The Little Blessings

This morning in our local church the Lord had a special little blessings waiting just for me. This brought tears to my eyes. My husband and I serve in Children's Church in our local church and a few weeks ago I had a chance to lead one of the little ladies to the Lord. She came up to me this morning and was very excited about a new Bible that her grandmother had bought her for Christmas. She asked me if this was the "right" Bible. (In our church we use the King James Bible only). The Bible that her grandmother had bought her was a different version. I told her that that was a very sweet Bible and that she had a very sweet grandma to care enough to get her a copy of God's word, but that if she would like I could pick her up a KJV Bible. She was so excited and so thankful that I was willing to do that. On of the main reasons that my husband and I choose to worship at GBC was the fact that the man of God would not move from the KJV Bible. WE believe that that is the WORD OF GOD. I am thankful for three things:

1. That I have had the great blessing of serving the Lord in my
local church.

2. That I have had the chance to lead this perious little one to to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ

3. That I go to a church that takes a stand on the Bible and that even the little one know the difference.


Mark 10:14 says Suffer the little children to came unto me, and forbid them not: for such is the kingdom of God.

Thank You Lord for my "little" blessing today.

A Very Merry Christmas

The Todd Family had a wonderful and bountiful Christmas complete with all the family traditions. On Friday night we went to Chicago to see the lights (this is something my husband and I have done since we met 21 years ago). On Saturday we had the first half of Sam's family and the other half tonight. Christmas Eve was a lot of fun at Grandma Brown's house. The children love to have angel food cake and sing Happy Birthday to Jesus. The house was so festive and the food was good. The fellowship was wonderful. Christmas is still my favorite time of the year. Happy Birthday to the Lord and Savior and Thank You for the blessings YOU have given us this year. I pray everyone had a Merry Christmas. May this Silent Night be one to always remember as you enjoy the Saviors birth.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all and to all a very blessed night.

Tis The Season to be VERY Busy

At the Todd household it has been an extremely busy couple of of days. On Friday was Quinten's 8th birthday and we started our day at the Rain Forest Cafe with a few of Quin's closest friends. Friday night was the WONDERFUL Christmas Coffee with the ladies of our church. This year the Christmas coffee was more fun than ever before. I had the privilege to work with my friend Kina and who does have a BLAST on Kina's team.


Saturday our family saw Journey to Bethlehem. Both the children loved the drama of the play and we were able to research the history of the Jewish people and talk about the time and culture of Jesus. Sam had a doctor's appointment and we were able to find out that his dizziness can be treated with medication. Praise the Lord! Grandma Todd had a birthday cake for Quin and a little lunch for us as well.


Sunday is always a fun, full, and exciting day of serving the Lord and being with His people at the wonderful G.B.C. Grandma Brown had lunch and a birthday cake for Quin on Sunday. After lunch the children went sledding down grandma's hill and had a ball.

Monday I was able to take my dear friend Edith Christmas shopping and her list is now complete.

Today we went to see A Christmas Carol at Dury Lane in Oakbrook with the homeschoolers. That was a wonderful performance and everyone had a wonderful time. Thank You Miss Julie for organizing the really fun event.

Well, as you can see it has been a little crazy in the Todd household this week. We have so much to look forward too. Friday night the Kings Kids girls (and Miss Cindy and I )are having a sleep over. I'm not sure who is more excited me or the girls. I CAN'T WAIT. The Lord has been very good the the Todd family this week. We are very blessed. I pray everyone else has had a great week as well.

Happy Birthday Quinten

I can't believe it our son is 8years old today. Happy Birthday Samuel Quinten Todd. Your dad and I are very pround of you. We pray everyday that you will some day grow up and please the Lord with your life. We hope you have a great day. We have a lot of special things planned for you today. I'm ready for the Christmas Coffee tonight. I look forward to spending the day having lots of fun. Your mom and dad love you vewry much. Happy Birthday Sweetheart.

Snow Much Fun

Tonight, for the first time this year that we have a few inches of the beautiful white stuff, SNOW. Living in the Midwest we tend to get a lot of snow and by the end of the winter we are pretty tired of driving in it. But there is nothing more fun than the first snow fall. I know that all the smart moms out there would say that I am CRAZY but at 8:30pm Paige went to bed and we went out to play in the snow.
The moon lite and the snow lit up the back yard so nice and we had so much fun. After building our first snow man of the year we came in the house and had hot coco. The only lights on in the house are the Christmas tree and the fire place. Everything is so beautiful and the coco is so good. I'm so thankful for family. God is so good to us and we had so much fun. As I was going up stairs to take a hot bath and my (almost 8 year old ) son was going to bed he said to me "mommy this has been the best night ever, I Love You". OK mom call me CRAZY but we made a memory that our boy will never forget. Thank You Lord for such a GOOD life.