Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas Everyone. We woke up to snow this morning so we get to have a "White Christmas" this year. We let our boys open their gifts earlier this afternoon. Normally they get to open one gift on Christmas Eve then the rest first thing Christmas morning but this year they received a "big" gift around Thanksgiving time. We bought them a Wii. So, they only received one small gift each to open for Christmas.

It's been kind of a different Christmas this year. Finances have been rather tight but the Lord has met every need. Right down to our Christmas dinner. We were blessed with many goodies and someone gave us a ham. Today, we received a Christmas card with $40 in it and we bought the rest of what we wanted to have with our ham. God is SO good.

We have also been praying for a Christmas miracle. Our dog got out of our yard December the 18th at about 6:00pm. He's been missing ever since. My youngest son cried himself to sleep that first night. I kept getting up throughout the night because I thought I heard him on the porch whining to come in but he wasn't there.

We had to take down part of our chain link fence because we are having some trees taken down in our yard. But then it started snowing and the work wasn't done yet so the fence stayed down. Because of this, I've had to keep Barney tied up on the porch when he is outside and take him for walks throughout the day. Well, I had put him out on the porch to feed him when this kid began racing up and down the road on a quad runner. Barney, our dog, never liked the sound of loud motors. He would run up and down the fence barking as loud as he could whenever the UPS trucks would go by. Anyway, we think he got scared of the noise and he pulled free of his collar. So, he's out there somewhere without any identification.

We've put out posters, called the local vets offices, talked to neighbors, and checked all the local shelters. My poor Dh drove around for hours looking for him. No sign of him anywhere.

Barney is between 11 and 12 years old. We've had him for 10 years. So, if you have a moment, please pray for the safe return of our dog. Thanks so much. God Bless.

And again, MERRY CHRISTMAS!