So we started out the weekend crawling around our attic to see what the status of our insulation was, and it really does need work. We priced getting the job done ourselves and decided its better to just hire someone to take care of it, so that will be out next project, finding someone to install new insulation, and hopefully get it warmer in our house finally. Saturday evening we dropped Avery off with Hollys mom and the two of us went to a hocky game! It was a lot of fun. We went because i am a part of the 212 degree club at work. That means i have sold over 20 phones in one month during the latest drive to sell. There are about 7 of us and most of us where at the game. The tickets were free along with a free hotdog, popcorn and drink. We also got a picture with the mascot and a gift bag incluing a offical hocky puk. Everyone should have one of those. Anyway it was a lot of fun and we enjoyed it. Sunday was church and then we headed to Hollys grandmas house for some lunch. Its good to go out there and visit, even an hour away.

We also finished up season two of Gilmore girls and are now in the mist of the third season. Its really a lot of fun to catch up on it, and since the writers are on strike there is not much else on anyway. So it works out well. Its Monday now and we are back to work, i look forward to warmer weather and seeing Miss Avery grow even more, she is so amazing. We love her so much.

Our little Avery is growing ever so quickly. She is finally fitting into size four diapers now, tonight is her first one and it seems to work a lot better so far. She had a short stop at daycare this morning and then i took her to the doctor to get some shots. After that of course we spent the afternoon resting from that experince. Then Holly got in the pool with her tonight for swim class and now we are home tired as always at this time of day. We just finished up bathtime and I got Avery in her diaper and sleeper, then she walked back into the living room and crawled into mommys arms on the couch, where they are both now falling into sleep mode. I love my girls!

In other news we are in the middle of watching Gilmore girls season two and enjoying that a bit. We never got into the show when it was on air, but now Diane got us hooked and we are catching up with netflix and on abcfamily. Its been fun so far and with this writers strike with no end in sight, its good to have something else to watch on tv. I just wish my schedual worked out better for me. I got some nice awards for sales among others from work this morning at our account service rally. Its a lot like a highschool pep rally, only no cheerleaders or Jon dressing in goofy atire. Anyway it was fun. I hopefully will continue to do well and earn a good shift next time, that will be this summer.

The ice storm last month has left its toll on the whole state, and of course our yard. I am still working on getting that cleared up and hopefully will soon. I just need to get a chain saw or something to take care of it, its going to take a lot of work, im ready to move! That will be a while though so i mine as well enjoy where i am at and get some yard work done. Of course that will be after it warms up a little or at least night tonight as its time to head to bed.

A lot of changing going on around here lately. Hollys getting some new managers at work. I have a new schedual which now leaves me with tuesdays off and Averys swim class moving to Saturday. Its down in the teens with the wind chill even colder outside right now. The only thing that didnt get changed was Averys diaper Thursday night. Daddy forgot to put a new one on Thursday night after bathtime. Thats right we just zipped the pj's right up without even thinking about it. Avery of course let me know around midnight or so when i went to comfort her late night crying as usual. I rocked her for a bit then as i was putting her back down realized her sheets and blanket were a little wet. So now we know not to do that.

Avery had her first trip to the libary today. There was a story and music time there so we got to go and enjoy some nice reading and music. She enjoyed it, mostly because they gave her some pretzals to snack on and she liked watching the other little children play. It was for children under three so they were all about the same age. Hard to believe how fast she is growing up though. So beautiful too.

We decided to redo out bathroom in yellow and green this time around. We were going to do orange but never found the right shower curtian for it. But i like what we have now. Avery of course helped us put the curtian together along with enjoying helping mommy and daddy with everything. She loves to help and play with whatever we are doing. She follows us around the house and gets very excited when she wants to. I love our little girl!

It is rather crazy going from such a nice vacation right back into work and business. We both worked on Wed which was a hectic day for us since there was so much piled up. Thursday i spent the morning taking all the tree limbs and stacking them on the side of the road and out of our yard. That ice storm really did its job on our trees, and i cant get all the damaged limbs down on my own.

Avery had her first fit of agression at daycare. The teacher says she pulled hair, pushed and bit someone. She has already started biting at daddy for a while. Really she just does it when her teeth are coming through and we we saw last night she has three molars coming in the back to go along with the other one she has in the back top left of her mouth. We need to watch her when she bites though so she knows its wrong. Its not easy to discipline your child or make sure they know when they did something wrong. Hopefully we dont have to do it often.

This weekend Hollys step brother is back from Iraq so we are going to head on over to her dads to celebrate Christmas and enjoy seeing him and his wife and two sons. Should be fun.

I dont know what God has ahead for us, i do thank Him for life though and family. Its good to have those we can hold onto. Holding on to my daugther and my wife is awesome. It is a beautiful thing.

Matthew 6:12

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
Matthew 6:12

Jesus calls us to pray for forgiveness, this is something we should keep in the front of all our prayers with the Lord. The forgiveness we must ask for first is that of our own sins. Before Jesus in prayer all things are brought into the light. All of your thoughts, feelings, attitudes are magnified under the lens of His Holiness. Its important for us to set ourselves on the right path by first asking for help with our failings. 

The forgiveness that we have is not conditional upon forgiving someone else. We are forgiven because Jesus Christ paid for our debts. Because we are forgiven we should forgive. It works the way everything else does. You respond in kind to the way you have been treated. This goes right along with the mercy we talked about earlier. You give what you have been given, but Christ is not going to keep you from forgiveness. He already offered full pardon from the cross.

We all want to be forgiven when we make mistakes. Even more we should want to forgive because it allows freedom to enter into our own lives. Darkness will creep in and take over a heart that does not forgiven. Sin loves those kinds of hearts. Once we given up the things that the Lord asks of us to give, we will be free. He gives us freedom when we forgive both to the one who sinned against us, and to ourselves.

Happy New year! 2008 is finally here and its hard to believe how fast the time goes. The vacation for that matter as we leave today to head back home. It was great spending time with family and friends though. Avery enjoyed playing in the backyard running in the grass and enjoying the sunshine and warm weather. We get to go back home to the cold though, so we can look forward to spring.

We went to the service last night at WOL which was real good, Avery made it through most of it anyway, the worship part. Then we came home and had some good food and headed to bed. Now we get to go on another long flight which hopefully wont be to much trouble. So much to take care of when we get home with work and our yard from all that tree damage.

God is bringing us into a new year with new opportunites in store for us. I pray that it will be a blessing to us and we will grow as a family closer to each other and to Him.