And we celebrated in style! Lots of food, football tossing, pecan picking, potato cannon target practice, shooting mistletoe with bb-guns, riding the go cart, blanket knotting, present swapping, ps2 football playing, talking, laughing, taking walks, praying and sharing. Saturday we made and placed the grave blanket on Dad Jennings' grave in Burgaw (it was the first time in 13 years some of the sibs had been there), and we laughed and talked and cried and prayed. Then we headed to Wilmington to see the Festival of Trees and take a few family photos. From there we spent some time at the USS North Carolina, then we found chinese food and returned to Faison to eat, laugh, open Christmas crackers, play and laugh some more. We are so blessed that Chrissy was healed enough from her surgery last week and that Paula was healed from her life changing hospitalization this past summer. To have them both here, with their families, is a testimony to God's power in our lives and a blessing beyond measure. And further, looking back two plus years, for Scott and me to be together, steadfast and on God's path...it leaves me speechless. He is good.
It is so cool to be living in the house we have spent the last year visiting. It was powerful to have Scott bless our first meal here with twenty family members. God is so good, all the time. His plan is so much better than ours!!
