Happy New Year!

Jimmy being funny:)


My boys are such a gift and so full of love! Happy New Year to all of our friends and family! I pray that this new year will bring you hope, love, good health, peace and happiness!

Lucas family Christmas 2009 at OneTrueMedia.com

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Mystery solved

Missing: One bowl of semi-sweet baking chocolate


Found! Minus one square of chocolate!:)

MIRACLES

Preparing for the holiday season this year has had an almost magical feeling to it. I'm not sure if I have ever felt quite like this before. The snow is brighter, the house feels warmer, the Christmas tree is prettier.......and Elijah is HOME and getting ready to celebrate his first Christmas with our family.

I am overwhelmed by God's plan and how He has brought Elijah into our family. Elijah has been home since April and each day since then has brought an incredible amount of joy! It has been nothing short of amazing to watch my baby boy grow and learn all about his world.

This time last year, Elijah was a little orphan without a family, spending his days and nights in a Russian orphanage. He was unaware at the time but he was so loved and missed last Christmas. I had met Elijah for the first time in October of 2008 and by the time Christmas came around, my heart was aching terribly to have my youngest child home with us.

Now Elijah is home and I am flooded with emotion as I see all that God has blessed me with. Before I was even born, God knew that these two precious children, Caleb and Elijah would be my sons one day. And by the MIRACLE of God, Caleb and Elijah who were born thousands of miles away on the other side of this world, are home with us ..... according to His Plan.

So as this Christmas approaches, I am praising God for His Miracles!

"Rejoice evermore....In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God."

Thessalonians 5:16, 18 KJV

FREEZE!

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A Funny

Caleb is always grabbing someone's keys and trying to set their car alarm off before he gets caught. Today I caught him trying to set the alarm off on our truck with Elijah's keys! Too funny!!

Awwwww........

Tonight Caleb helped to decorate the Christmas tree. He was very serious for this one moment while putting his ornament on. So cute! Then it was back to driving his truck into the tree!

Happy Birthday Gibson

My Christmas Angel is 3 years old today.



What should be a happy day for this sweet little boy will probably go unnoticed this year. No family to sing him Happy Birthday, no family to give him a special birthday present, no birthday cake, no balloons......and no one to tell him how happy they are that he was born. Gibson deserves that and so much more! He is a precious gift from God, so why was this precious gift left behind? Because he was born with Down syndrome.



Gibson has one year left before he is transferred to an institution. And the chance of him living beyond his first year of being transferred is only 20%. There is a way to help Gibson. Donate to his grant fund. This fund will help a family with the high costs of an international adoption. Please won't you donate today, even just a little for Gibson?



We love you Gibson and we pray for you everyday! I pray that someone will make you feel happy and LOVED on your special day.



*To donate to Gibson's grant fund, click the ornament below. It will direct you to the Reece's Rainbow Angel Tree. Click to donate and designate your donation to Gibson.*













Thank you and God Bless!



"Whoever embraces one of these children as I do embraces me, and far more than me-God who sent me."

Mark 9:37 MSG