A Martin Minute

We are truly blessed to be a part of such wonderful families and have such wonderful friends. As we are in the process of wrapping up our "set-up" for in the morning I just wanted to take a minute and ponder . . . Luke 2:19 "But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart." I cannot wait to share the Christmas memories we make this year. Love, Jocelyn

When I was a younger we used to love getting Christmas cards in the mail & reading the Christmas letters that accompanied them. We would hear about other families & friends that we only saw every so often. So for the past few years I have not gotten it together enough to put my own family letter together - no great excuses - just couldn't get it together. This is my Christmas letter to share the joy of the season, miracles of the holidays & the love of our family! Dear Friends & Family, What a fun year we have had in the Martin house! Our blue house has been full of laughter . . . and trains & cars & crafts & homework & the list goes on. We are having a blast! SuperHubby is still working in the construction industry, but working in the pre-bid/business development side of the operation. He has secured many great jobs for his company. He has had a lot of football fun this Fall with our AU Tigers & is still waiting for a miracle with some Na

This is what happens when you have 2 little brothers that have the same goal of winning the Heisman & playing for Auburn. Welcome to Baylor's world =)

. . . at least as done as it is going to be. The Christmas decorations that is. I love this time of year, but it took me a week to get this done & then I realized that I had forgotten the tree skirt. So I got out the tree skirt just a little bit later & voila a simple, beauitful Christmas. Okay so I just realized that the wreaths have not been put up, but SuperHubby will be home tonight to finish a honey-do list. Which he does not know he has yet, but, in my defense, it only has 2 things on it. OK - so the decorating will be done tomorrow. Anyway, had a rough parenting afternoon & watched my little girl make a mistake to which I had to punish her for, but still feelin' guilty that I did not know to stop her. Now, she is fine, no one panic, but we are having a learning experience & we are both growing. It is hard to watch them grow up & make unwise choices. I pray that God protects her when she makes another unwise choice & I will pretend that that will be a