He wastes no time!

12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Ephesians 6:12

Boy, I tell ya, Satan doesn't waste any time! I am certainly not one to look for him under every bush, but I also want to be wise to his schemes and he wasted no time on Hannah this morning! It was a simple problem. She woke up a little cranky, with a headache, still tired. No big deal, but very uncharacteristic of Hannah. So, we went about our morning as usual. Well, when we had a meltdown over finding something to wear and no shirt would be suitable with the capris we had finally picked out, I knew something was wrong. I gave her 5 minutes to come upstairs dressed and ready to go. She was practically in tears (SO unlike her!) and said she was having a really hard day and her head hurt. A light bulb clicked in this slow mother's head! I explained to her that now that she is a Christian, Satan will try to get her down. Gave her the whole schpeel that I will spare all of you. But, we went into my room and prayed together. What a sweet time! She was instantly (seriously INSTANTLY) feeling better and has been great ever since. Such an awesome opportunity to teach my little one about the goodness of our God! And, a sweet reminder to her mother!

God, You are SO, SO, SO good!

Angels are rejoicing!

"Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? 5And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders 6and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.' 7I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.

10In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents." Luke 15:4-7 & 10

Introducing... my NEW sister in Christ!


This child is a trip. You would just have to know her. Hannah is just one of those kids that you would almost swear entered this world saved if you didn't know better. Her little personality is just so naturally kind and compassionate. Anyway, today she brings me one of her handwriting papers, filled out just as directed, but with a little extra note on it. It says: "I love Jesus. I trusted in God last night." Of course, few of the words in the second sentence were spelled right and I had a really hard time figuring out what it said. Finally, she had to interpret. Too cute!

She just said that she was praying last night in bed and decided it was time to trust in God! So precious! Now, on to the task of making sure she really understands everything but I am so excited! I wish there was some sort of hopping little person I could post!

My little Mozart!

Marlie had her piano recital this afternoon and she did very well! Good thing she was second to play because shortly after both Dani and Tyler had to be taken out. Remind me to get a babysitter for next year! ;)




Ain't she purty?

Proud Mommy Moment...

...and not-so-proud at the same time. Marlie woke up in a major funk this morning. I swear living with an 8 year old girl can be challenging, especially when she is just like her mother! (Hmmm... does that make me challenging to live with? Oh my! Another post!) Anyway, she became quite upset this morning over something really trivial. She felt the need to share with me at the breakfast table, out loud, that she is so "sick and tired of her (Dani's) stories!". How sweet is that?! So, I explained to her that while it's natural to feel that way sometimes, it's part of our sinful nature and not nice! Not only is it not nice to say, but God is concerned that we even feel that way to begin with. Well, that REALLY crushed her little spirit. But, it needed to be said! Poor Marlie ended up a sobbing mess at the breakfast table. That's the not-so-proud portion of our morning. Mostly because I see myself in the whole scenario. Like I said, that's for another post that's been on my heart!

Now for the proud part! Marlie calms down and heads downstairs to get herself ready for the day! I hear Hannah say: "Marlie, come look at your bed!". She had laid out one of Marlie's favorite items on her bed, a peacock feather! (Don't ask me!?) AND, she had written a note to Marlie saying "I love you Marlie!". How sweet and compassionate is that? I pray those characteristics will come so naturally to her forever! What a nice sister!




Awwwww....

Everything Glorious!

I was just listening to "Everything Glorious" by David Crowder Band (you can listen to it on my sidebar) as I looked over my blog. Really think about these words:

You make everything glorious,
and I am Yours.
What does that make me?

Blows my mind! We are so unworthy, yet if we belong to Him, He truly does see us as glorious!

And he's off!

Tyler took his first steps on his birthday which was really exciting, not to mention I will finally be able to answer with certainty when ONE of my kids took their first steps! But, there's been little action until yesterday. My dad was the one who got Tyler's confidence up and he started taking more steps. I was finally able to catch a little on video tonight after his bath. He was crawling very little and kept getting back up to try and walk. We'll see what tomorrow brings!




We also discovered that this boy LOVES his sisters' headbands. Earlier today he insisted on keeping one on his head. And, if you took it off... LOOK OUT! So, since I am now officially addicted to photo slideshows, I had to put one together as evidence of this current trend in my son's life! ha ha! Think I should be worried? Just kidding!

My, oh my, kids sure are fun!

Sad day...

My parents left us this morning. It's always so sad to see them go but this time was especially hard. This week went by so fast with all of the busy days. It hardly feels like they were here! But, I AM so so very thankful for the time and sweet memories made. I thought I would share some more pictures!

Love you Dad and Mom! Sure do miss you lots!