Wow, what a year!

My how time really flies when you are having fun. I took a moment this morning to look back at some of the blogs from this time last year and read about the anticipation of Chase's arrival and now to look back at the years events simply brings tears to my eyes. Chase will be turning a year old in less than 2 weeks and it is hard to imagine our lives before him. He has brought so much joy and laughter and yes even some tears to our lives but most of all he is our little gift from God. Last year as we approached the Christmas season Terry and I found our house with little Christmas spirit as we were so nervous about what was to come. This year we have a tree in every room over 20,000 lights on the outside of the house and are watching Chase every night as we turn the trees on, remove Christmas ornaments from the trees. Needless to say we are having FUN! However, we need to all stop and remember to invite the "honoree" to the party. We can't celebrate Chase's birthday on Saturday without him there so we don't even need to attempt to celebrate Christmas without Christ! I am so thankful that he loves us enough to allow us to enjoy all of the pleasures of life that we are blessed with. Blessed be the Lord who daily loadeth me with his benefits!
We hope you all have a wonderful week! If you are in or around the Alex City area we will be at West End Baptist Church with Pastor Donald DeLee on Sunday night, Dec. 10 at 6:00 PM. Come out and see us!

Love to all!

Terry, Jessica & Chase Helms