New Addition

Everyone.....Meet Gunner, our new and first family dog!!

He is a mix between a Lab and a Rot. He is beautiful and we are happy to have him. There is a Marine who is getting ready to deploy and had to let him go. We feel very fortunate to take him. He let us take him for free too..wow what a bonus.

Thanks for joining me in welcoming him to our family!! :0)

Sunscreen

Do you wear sunscreen when you are in the sun or when you are hot??

This is the discussion I had with my girls last night. After being outside helping my husband clean up all the weed whacking he did, I came into the house and instantly smelled that the girls had been up to something. Trouble is what I smelled. Every mom knows when mischief is in the air. I could hear whispers coming from my room, UH OH, and proceeded to walk there. My 5 yr old comes walking out glistening. "Hmm," I think to myself....this isn't her normal shine....I ask what the smell in the house is and she replies, "It's sunscreen Mama. We were hot so we needed to put some on so we didn't get burned." Thinking out loud I say, "Hmm well that kinda makes sense. But why does the whole house smell like sunscreen?"
I start my panoramic perusal of the house and begin my investigation and see that not only are the girls hot and need sunscreen but daddy's shoes are hot, the lizards cage is hot, the TV is hot, various random toys are hot, daddy's drums are hot, electronics are hot, etc.
Well needless to say they were sent to their room to await punishment. As I walk in to discipline them my 3 yr old says, "Mom, we're gonna get spankins so I don't want to go first because I'm gonna cry. Let sister go first. I will get my spankin when shes done." I'm trying not to laugh because the night before my baby cries out to daddy saying there is a bug in my room. Daddy comes to the rescue, and when he goes into their room, baby says "Don't whack me whack the bug daddy".....We were both dying laughing when she said this.
See we reserve spankings for capitol offenses. We spank when the crime is something similar to putting sunscreen in/on electronics and such. So it was funny when she said that because they do not get spanked that often.
Anyhow, once all is said and done, I put my investigating hat back and begin damage control. I needed to see what still works, put shoes in the sun, wipe down the TV,clean off daddy's drums before he came in....etc.
Oh the joys of parenting.....I think we will all remember this very day when they thought they needed sunscreen not only when they are in the sun but when they are in the house, completely protected from the sun, just because they are hot.
~~L~~

Fantastic Four

Ladies and Gentlemen, I introduce to you, The Fantastic Four!!!!

From left to right we have my 2 daughters and then their best friends, who happen to also be sisters!! The 2 oldest are 5 and the 2 youngest are 3.

These girls are so much fun and sooo much trouble when they all get together.

Their most recent escapade resulted in one blue spot and one red spot of nail polish on my bedroom floor.

I am certain more "adventures" will come. Watch out if you see them in your neck of the woods....the only thing you will see is the door in which the exited.

Wind

So my 5 yr old just walks and talks and is just about the Spirit!! She makes up her very own worship songs and loves to belt them out for all to hear, no one to hear, but especially God to hear.
I was sitting out in the driveway yesterday with my laptop trying to receive a better signal. We have been getting dropped A LOT lately. So, as I am sitting there trying to be about MY business, she is praising God. Sometimes I think I should be taking my ques from her example. She kept repeating this phrase in her song and it didn't really register at the time. Most 5 yr olds can be fairly repetitive at times.
Once I was done doing nothing on the computer I asked her to sing it for me again, and she obliged.
The phrase that stuck out to me was this...
"When the wind blows, Jesus is calling us."
I started to think about this......hmm...I pondered..makes sense!!
You cant SEE the wind but you know its there. Its in front of you, behind you, all around you. You can just FEEL it. It is about you.
So I found these 2 verses that I think are very fitting for this particular phrase...

Luke 7:27 "Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you and he will prepare your way before you."
Jesus is talking about how God goes before us to prepare for us what is to come.

Exodus 23:20"See, I am sending an angel before you to protect you on your journey and lead you safely to the place I have prepared for you."

See don't you get it? God is so good that not only does he go before us but he sends us angels to be with us on our journey to keep us protected!!!
We serve a mighty and powerful God but also a caring, concerned, and compassionate Father!!
You God, are so worthy to be praised!!
~~L~~