When I woke up this morning, I realized how blessed I am. Ive always known in my heart how blessed I am but Ive been trying to think about the small things lately. Friday when we got the news that Nick had lost his job, the thing that hit me was how unfair it was. And then I remembered life isnt always fair =) As Christians, I believe the Lord puts us in situations that may not be ideal to teach us to depend on Him. I began to pray on my way home and immediately the Lord began to make me aware of how much Nick and I really do have. Which is a lot more than a lot of others have. We all have so much more than we think or realize. Our society is always telling us we need to have this or that when honestly we all need to learn to be satisfied with what we do have! Its the little things.... When we were feeling a little discouraged Saturday evening we were sitting at the kitchen table doing some stuff on the computer. And Jaq (pronounced Jack) our Italian Doxie.. yes his mother was an Italian Greyhound and his father was a dachshund (didnt make sense to me at first either lol) got a wild hair and just started practically doing flips off the couch and we could not help but laugh out loud. In that moment Jaq brought a smile to our face.... Im sure he would put one on yours too =) Hes about 4 months old now 


                                                   Heres baby Jaq =) about 6 weeks old

                                          and heres big boy Jaq .... not so innocent anymore ;)

   Dont get me wrong... there are some days I wonder what I was thinking when I brought him home. hehe ;) But its nights like this past saturday that I remember =))