks! Thankfully Faith has been the least affected and has not had to miss school. The 2 times she's been sick this season were on weekends or Christmas break.

Now on to the New Year!! Welcome 2011!!

So as we do every year, here we are again with the "New Years Resolutions!" What are you going to change this year?? Where do you want to improve?? What areas of your life do you want to see growth (or shrinkage??:)

As for me, I seem to have the same ones every year! So I'm a little apprehensive about making huge resolutions for not wanting to feel like a failure when I look back at the end of the month and my goals are already failures! Haha! So this year, it's more of a "Here are the areas I'm going to work on"...with little achievable goals that are more realistic!

My areas of work...

1. Getting up early to do devotionals. I LOVE how my days turn out when I start my day out this way. Nice and early, just me, my Bible and journal...so I wonder....if I like the results so much, then why is it so hard to get out of bed to start my day out this way??? Hmm. So for January I will work super hard to get my butt out of my nice warm bed and get my day started out right!

2. The Gym...oh the evil gym...I have been pretty good with this. Making it an average of 3 - 4 days a week. But I would like to consistently get 4 - 5 days in a week. Should not be too hard. Especially if I get number 1 going, then I'm ready to get out the door by 8am for the gym. :)

3. Patience...oh my kids...how I love them soo, but how they also love to test my patience. I have found the last month or so that my patience has been paper thin...doesn't take much to push my buttons and then I find myself yelling at the kids and just being plain ugly. I need to not let circumstances get the better of me. Just roll with it girl!! Stop stressing over messes, time, getting all the home school stuff done today. :) This is something I am very ready to tackle head on!!

4. Blog more consistently! :)

So there you go...guess this is my January mission of the Month!