Easter Blessings

My Gwen... independent, strong, funny and caring.  Loves to ride her bike and play with friends.

My Romy...heartbreakingly sweet, smiles easily, loves to bounce, enjoys people

My Zeke... funny, cuddly, appreciative and sensitive

March Activity

Lots of bike riding lately.  Gwen is changing so much and growing out of clothes.  Case in point, these shorts!

We are getting new flooring... so I thought I'd paint.  This picture was my color inspiration.

This is our kitchen before the floors were ripped out.

The floors were ripped out and there were a gazillion staples in the floor.  Here are the kids helping to get them out.  They thought it was great fun.

Notice the bedclothes, shoes and winter gloves.

Ripping out floors = one tired daddy.  Ben always tells me with each home project that he doesn't want to start another one for a few years.  That never quite works out for him.

Grandma stopped by and visited us today.  Romy is teething so she is chewing on something most of the day.

My Girls

Gwen has learned how to ride her bike without training wheels.  She saw neighbor children that knew how so she was determined to learn.  She is so proud of herself and Ben and I are too.  I love her dearly.

My baby girl still has no interest in eating food.  She's quite content to just drink milk.  She does like moving puffs around on her tray and trying to get them in her mouth and spitting them out on her clothes.  Love her so!

Small Things

A flower brought to me by Gwen.

Purple cauliflower that we had for lunch.  What a novelty!

The Gospel and Everyday Life

I've been thinking about how the gospel impacts my every day routines and thoughts.  My heart so easily gets preoccupied with my own comforts and my own agenda.  I came across a blog today where this guy says this prayer every day to keep his heart focused on the gospel teaching.

1. In Christ, there is nothing I can do that would make You love me more, and nothing I have done that makes You love me less.
2. Your presence and approval are all I need for everlasting joy.
3. As You have been to me, so I will be to others.
4. As I pray, I’ll measure Your compassion by the cross and Your power by the resurrection.

I understand everything but the last one.. so I'll have to think about that more, but I was inspired by this prayer.  I've heard recently that your children become who you are and I'd like them to be able to see the value of giving your life away for the sake of the gospel in practical application from me.  I know that's a whole lotta Christian talk for I'd like them to be able to do what God says because they know that's the only way to living an abundant life.  I'm seeking the Lord on a few things now and asking Him to make my path obvious to me.  

Family

Romy is getting lots of love and attention from Grandma.

and others too!

Those teeth are coming in and she likes to chew on her hand.  With Aunt Beki.

This is tonight when Ben was reading the Bible to the kids.  Moment like this you just have to tuck into your heart.

Today has been a good day.  A baby shower for a friend that adopted (and cuddling the newborn) and learning my kids will have a new cousin coming in the fall.  Congratulations to Jake and Melody!

The Winter

This has been a long winter to me.  I'm ready to get outside and feel some sunshine.  I know, I know, just a few more months and I'll be complaining it is too hot.  Isn't it in everyone's nature to not see the beauty in each season?  

Dieting tips from me... you gotta find foods that wear your jaws out so you can't eat too much of it.  Case in point, shredded wheat.  Another tip, cabbage!  It's the poor man's brussels sprouts!  We've been eating a lot of it stir fried.  The kids love it.  Next up, I've gotta come up with a cabbage roll.  

This beauty is six months tomorrow.  She has two little pearly teeth poking through and growing in and she is a joy to me.  She is easy and delightful and beautiful.  I just can't say enough about this kid. She grabs everything she can get her hands on now.  She especially loves reaching for my hair and for my coffee cup and while nursing will grab my nose and eyes and lips.

Here's a video of Ben playing with her.  This is how she laughs.  I still haven't heard her truly belly laugh.  She just kind of does this sound.


Gwen has been asking lots of really deep questions lately and it really is interesting.  Zeke has gotten into this thing where he'll say, "really mom?" when I ask him to do something.  I respond and say "yes, really".  It's wearing a little thin.  They are both into legos at the moment.