It was my Papa's birthday yesterday (my mom's dad) and since we couldn't be there to celebrate, we wanted to send you a little message, Great Papa! We love you!
Sunday, November 03, 2013
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
On a Rainy Day
Sometimes the boy who never naps just needs a good sleep on a rainy day. I taught at our women's Bible study this morning and will teach again in just a couple hours, so I was thankful for a quiet afternoon with 3 nappers today.
Silas has crazy hair night at Awanas this evening, his fall program for school is in the morning, and if it's not pouring rain, we will be trick-or-treating tomorrow night. Fun and full days! I guess that's why the nap was in order. Honestly, I really could have joined him!
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
His Favorite Things
In honor of Blaise turning 18 months, I found these two videos of a couple of his favorite things. We all absolutely love our number 4 and get such a kick out of watching him do even the littlest things...
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Compliments
Lieren loves to tell us what she likes about us. And I can tell she wishes her brothers would be more attentive to her skirts, hair, tutus, bows, sparkly shirts, and whatever else. But they are fairly oblivious so she and I (and Daddy) give each other compliments often. She started singing this little song she made up recently...
What is so funny, though, is that the other day I had Simeon in the bathroom for discipline for hitting his sister. I honestly had to turn away to keep from laughing when I asked him why he hit and he said, "She said I had weird eyes!"
Poor guy, I guess it's not all compliments from Lieren all the time.
On a deeper level, I find myself more aware of how different raising a girl is. In a houseful of boys, she twirls to her own girly tune. And I struggle sometimes to embrace the feminine, keep her young, exalt God alone for creating beauty, and balance real life with the fairy tale. Oh, for wisdom to guide her into who God wants her to be.
This summer, after spending hours at the pool, I told Shane that one of my prayers for Lieren is that when she is older, we would have instilled character deep within her by God's grace that allows her to be confident enough to wear a bikini, but confident enough that she doesn't have to (which will be a very good thing for her because she won't be allowed to anyway).
Lieren also loves to sing part of "Matchless King"...You are, You are the matchless king, who tore down the gates of the enemy. But she changes the end to, tore down the gates of the end of me.
And when she sings it, I am always reminded of how the Lord brings us to the end of ourselves to transform us to be more like Him.
Having a girl has exposed more of me to myself than almost anything. It isn't easy. But it's so good, especially if I let it be more of the end of myself and more of Him.
Tuesday, October 08, 2013
Hanging Outside
We were playing outside on this gorgeous afternoon, soaking up the beautiful weather. Can't waste a day like this!
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