Today turned out to be such a Nasty Day. The kind of day that you just want to stay inside, curled up on the couch with a good (nook)book or with the family watching movies. I did run to the bank and to get cat food this morning before it actually started getting bad. (our cat has to have a special prescription food that we can only get from the vet, that's a whole other post)

Well Ken unfortunately, had to go in to work this afternoon. He is working the 3 to 11 shift. As he was leaving, the wind was blowing and the rain was coming down hard. I just kept thinking "Man I wish he didn't have to go out in this"

Within the half hour, Tanner looked out the front window and saw that our basketball net had been blown over. It had blown over into the driveway, Right where Ken's Car had been less than a half hour earlier.

 We had this thing filled with water as well as staked in to the ground for support and it still blew over. (first time in 2 years). I think we may have been replacing a windshield if Ken wasn't working this evening.

Isn't the way God works just Awesome. Some may just chalk it up to coincidence or luck but I know that there have been too many close calls, near misses and WOWS, in my life to know that A higher power, Much Greater than myself or anything else on this earth was looking out for myself and my family.
Coincidence?? Luck??  I think not, but a God that loves us so much that he gave his only son for our Salvation ?  ABSOLUTELY !!!!

Oh Christmas Tree

Well we got our tree up today. We did the Blue LED lights again. I really love the LED lights. They are a little more money but I think they are sooooo worth it. Maybe next year we will try another color theme but who knows. If we do I'd like to get more LEDs because we only got enough last year for the tree.

In the Raven's Room the boys did a little sports tree. It has a mixture of Kens basketball and Raven's ornaments on it. The lights aren't LED on this one because these are just some lights we had from before. Can you see the difference?

The Tree

My Dad and Ken shaking the Tree

Still Shaking the tree

Well today we got our tree. Ken goes to the 3 to 11 shift for the next 2 weeks and this was pretty much the only time we could get it as a family. We just go to my parents house and get it every year. You see they live right next to a tree farm and during the week they sell the trees for the tree farm since they live right there. We didn't put it up yet, I think we will probably do that tomorrow. We still have to get up in the attic and pull down all the tree Decorations. I hope to finish off the house decorating too. I just love this time of year.

Running it through the bailer. Jordan My Dad and Ken

All wrapped up Ken, My Dad, Jordan and Tanner

Ken standing proud and tall : )

17 Years

Well today My husband and I celebrate our 17th anniversary. It seems like just yesterday that I was waking up in anticipation of becoming Mrs. Kenneth Fuchs. Thinking about Hair, makeup, my dress, my girls, wondering what Ken was doing , hoping the day would go without any problems. Well...It didn't. The place we had our reception, had booked another group there also and they had gone in the room and messed with our decorations, (That's just one issue with them) and the vehicle my in laws were in broke down on the way to the reception. Needless to say it had some glitches, but we made it through. Right after the wedding, with everything that had gone on, someone had said to me, It isn't how the wedding goes that's as important as how the marriage goes. That made a lot of sense. You see the wedding was just one day, yes a very important day, and one I'll always remember but the marriage is a lifetime, something I cherish. Through this journey together the past 17 years, we have been through quite a lot in our marriage, some good some bad. Yes we have had some glitches. You see no matter what come's our way we just hang on to our God. He brought us together and gave us our wonderful boys. He never promised that our Journey would be easy but he did promise that he would always be there with us no matter what, and I praise him for that.
Here's to another 17 years,