January Blues

Every year I get the blues in the month of January. I honestly think I have that seasonal affective disorder sometimes. It has hit late this year though. I think that is because I have had family around me to encourage me until about a week ago. My parents left to go back to SA on the 18th and then my brother and sister in law left for some training in VA on Monday. Life is back to just me, the kids, and Chris. I am trying to stay busy but there is just an emptiness that I am praying the Lord will fill for me. Maybe I should take up crafting like Laurie Grace. I bought her some water paints today at Target and her cousin, Beth left her lots of other crafting items from stickers to stamps and she is going to town. I think she is currently working on project number three or four.

Just for YOU!

As many of you have noticed, I have not written anything on the blog for several months now. The reason for that is that I mainly used the blog for my parents and they have been in the country for the past six months....so since the 'bridegroom' was with us there was no need to blog. But my parents left yesterday to go back to SA and so it is time to start writing again. I will try to go back and hit a few of the many highlights from these past months, but for now I just wanted to catch everyone up on things and post a picture of Laurie Grace on crazy sock day!

All I want for Christmas....

Jonathan finally lost his two front teeth!!! Wonder which Christmas it will be before he gets his permanent ones?!

Vacation Bible School 2010

This year's theme was Saddle Ridge Ranch-Rounding up Questions, Driving home Answers! We did ours in the evening this past week (June6-10). All three of my children were old enough this year to be in an actual class and they loved it!!! I taught the kindergartners and we averaged about 16-18 every night. The music was great this year and so was the material. It talked about how we were created unique and that God loved us and has a plan for our lives. VBS week is always a tiring but great week!

Christmas in May

This year my inlaws decided that they were going to give the kids bikes for Christmas. But they thought that they would appreciate them more if they received them in the summetime...so the kids all got nice, new bikes and helmets in May! Jonathan and Nicholas could hardly wait to receive theirs...They will all have to practice hard this summer so that they can get the training wheels off but that is a hurdle they want to cross!

Corie even decided to join in on the fun!

The Marlins win the championship!

Nicholas' little baseball team did it! They played a terrific season of baseball and made it all the way to the championship game against the Yankees. The game was close but our little team pulled ahead and won!! Nicholas and the whole team was so excited! He really enjoyed his first experience of playing baseball on a team. He now says that it is one of his favorite sports along with football.

Jonathan's big decision!!!!

Tonight, as we were getting home from Nicholas' baseball game, Jonathan asked me about a big question. He asked me, "Do I have Jesus in my heart?" I did not know exactly what to say to him but told him that we would talk about it some more during our devotion time. We had been talking about what it meant to have Jesus as your savior and I guess he had been listening. We had our regular devotions and when we got ready to pray, I asked if they had anything they wanted to pray about and Jonathan voiced it again...he wanted to have Jesus as his savior! So I told him that he needed to simply pray and ask Jesus to come into his heart and be his savior. He said the simplest and yet most precious prayer I have ever heard...and told Jesus that he wanted him to be his savior so he could go to Heaven and be with Him! I reiterated all the main points of the gospel and tried to ask as many questions as I could to ensure that he understood what he had done. I know that God heard and answered my 7 years old's prayer and that He is now a child of God!
Nicholas also started to ask many questions. I answered them all and when I asked him if he wanted to ask Jesus into his heart too, he told me maybe on the other day. He is still young but knows alot and I think will follow his brother soon. Praise the Lord!!