Chilson Family

November is the busiest month for our family with birthdays.  We celebrate four of them within a 3 week period!  But that is fine with me, what better way to spend a day than with the ones you love, celebrating the day they came into this world! Today Daughter-in-love #2 is celebrating her birthday!  She came over yesterday with Granddaughter J.  I am very thankful for DIL #2, she is a wonderful wife to Son #2 and Granddaughter J.  She is also a wonderful daughter-in-love! Happy Birthday Daughter! We love you very much! XOXO  

I remember when I was younger our church had an evangelist preach every year for Grandparents Day.  His name was B.M. Page.  I am not even sure if he ever preached on the blessings of being a grandparent.  Truthfully, I can not remember anything he preached.  I only remember his one 'famous' saying, "Cheer up, you'll soon be dead!"   I do recall my mother asked our pastor what were the duties of a grandparent to the grandchildren, and he said, "None."  That bothered my mom and kind of bothered me also.  The only grandparent I had was my dad's mom.  She lived in Henning, Illinois and we did not get to see her as often as we would have liked.  She died when I was ten.  I do remember that she loved me.  I remember asking her once if she was a Christian and she said she tried to be a good one.  I am not sure what she meant by that statement.  I pray that she did know the Savior and I will s...

Here it is almost the middle of November and celebrating another birthday!  With a large family we tend to celebrate a lot of birthdays!  Today is my wonderful hubby's birthday!  We are so blessed to have a wonderful provider and encourager!  The past several weeks have been a bit more stressful than usual.  But Hubby has been an encourager for all of us to keep our eyes on the Lord and not on the situation at hand. I am so blessed that God has provided me with a wonderful husband and friend! HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEETHEART! WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND ARE THANKFUL FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND ENCOURAGEMENT! XOX0   

Recently I have been made aware of a cancer called mesothelioma.  The word is not new to me, but the only thing I really heard about it was through commercials which was basically an advertisement for lawyers.  You know, the kind of commercials that go in one in and out the other.  I knew mesothelioma was caused by exposure to asbestos, but never thought about the cancer beyond the person who was in the working environment.  But thanks to Heather Von St. James, I have been more aware of this cancer. I would love for you to take a few minutes and hop over to hear her story.  It is a story of survival!  She was given just a short 15 months to live,  yet she has survived almost eight years! Here is a link to her video mesothelioma.com/heather and a link for information on her treatment  mesothelioma.com/treatment .  So the next time you hear a commercial about mesothelioma you can be more informed and know that y...

Today our twins, Son #6, (child 9), and Daughter #4, (child 10) celebrate their 15th birthday! I can still remember the day we found out for sure we were having twins by ultrasound!  Our doctor suspected it by ten weeks and with the migraines I was having I knew I carrying more than one wee babe! Just like their siblings, they are such a blessing and a joy!  Each bringing their own personalities and uniqueness to our "small" family! HAPPY BIRTHDAY SON #6! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAUGHTER #4! DADDY AND I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH AND ARE PROUD OF YOU TOO! XOXO  Still behind on posting pictures!  I am trying! :) I will try to get some up soon! 

It is hard to believe that Son #5, (child #8) turns seventeen today!  Where does the time go?  It really seems like yesterday that he came into the world.  He has a witty sense of humor and is very loving. Not long ago he was working on some homework and put on a "thinking cap".  It belongs to Granddaughter J, but that day he got more use out of it than she did!   HAPPY 17th BIRTHDAY SON! DADDY AND I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH! XOXO (soon I will have a post with some past birthday pictures!) 

This evening we celebrated a belated birthday party for Grandson C's first birthday.  He turned one on September 18, but we are just now getting around to celebrating with his party.  I know I still need to blog and post pictures from other birthday celebrations, but since the entire family was present for a family picture, including my favorite sister (who happens to be my only sister), I really wanted to get this posted.     It was crazy, loud, and chaotic at times tonight, but we had the best time.  You should have seen us after the sugar rush of ice cream and cake!   Below are the lyrics to a song I use to hear while I was growing up.  A man from the church I grew up as a child use to sing this.  It always was a blessing to hear him sing it.  He and his wife had 5 children and I babysat for them often.  I always wanted a little family like theirs and God blessed me and Hubby many times over!  (Corey...