WOW! We are so blessed!

Wow, the Lord is so sweet in his timing. I was pretty down this past week about Christmas and being away from friends and family but how the Lord just truly blessed me this past Wednesday. Since school being out we can only check our mail on Wednesdays. So this is a picture of the kids right before we left to take the long walk to go and check our mail.

WE HAD MAIL! Not only mail, but packages! We were so excited. Avery was so happy that she tried to bite right into it.

This is Cooper with a few of the packages in the mail room. Sorry about the blur, it is more for security reasons.

Darin could have been more excited then the kids. Ok, maybe I was!

We got a package from Nana with lots of goodies, Darin a bible, Cooper movies, Avery some stockings (panty hose), lots of medicine for the kids and me some earrings. There were of course alot more then that! Then Baga , (my mom) sent Avery some clothes and shoes and some goodies as well. Nana, Papaw and Baga already gave Christmas gifts but they decided to send more. Thanks so much and we love and miss you all more the words could ever express.  Also we got a package from our Sunday School class. It had Christmas cards from lots of them, some incredible fudge from Amber, lots of goodies, some books and then a movie from Lane Stokes. This is Cooper holding his movie. Thanks Lane! 

Then, after all that we had another package to open that was from Cliff and Nikki. They sent Avery a new bunny blanket. Which Nikki is the one that got her hooked on the first one. They also sent Cooper a neat little Cars thing that has magnets all in it and a Cars jacket that lights up and a book (even though it could have been for Avery but Cooper decided to claim it). They also sent me and Darin a gift certificate and some candy. Well we say that candy is for us and not Cooper! They always go overboard but we appreciate it all very much. 

This is a picture that Lily Bug made for Cooper. He loved seeing all the Dora stickers on there.

It really is true love when you make pictures for one another!

Here is Cooper and Avery in the middle of most of the stuff. They were so excited. 

As you can tell Avery got some headbands and bows from Baga. That is why she has three of them on her head.

Thank you everyone for your generosity and giving to us in this busy time. It helps so much knowing that people are thinking about you. We really do appreciate everything so much!

Here is Cooper with his jacket and magnet set from Lily. It was one of the warmest days and he insisted to leave the jacket on almost all day!

Avery really enjoyed the candy! Ok, she didn't eat the candy but she loved the crinkly noise the plastic made.

After all of this great stuff the Lord didn't want to stop the blessings! Mom gave me a call and said that Jonathan and Jenny Buhl gave her lots of little Katy's clothes that were too small to give to Avery! I was so pumped. You really don't know how tight your budget is until you get here. So thanks Jonathan and Jenny for giving those to us. I sure hope little Avery will be as cute in them as little Katy. We love you all and just pray the Lord will bless you as much as you have just blessed us!

Thank you everyone for lifting our spirits and just helping us through the difficult times! We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!