Home Sweet Home

Well after all, it appears that the Patterson house has been on city sewer system all along. It had a little clog and is fixed. We are headed home with a minor bill~Praise the Lord! It is amazing what good friends will do to help you out and we have some amazing ones. Hopefully no future problems are headed our way but we will get through it with family, friends, & our amazing Lord!

Update on First Christmas in Our New Home

Apparently the septic tank has been located. It is all the way on the other side of the yard then where the plans said it was. However, it is like 7.5 feet below ground because the yard slops. We had to have a different plumber come today to use a camera to locate it. We have the approximate location however, the camera was underwater indicating that we have field line issues. The latest word from the septic tank guy is to hook up to the city because it will cost us about the same amount of money (which could lead to more issues because we have some crawl space and some slab foundation). That is not exactly the news we wanted to hear on Day 6 out of our house. Please pray for us as we seek guidance from the plumbing experts, head to the bank to pay for what ever choice we make, we get to go back home before school starts, and patience.

Our First Christmas in Our New Home

Yesterday, December 23 we had an interesting turn of events. We had some plumbing problems which turned out to be major plumbing problems. It turns out we will not be able to stay at our house until (at the earliest) Monday, December 27. You can imagine how upset my children are to not be able to stay home our first Christmas in our new house. I completely agree with them but am trying my best to remain positive for the kids. We have talked a lot about all the blessings we do have: We have a house that we will be able to return to; We are all healthy; We have great friends & family; and Most important of all we have Blessed Assurance through a Holy Baby Born the very First Christmas. So from our home (wherever that may be) to yours Merry Christmas!

Well the Christmas sickness has finally hit our house. Kerr woke up in the middle of the night running fever and sounding like he is going to cough up a lung. I noticed that he was not really feeling well the day before but I thought it was more because of the horrible nightmare he had. Anyway, about the nightmare, Kerr woke up about 3:30 in the morning screaming and crying. He was actually trembling, he was absolutely terrified of something. It lasted about 30 minutes. The next morning I asked him if he remembered having a bad dream. He said no. I started asking him about things he was screaming and He said Mom I think we had the same dream. I started laughing and said no that was just your dream.

A Little Wisdom from Brown

Bette has been stressed about what she is getting for Christmas. She is begging everybody she knows to buy her an IPOD Touch. This is the advice Brown had for Bette about the IPOD Touch:
Bette: "I really want an IPOD Touch."
Me: "What else do you want for Christmas? ... Besides the IPOD Touch."
Brown: "Bette, Mom will not even buy you a candy bar, there is NO Way she is going to buy you an IPOD Touch!"
* I can't wait to see their faces Christmas Morning! *

Wisdom from Bette & Kerr

Just this past week I learned some great lessons from two very wise little children:

Kerr~ Last Thursday night (12/9/10)- I had to run some errands to Hobby Lobby and Sam's. I was getting Christmas craft stuff for the kids classroom, classroom gifts, and snack stuff. While I was at Hobby Lobby I was picking up some napkins that say "Happy Birthday Jesus" for the children's musical at church. Kerr asked, "Who's Birthday is it?" I was playing with him and said let me whisper in your ear because it is a secret. I told him, "It is Jesus' Birthday!" Kerr said, "Are you serious?" He had the best look on his face~ I wish I had taken a picture. It was the greatest news he had ever heard. He asked me, "Is Jesus going to be there?" I said, "Yes." He said, "We get to go to Heaven to celebrate his birthday?" Then I realized his excitement was not about the party but about the possibility of seeing Jesus' face and getting to see Heaven. I thought would that be my reaction. Of course, I told Kerr, "Jesus will be there but just like he is here with us now. We won't be able to see him, but he will know why we are celebrating." I was amazed by the wisdom from my sweet and innocent 5 year old. He wanted to celebrate Jesus' Birthday so that he might get the chance to see him face to face.

Bette~Last Wednesday(12/8/10)~ Wednesday's nights can be quite hectic for us because it is usually a late night and Mark is even later getting home. Bette and I were doing homework and reading her books so she could take an AR test the next day. It was past her bedtime and she was extremely frustrated. She said, "Mom, I don't think these are a good fit book for me." The books were pretty difficult reads but I thought she could handle reading them. I told her if she did not feel good about taking the AR test on Thursday, then it would be fine to not make her AR goal for this week. After all she did miss Monday because of Disney. Well she came home on Thursday and said I took my AR test on both of the books. I asked her how she did and she made an 80 and 100. I told her that was awesome. She said, "Mom, before I took the test I went to the bathroom to pray." She told me, "My prayer worked and that is why I did so good on my test." I am amazed by Bette's faith. She takes everything to God in prayer. Isn't that what I am supposed to do also~be confident in my prayer and pray about everything?

Kerr's Thanksgiving Feast

Kerr is having the best first year of school. He loves his class & his teacher! Of course she has the patience of Job to put up with my wild child. Mrs. Pate was also Bette's teacher & I assured her that Kerr was quite different from Bette & that it would be interesting to see how different. Just a few difference in Bette & Kerr. Bette yellow & red days= 0; Kerr yellow & red days=5. Only 79 days into the school year! Haha This is a picture of Kerr with Mrs. Pate at their classroom Thanksgiving Feast!


This is all the yummy food & his adorable place mat.