Out of the mouths of babes....

Kids really do say the darnedest things. Sam has been cracking me up the past few days. Just thought that I would share a few things...

Last night I fixed steak, broccoli and carrots and rice. Well, I will not force feed my kids but told them VERY firmly that they would eat ONE bite of broccoli before leaving the table.

Sam looked up at me and said,"OK, Mama...but when I grow up...OK?" I then told him I was not going to wait until he was grown to eat his one bite of broccoli.

Needless to say..he ate it!

Yesterday he got a little cut on the bottom of his foot. Well, of course now he is walking on the side of it because it is sore. This morning he got up and laid down on the couch. He then decided that he wanted a blanket.

I told him to get it out of his room. He then tried to recruit his sister, Taylor...but to no avail. Her response was, "Go get it out of your room yourself!"

His reply, with all sincerity was,"With only ONE FOOT???"

She gave him no sympathy and with that he hobbled off to his room to retrieve said blanket.

Too funny. They are definitely our entertainment! We can't afford anymore with the economy the way it is :) J/K :)

Sam and Kaiya cheesing!

The two redheads

Kaiya loooves to suck on those fingers!

Not for the things You've done for me

God deserves my praise.

He deserves my praise, not because He has changed my life, not for all the things that He does for me or will do for me but because He is God.

He is God and a God worthy of my prasie.

He is worthy of all honor and glory.

He loves me beyong measure and has proven so time and time again.

It can be so easy to praise him when things are good, or maybe when things are bad and He fixed them. He desreves my prasie when things are bad and they are not fixed.

Have you ever felt like the Israelites? God delivers you out of bondage and you find yourself in a desert, no food or water.

Then you start to complain...God, why did you bring me out here?? I was better off a slave, at least my belly was full.

It reminds me of the metality of so many of us. We can't rember that He has parted the Red Sea for us, just that we don't have hot food in front of our faces.

But then.....comes the manna and the quail and the water. For shame.

Just because He does not choose to reveal His plan to us does not mean He has forsaken us and He does not recieve our praise.

I love Casting Crowns and this song has really spoken to my heart the last few days.

Bound to happen

So it was bound to happen sooner or later. I would have voted for later than sooner but I guess that doesn't matter.

We were at some friends of ours on Sunday and they have a son about a year older than Steven .He wasn't home at the time but all his cool gadgets were outside and Steven decided to have a go at it.

He took his friends ramp and scooter and went down the ramp on a gravel drive. Well, you can just get a mental picture of the rest!

He fell, heard a pop and came running in the house saying he broke his arm. Well, Steven could have a amputated finger and still want to play SO this lead me to believe he really did break his arm.

He actually broke his elbow, more specifically his growth plate in his elbow!

So know he has a splint on until March 3. FUN!

Actually, not really. He is pretty upset, but it could have been worse!

You never know

I guess that it was pretty presumptuous to create my blog address with the number 4 for the four children that I had at the time. I also did my email address the same way using the first letters of everyone's name.

I love the way God works. I am so glad that He knows more than me.

I am so glad that He and only He is on the throne, yesterday, today and forever.

Well, the little #5 is doing so well. I am so glad everyday that God choose to bless me with her.

She is 10lbs and 22 1/2 inches and makes us all smile everyday!

She smiles and coos.

She has her own personality, especially designed by God, with His fingerprints all over her.

She has helped me get a grip on a few things.

My children will not be the age they are forever. They are constantly growing into the people that God wants them to be.

I really have tried to put things into focus...like the house being clean is not the most important thing, laundry will always be there, and well, it's okay if dinner is a little late every once and a while.

Seems like easy enough..right? Not so much.

I am so thankful that God is a God of second chances and helps us with our weaknesses. Like, not being so uptight about little things that don't matter.

God would much rather me take the time in the morning when all the kids are still sleeping to spend it with Him then doing the dishes that didn't get done the night before.

And playing with my sweet oldest son, who I am afraid thinks I have no more play left in me. Who is not far away from being a teenager....something I don't want to think of.

I hope that when me children grow up they can say that I loved the Lord with all my heart and that I loved them and lifted them up to help them be all that God intended them to be. That they all are specially made with the bare hands of the greatest Creator that ever was and ever will be!

What I hope to achieve

That was the theme of the older kids' journal a few weeks ago.

For some strange reason I didn't read it to check for spelling errors like I usually do.

Today I read over a few past entries in Steven's journal and I read it...what he hoped to achieve this year.

It wasn't to play football, which he desperately wants to do.

It wasn't to buy the next new video game, which he loves to play.

It was to see his friend come to know Jesus Christ.

Wow, that was the last thing that I expected him to write about. He wrote in detail about how he has prayed for this friend and tried to witness to him.

He also told about how he was getting ready to have a good conversation with him about the Lord when he was called in for dinner. (Man!!)

He also said that he knows it is in the Lord's hands and the best thing that he can do is pray for him.

Wow! What a wonderful witness and testimony. I hope that is one achievement that is reached!

Out of the mouths of babes.

I really admire the boldness that Steven has. I know that the Lord will do wonderful things in his life.

It's a sad thing

I can't find my camera!

I can't find my camera to post the pictures of Kaiya.

I can't find my camera to post the video that I have of her.

I can't find my camera ANYWHERE!

But...I am happy because Kaiya turned 2 months old on the 23rd and is growing like a weed! She is smiling and cooing and gargling ( funny stuff)

It's a sad thing though because I know that she will be grown before I blink.

BUT....hopefully I will have my camera so you can see pictures before she is married!!

Pray for the return of my camera...please.

Psalm 66

I had to share this to give God all the glory. I stand in awe at the things that He accomplishes and the blessings that He bestows on us when we just get out of the way and let Him work.

As so many people these days, we have been struggling a little with work being slow. God has been faithful and provided for us at just the right time.

We have this truck that Jeremy acquired through a job that he did and we have been trying to sell it for quite some time. Everyone is trying to sell a vehicle now and this one has some transmission problems so we have tried to sell it really cheap but to no avail.

So yesterday was Zoie's birthday, a blessing all in itself!! She turned 11 and is growing up so quick. We had a party for her. We all had a great time and her mom and grandmother even came which was great. Zoie really enjoyed herself! So that is a great blessing!!

Before we got ready for the days events, my husband sat down on the couch beside me.

He stuck out his hand and said, "We can't do it without Him, so let's start out the day with Him."

He led us in a word of prayer. He prayed specifically for our finances and that God would meet our needs. He thanked Him for His faithfulness and love. We were getting ready to close when there was a knock on the door. He said Amen and went to answer the door.

There was a man standing there inquiring about the truck in the front yard with the For Sale sign in the window.

Just to let you know...we live in a housing development in the middle of no where. It's not like we get through traffic people. We on the corner of a dead end! Folks just don't pass by our house unless they live on our end of the street.

Anyway, Jeremy went outside with him and showed him the truck. He told him about the transmission problems and even offered to put one in if the guy wanted to by one.

Come to find out the guy was a mechanic and said he could do it, not to worry about it!

Praise God, he bought the truck!!

This is the power of God. Only by Him.

We have tried to sell this truck for at least six weeks trough several listings...nothing.

Out of now where someone sees it driving by our house and buys it. Only by God's grace.

Oh, bless our God, you peoples!
And make the voice of His praise to be heard,
Who keeps our soul among the living,
And does not allow our feet to be moved.
For You, O God, have tested us;
You have refined us as silver is refined.
You brought us into the net;
You laid affliction on our backs.
You have caused men men to ride over our heads;
We went through fire and through water;
But You brought us to rich fulfillment. Psalm 66: 8-12 NKJV