The rest of it...part 1

Well, vacations are always fun when you have them but writing about them? Not so fun. So I'll let the pictures do the talking and just say that yes, we did have a ton of fun.

So later we'll post the wildlife and the bandages and stage, etc. But right now I'm really tired and would like to go to bed.

Night.
Sam.

Vacation Stops

We are back from our vacation! Having an RV was definitely great!The whole trip was super.

The little ones would have been pretty fussy, I think, had we been driving in our suburban the entire trip. As it turned out, they were all pretty much constantly happy. Don't get me wrong they weren't perfect, as you'll see in a later post, but for the most part....

SquiRe is becoming a great reader! He read during the long drives from a chapter-book!

We stopped at a neat place called 'The Rock Stop'. It was fun. We also got to check the weather forecast while we were there.

Isn't that funny! Well, Jack took me for a drive in the Flinstone's car, and we decided that we would follow behind the RV in this.

Unfortunately we didn't get very far before we realized we would never keep up.

SquiRe thought it was a neat ride!

Even though it was called the Rock Stop the man who owned it also collected other stuff, like bones!

At another stop we had some of the best ice cream ever! It was all natural and organic so I didn't feel to bad about it. I just wish I would've bought a second scoop!

I'm not sure where the pictures of our other stops are at the moment but will get you another post post-haste.

I hope you are all having a wonderful day!

~Momo

We Caught Him!

I made a cake for my grandparents anniversary, so we had to buy some white sugar. Even though we only used the sugar for the cake, yesterday we noticed it was lower than it used to be! We had a sugar theif on our hands!

He even left evidence!

So, Jack, what do you have to say for yourself?

"I better wipe my hands off before I answer any questions!"

"Umm..."

"That's a big mess."

"Mom, please, help! I'm innocent!"

"C'mon! Does this face look guilty to you?"

"Okay, I did it! But it sure tastes good!"

Vacation!

After much prayer and searching, God brought us the perfect vehicle for us to use on our family vacation.

We will be taking a trip to Yellowstone, visiting a few relatives, and going to Adventures in Odyssey in less than a week. We still have to do a lot of work on it, so this post will end here.

Be looking forward to posts from our vacation shortly!

Have a blessed week!

John Schmidt and Steven Sharpe Nelson

These two musicians are both extremely talented, but put them together and . . . wow.





If you liked this, try The Cello Song or Moonlight.

Our Super Bible Memorizer!

Yeah, that's right! He's an amazing brother. Believe it or not he actually asks us to teach him verses. The other day I said, "SquiRe, do you want to play Stratego"(Stratego is his favorite game) "or finish memorizing the 23rd Psalm?"

His reply: "Oh, I wanna do verses that way I can learn about God."

He is too cute.

Would you like to know what it is like helping a super-smart and adorable brother memorize verses? Well, here is how it went as he memorized the last verse of Psalm 23:

Me: Okay, this is the last verse. Are you ready?

SquiRe: *squeals* Eeeeeeee! Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!

Me: Okay, okay! Calm down. Say 'Surely goodness and mercy'

SquiRe: Surely goo- wait. Daddy says I'm supposed to know what all the verses mean before I memorize them so that what I need to do first. What do all those words mean?

Me: Well, surely just means really, or for sure.

SquiRe: Oh, 'cause surely sounds like for sure except it's surely.

Me: That's right. And goodness just means good things, like blessings and -

SquiRe: And obedience.

Me: Well, good things come when you obey the Good Shepherd but goodness just means good things.

SquiRe: Isn't obedience a good thing?

Me: *sighs* (This boy is too smart) ...and mercy is like-

SquiRe: Love?

Me: Umm... No 

SquiRe: Like peace?

Me: SquiRe, mercy is like forgiveness. Mercy is being kind even when we don't deserve it.

SquiRe: Oh like that story. [SquiRe gets on his knees] The man is like, 'Show me mercy! Please!' So he does. But then he goes to his other servant, [his hands are on his hips now] and the other servant needs mercy too but he just, ugh, no respect!

[He was speaking of the parable in Matthew 18:23-35]

That's right, he's adorable. So now you know a little of what it's like to be blessed with a sweet little brother like SquiRe. Now, go ahead, watch the video again.