Here We Go AGAIN...with a funny moment.

I am back...again...only this time I am not going to promise myself to write more. I am going to be content with when I get here and what I remember.

Today at church it was talking about how to have a peaceful 2009. It really hit me when the pastor kept saying over and over not to worry about tomorrow, that it has enough worry itself. So, that is going to me my "resolution" if you will. Although, I am not going to call it that, but hopefully more of just a change in how I view things. I am also going to try to be more joyful. This one will be hard for me. In general, I am kind of an orderly and sometimes uptight person and I tend to let almost any little thing steal my joy. So this one I will be praying about and hopefully it will develop over time.

So since I am on the topic of church, and before I recall any other great memories, I must remember Christmas Eve. I am not sure I will ever forget it, even if I try, but I want to make sure I have it down for the record. So we decided to go to the 6:00pm service on Christmas Eve. Our church normally has around 12,000 attendees on a regular weekend and well over 20,000 on holidays. Dawson is going through a phase where he only likes James right now and wants nothing to do with me (which after this happened was fine with me.) Anyways, we get to church and walk up on to the large concrete sidewalk area in front of the building. The doors are closed, as they are still cleaning up from the last service, so we are standing outside with about 600 or so people. James says he is going to go to the bathroom and off he heads. Dawson gets upset because he doesn't want to stay with me and says he also needs to go just so he can be with dad. I told him no and that he could wait a minute. That was my demise. Within about 4.2 seconds I hear laughing. I look down to see my four and a half year old with his pants around his ankles PEEING on the church entryway. I immediately pull up his pants, spank him (mainly to please the 100+ people watching since it doesn't phase him) and sit him on a chair to wait for James. Then I proceed to text James, "Your son just freakin peed all over the sidewalk in front of church!" To which he replied, "I'm sorry...do I know you?" I wanted to kill him and Dawson now. Yet all I could do was start to laugh. I don't know if it was Dawson's autism, his learning disability or just his stubborn streak that made him do it, but it was kind of funny in a terribly embarrassing way. Then to add to my horror, more people are now coming in and starting to fill in the holes and before I know it, they are standing in Dawson's pee puddle (of course probably assuming it is water.) There is one gentleman who has watched this entire event unfold. He is now looking from the pee with people standing in it to me and back. Finally the church doors open and we head all the way to the far top right corner. I am talking we are in the last row. However, 5 minutes before service starts, who sits in front of us, but the wonderful gentleman who had watched (and judged) my lovely moment outside. Are you kidding me now? Our church hold 3,000 people and now someone who was a witness to my second most embarrassing moment ever is sitting in front of me. That is a Christmas Eve I don't think I will soon forget!

Colton got braces at the beginning of the month and that has been fun. Not even 2 weeks after they were on, James was playing with the boys and ripped the wire right out. That was fun to get it put back together in our room with a flashlight and pliers! I cannot believe he is half way through 2nd grade. Our little bribery worked though for his behaviors. Ever since he got the game, he has only had 1 yellow. Now he just comes home and tells me about everyone else who got in trouble for the day.

This December has been busy and filled with lots of fun. Although I am a little relieved that the whole holiday season is over, I will miss this in the months to come. There is so much family time, so many parties and so much wonderful food! Here's looking towards a great New Year and the many memories it has to offer!