12 Days Till Christmas....

The Countdown has officially begun in our home. Carson, Andrew and I made some ornaments and numbered them with the number of days left until Christmas. Every morning the boys will take turns taking the ornaments down as we count down the days till baby Jesus birthday! They were so excited and couldn't wait to show Daddy thier "stickers" when he got home from work last night. Today was Carson's turn.....12 Days left!!

A new year is coming and so is a new website design!

A new year is coming....and that means NEW FABRICS! Yeah!! I find myself getting so tired of the same fabrics over and over and am so excited that we will be getting some new fresh fabrics in between now and march! We are also undergoing a huge website update.....we have been using the same design for over two and a half years now. Almost three years....it still seems amazing to me that we have been in business so long and what all we have been able to accomplish in that amount of time. Praise the Lord! He has continued to be so faithful to us time and time again to show us his direction for this business and to line up such wonderful and resourceful people to help us along the way. Today I met with my sewing girls and I cannot tell you how thankful I am for them....they are such an incredible blessing to me! I currently have two ladies sewing for me full time. One has been with me almost two years now! Sharing life with them over these years has been so neat to see what God has been doing not only in the business but in thier lives as well. The sewing girl that has been with me for two years now is finally close to being debt free! All because God provided for her and her family through giving her a job with Deo Volente Designs. How cool is that? I can't help but wonder what this year will hold? I am unsure as to how long this business will be able to sustain itself on a smaller market, just in Dallas right now. One thing I know for sure though, is if we will continue to seek Him and His will for this business He will surely lead the way. Praise the Lord that we serve such an awesome God! Looking forward to all the new things that 2009 will hold.....

The ornaments are now painted....

Andrew asked, "Mommy, can I drink it?"

Pretty sure the plate is not an ornament!

Andrew really enjoyed tasting the paint....can you tell...he has a paint mustache!

Andrew's Masterpieces...

Carson's Masterpieces....He decided Rudolph should have an orange nose this year! Why not?

Every year we try to paint some wood ornaments for the boy's little tree that is in thier room. They love looking at them each year and commenting on what wonderful painters they are so again this year we continued the tradition and now the ornaments are officially painted! It was a fun time and little Andrew kept us laughing. He would either paint himself, eat the paint or repeatedly try to drink the murky water that we used to wash of our brushes...silly Drew.
Even Dad painted one this year....I will have to say that it took him the same amount of time to paint one that it took the boys to paint all three of thiers...I wonder why? He!

Making the Gingerbread House...

Well one of the things that the boys love about the holidays is making a Gingerbread house. Normally we wait and Mimi and Papa are the construction and decoration crew, but this year a friend of Carson's gave him a Gingerbread House kit and he was ready to get it going since we wouldn't see Mimi and Papa for another two weeks. So....off we went putting it together and eating the candy gumdrops! I will have to say that Mimi makes this job look oh so easy....decorating with icing is not for me! The boys had a great time putting it together and now as soon as anyone new comes into our home they are able to show them thier wonderful Gingerbread House right away :)......

A Little Christmas Cheer for you....

So I figured out how to capture video with my camera today! This is a sneak peek into our home at 9:00pm on Sunday evening as the silly Cupp brothers are filling it with a little Christmas Cheer. They love singing Jingle Bells...enjoy!

For: Linda Grace Tumlison

For: Linda Grace Tumlison

From: Carson Wayne Cupp

Christmas is coming....

Amanda's getting....Fat! He! Well with a good excuse! Baby Abigail is growing and growing. This week we are 20 weeks...we are half way there! My funny little pregnancy book says that she is as big as a glass bottle of root beer or about 7 1/2 inches long!
Carson and Andrew are pumped about Christmas. They loved putting the Christmas tree up and the lights with dad. This year we bought a "yard ornament". It is a nativity scene that blows up and illuminates. The boys love to watch it come to life when it gets dark outside. This year Christmas is different....Carson gets it! Like he truly understands what all the hustle and bustle is all about. Every fun toy or game that comes on he tells us....Hey, I want that for Christmas! How amazing is that....a four year old! We are intentionally spending time with the boys talking about the true celebration of Christmas and what that means for us in the gift of baby Jesus, which they totally associate with baby Abigail, of course. What a fun age, where they ask so many questions and love the excitement that is in the air! So many parties and fun activities in December. This weekend we are taking some friends to our Christmas Dinner Theatre at our Church. I am so excited about it. Eight of the girls in our Girl's Ministry at church are in it and I can't hardly wait to see them!! What a blessing they are...I am so proud of them! Christmas is definitely coming and it seems a little more quickly this year......