Spring.....

I love how Sam looks in pastels! This was a garage sale find, it fits perfect and he looked adorable in it. He loves to pick through the rocks outside and pick out his favorites! Occasionally one goes in his mouth but not to often. :)

Sentimental Sunday....

A couple of years ago we went on a trip to the Hill Country. I am really wanting to take a weekend to go again. It is beautiful and an escape out of the day to day routine sounds lovely!!!

Our skater....

Jacob is thrilled with his new hobby! It flows into many areas of his life and something he has really enjoyed. He is outside for 3-4 hours a day and is enjoying it on his own or using it around the neighborhood and finding other boys to hang out with. He often ends up playing football or basketball but enjoys his new way of getting around when it is time to come home. His dad got him a cell phone for Christmas so we can stay in contact while he gains the freedom of being out in the neighborhood.

Brothers....

Sam has started going over to a picture of Andrew and Jacob and talking to his brothers! It is sweet to see. Most of the time their lives are faster than his and he can't keep up. They do find ways to connect but not as often as Sam would like!

Grace....

I like to have gentle reminders in our home of truth. More importantly my heart is to walk it out and become more like Christ and display those things in my life and relationships. Only with Christ can I do that.

9. But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. 10. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

2 Corinthians 12:9-10 NIV

Grace…expresses two complementary thoughts: God’s unmerited favor to us through Christ, and God’s divine assistance to us through the Holy Spirit. Jerry Bridges

Wordless Wednesday....

One of his favorite things....

One of Sam's favorite things is his ears. Actually he likes ears in general. As a young infant we saw him rubbing his ears from time to time. Sometimes we would notice while we were driving he would reach up and start rubbing them and than he would fall asleep. He finds something comforting in it and we joke that he might end up a ENT Dr. or perhaps he will have a ear for music!