Short and sweet

It's been awhile (almost made the 2 month mark since my last post - sheesh!) so here's a quick update.

We're here, we're having fun, we're busy, we're grateful for each and every day!

Thank the Lord for children, sunshine, friends, family, the beauty of His Creation!

--a few random pics... Camden with an abundance of goldfish from his big sis! :) Savannah signing "I Love you!"

April Showers...

Savannah has been asking us for an umbrella! It has been raining a lot these days, and she looks out the window at the rain and often says "you need to buy me a pink umbrella so I can go out in the rain!" Now, before you think that we just bow down to our daughter's every request :) we really had been thinking about getting her one before she started asking. However, I finally found some child sized umbrellas at Hobbytown, so Tyler surprised his little girl with her very own umbrella this morning. Now all we need are some cute little galoshes and we'll be out splashing!!! I love rain!

Who likes what mommy made for supper tonight?

'nuff said! :)

Ready...or Not?

This morning, I took a shower before Savannah was up but I heard her calling "mommy!" from her room just as I was about to dry my hair. I went to get her and brought her into my room to hang out as I finished getting ready.

At breakfast a few minutes later, she asked "are we going to my classroom today?" which is where she goes on Sunday mornings at church and also Tuesday morning for my women's bible study. I wondered why she thought that, but I just told her no, we weren't going to her classroom today. Then she proceeded to ask "why did you get ready mommy? Where are we going?"

At 2 1/2 she recognizes that mommy only 'gets ready' when we are going somewhere! Ha! Such is the life of this stay at home mommy! :) Around our house, PJs and undone hair are common attire all day unless we are planning to go out! Gotta love it!

Ain't no such thing as coincidence!

Do you ever wonder what God may want to say to you at a particular moment? Tonight I sat here feeling just that, so I looked up the first passage that came to my mind. Here it was.

Psalm 68:4
Sing to God, sing praise to his name,
extol him who rides on the clouds—
his name is the LORD—
and rejoice before him.

Wow! This verse is awesome! Sing to God!!! Extol (lift up) him who rides on the clouds. What a word picture! Rejoice before Him.

Thank you Lord that my 'random choosing' of this verse was exactly what you wanted me to hear and meditate on tonight. I must always remind myself that 'to rejoice is a choice.' It is easy to be swayed by circumstances and to dwell in self pity. But if I take myself out of the picture, I can see Christ fully and I can rejoice!

Coincidence? No...it's called sovereignty and divinity. God has a purpose for everything. His word is living and active and speaks directly to our hearts. Thank you Lord!

Double take!

The other night Tyler and I watched Todd and Steph's boys while they attended a wedding shower. It was such a nice evening, so we took a picnic to the park and ate and played. It was super fun and the kids had a great time together. The little boys spent most of the time in the baby swings while the toddlers ran around climbing and sliding. We even got a few questions from other families as to whether all four kids were ours! It would be pretty much like having two sets of twins! :)

By the end of the evening the kiddos were all dirty and sweaty, so after heading home in the stroller and wagon, everyone got baths! A little taste of Jon and Kate Plus 8 divided by 2! :) Fun times!!!!

Here's a pic---

Disciplining an 8 month old...

Caught in the act! Can't you just tell on his face how much desire he has for that cable box?!? With Camden on the move - and very curious - we are consistently steering him away from certain places and beginning to instruct him on what he can and cannot do. It is, however, sometimes quite comical to see his response when he is being firmly told not to touch something. At his young age of 8 months, he inevitably does not completely understand, so he just smiles at me and gives me that typical "Camden ham" look and chuckles... which causes me to practically fall on the floor laughing! I love my little man!