I have been slackin' big time!

Christmases were great! Yep we had 2 of them! One with The G Family and one with the D Family. I feel so blessed!

The Family G

Cousins and off spring of them

 Brotherly love

The Family D

The cousins

 My parents are still so in love.

 I love me some waffles!

So that was Christmas. For new years we went to my parents house and blew things up. including nearly blowing up ourselves. Someone threw trash into the fore and a few seconds later small balls of sparlkly fire came at us while we were trying to relax in our chairs and keep warm. Screaming and running and laughter followed. Best part was having my whole family together.

*It is very difficult to blog during a movie!!

Next comes the birth of my BFF to her beautiful baby boy! Baby E is so sweet and was born on Jan 16th. He was welcomed by Boy's BFF CS and Little Sister, who is now also Big Sister. I am thrilled for our friends! 

Baby Brother is 2!! He ran around on his day saying "two", he says "car", "diaper", "peepee", "ducky", "bubbles", "Bubbah" and lots of other words. He would rather watch a movie with real people than a cartoon. So I stream Blues Clues off of Netflix. I am still trying to teach him to be nice to his big brother. 

Yesterday we had the annual Goodwin Boy Birthday Bash. We went with a Star Wars theme. I was quite epic. Our friends Jen and Eric helped us make the cakes, which were inspired by a post on Craftster. That was a fun time making marshmallow fondant and baking cakes. Eric cut out the shapes and Dustin painted them. Lots of work...

destroyed in less than a minute.

The boys and their friends had so much fun making light sabers out of pipe insulation and colored tape.

*Unfortunately Blogger won't let me upload that picture*

So you are caught up...for now.

Surrender

The hardest thing to do is let go, we cling so hard to our control over the very fabric that holds us together by insisting that we must know whats best for us. From your cell phone to your car to the chair you sit in at work non of these inanimate objects can function with out your assistance you in essence control them. Then we go as far as thinking we actually have the mental capacity much less the know how to control a person, how many times are spouses guilty of trying to make one another do what they want. The fact of the matter is that we don't have control over anything, at this very moment there are physicists attempting to make protons collide in order to understand how life it's self started, man will always be limited by his own ignorance. We are not even biologically capable of controlling the very chemicals in our brain that control our emotions. As Christians we have trouble casting all our cares at the foot of the throne of God (giving up control) I personally have gone as far as asking if someone could tell me how to do it, the truth is know one can tell you how to hand over your life to Jesus. It's a decision, you must be willing to give up and say "I surrender" and the minute that little seam opens in your heart God will pour in and do the rest, you know you are filled with the Holy Spirit when nothing else but serving your God matters. So fall to your knees with your face to the ground and say to God at this moment " I surrender" all I have is yours, what a great feeling it is to let go of everything you have been caring your whole life and give it up to the Lord God Almighty! in His mighty hands your troubles are like a grain of sand so he has plenty of room for everyone's problems. Have hope Beloved you have someone there waiting for you, eager to help and He has made life, and He will wait as long as it takes for you to let go and fall into His arms.

-D.B.Goodwin

Purpose

"Because of Jesus' perfect work on the cross I am righteous by His blood, and I am greatly Blessed, Highly favored and Deeply loved! I expect good things to come my way. I expect good success and have a confident expectation of good!"

The purpose of life is to live, don't sell your self short by settling for anything less than your wildest dreams. God is willing and waiting He wants to bless you beyond anything you ever thought was possible, because there is no limit to His love for you.

Keeping Good Company

I recently respond to a family member's frustration with friends talking behind his/her back with this statement and I thought I should share it with you guys.

"I have learned that if you ever want to let God prosper you and receive your inheritance from this world, you must start with keeping good company. "Bad company corrupts good character" 1 Corinthians 15:33. You are deceived by the fact that other peoples opinions of you matter and there for robbed of the all the great qualities that God has blessed you with that make you, you. Free yourself from the shackles of society that bind you and become the man you are meant to be a man that is not afraid to stand up for himself, a man that you would be proud to call friend."

-D.B.Goodwin