Welcome, 2007!! I hope and pray that this is the year we meet Lainey. Or, at the very least, that we know who she is and can gaze at her picture, anticipating a trip to China. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hard to explain, but my heart can almost \u00e2\u20ac\u0153see\u00e2\u20ac\u009d her. Like, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll just undoubtedly know it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Lainey when I see her for real. God has already chosen her as mine\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6I can find peace in that while we wait!<\/p>\n
We had a grand Christmas that stretched across 9 days! We had Christmas here at our home with just the 6 of us, and then made our annual after-Christmas trip home to see our families. We just got home last night! Days and days of seeing family that we dearly love! My kids were so happy, spending time with 10 of their cousins. They are all such best friends and they hated to say goodbye. To all of our NC family, we love and miss ya\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll already.<\/p>\n
So, what does the title of this post mean? Well, before we left for NC, we managed to take down the very wilty Christmas tree in the front room. But, ALL the other Christmas decorations were waiting for us when we walked in last night. Add bags and bags of gifts, and the luggage and bags from 6 people, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m literally trying to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153find\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the house. So, why am I posting instead of tackling all this? Hey, I needed a break!! Okay, break over. Back to work.<\/p>\n
Happy New Year, everyone! I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll share a few pictures from our trip when I get another breather.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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