Well, here I sit, in the wee hours of the morning, once again, up WAY before I should. I know I'm going to pay for this later today. I was going to go back to bed but for some reason my coffee started brewing at 2:40a.m..someone pushed buttons on my coffee maker again. So, I am sitting here reading blogs, drinking coffee, and wishing I could clear my mind of junk and sleep. Well, no chance of that, now that I'm drinking my coffee.

I was just reading some of my friends blogs and thinking, "you know, I used to be able to really write from deep within myself." For some reason I can't get there anymore. Maybe it's because I don't really like what's there. I don't know. I just feel like the door is closed. I can't get to it. I feel like it's there and I want to write it but the words don't come. And when I do get something out I usually regret it. I'll probably wish I hadn't posted this for all the world to see.

In light of that observation, I'm going to stop this post and pick up my journal, where only me and the Lord can see the thoughts of a crazy lady, like me.

Baker family updates..

Ok, maybe I should call this "Monthly Grace" instead of "Daily Grace". Here I am again with an update on our family happenings.

Mercy turned two on November 2, 2008. I can't believe it's been two years.
(there are lots of candles because we shared the cake with Shaelyn for her birthday. She turned 12 on October 28,2008)

So much has happened in that amount of time for us. I won't even try to go into it all, but I will say, God is pruning us, and apparently there are ALOT of dead branches and junk that is not producing good fruit that needs to come off. Sometimes I wish He'd just do it all at once and get it over with , but I guess that's not the way we learn. So, snip, snip, snip....grace....snip, snip, snip......grace...snip, snip, CHOP,....more grace. Praise Him for His daily measure of grace just when and how I need it.

Some very kind and loving ladies at our church opened up their lives and home and hosted a baby shower for Lacy. It was so nice. Lacy and I both were overwhelmed at the turn out and the "showering" of gifts and love. There were about 30 people there.

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Haleiujah Festival October 29, 2008

Our church held it's annual Fall Festival and these are some pictures from it. Everyone had a great time.