"the Christmas story" :)

first, please press the "pause" button on my glorious Christmas tunes playlist on the right side.

second, watch this video.

my friend kimberly posted this video a while ago, but i just watched it for the first time tonight!  ABSOLUTELY PRECIOUS!!!! :)  i believe at the heart of every american is some kind of slight, to moderate, to severe OBSESSION with foreign accents of any kind......  so, watching small children from new zealand act out AND tell their version of the Christmas story is no exception; yep, it absolutely stole my heart. and i think their little new zealand accents didn't hurt a bit in that heart-thieving process. :)  ENJOY! :)

pity the kitty

she started out as a little stray cat at my mom's house. 

for the first 4 years of her life, she lived outside, braving all four seasons that ohio threw at her.

when we got married, we made the decision to adopt this little sweetheart and bring her inside.  at first, she was super-nervous as this was her first attempt at indoor-life.  however, she slowly emerged as a kitty cat who has had an indoor-loving-heart all along.

she loves to snuggle and play and is such a good little friend.

pity jane-- you are precious!  we are thankful for you, our little furry friend. :)

prepare to have your heart melted.

mmkay, this vid is totes presh. (that's an abbreve [abbreviation] for "this video is totally precious." you might have to get used to the lingo in order to continue reading this blog in future posts.) :)

anyway.  i saw this on my friend taylor's blog, and it was about all i could do not to run and post it on here.  but tuesday's post was already up, and it was about praying for bud's self-image.  as sweet as this video is, it was super-important to leave that up.  cause i wanna be praying for him.  legit.

but now that it's 12:25am and i'm still up, and it's technically not tuesday anymore... i decided it was ok to have a new post.

so here you go, get ready to SMILE from ear to ear :) :) :)

as much as I LOVE adele singing to us!!... before you watch this vid, you'll have to pause the music on the playlist to the right ------>

Oh dear Jesus, let my babies be like this someday!!!! :)