Wednesday, October 31, 2007

thriller night




Oh the wonders of modern technology! I'm sitting here on our front sidewalk blogging, while handing out candy and listening to Thriller on youtube...gotta love it! Our little bats are at our church's trunk or treat with their grandma-mumsie while their daddy works our CG's booth, or trunk, or whatever you call it.

So here are a few pics of our little bats (yes, bats! K was all about being "spooky" this year, and this was about as spooky as we could muster). Their costumes were fun and easy to make, thanks to Family Fun magazine (which our MOPS group is selling subscriptions to for $10 - it's a wonderful resource! Let me know if you want any more info!).

So it's later now, and our Halloween is over for this year! We have a field trip with K's class to the zoo tomorrow bright & early, so I'm off for now... Hope you all had a fun & safe evening!

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

plodding along!

OK, I've decided that I want to learn to run, so in an effort to build some accountability toward that goal, I'm posting about it. My sweet friend Julie told me (at the beginning of the summer) about the Runners World website, where they have lots of stuff for running folks. She directed me toward the 10 week training plan, and loads of other good resources there. So I started yesterday...since I already work out at the gym, I'm skipping the walking days, but I started slow this week with 1 minute of running, and 4 minutes of walking, repeated 5 times for a total of 30 minutes. I've just got to lose some weight, and the stuff I'm doing at the gym isn't cutting it...I read last week that you have to be willing to sweat in order to drop pounds, so here we go. I'm at least going to give it a try....and if I finish the 10 weeks, I'm going to reward myself with actual good running shoes! I should probably also try to not drink any more fountain cokes, but that's another struggle altogether....

OH, and I almost forgot - it's October, that means in addition to fall, and Halloween, it's breast cancer awareness month, so girls, make sure you're doing all you need to be doing to take care of your ta-tas! Komen has excellent resources in case you need any.

Thursday, October 11, 2007

walking in wisdom


That's a picture of MA pretending to be a bull that honey took a few months ago. It's just one of my favorite images of her these days...

2 Sundays ago, our pastors finished up a series titled "Uncommon Sense," where we took a good long hard look at wisdom, and what it means to be wise, biblically speaking. Wonderful messages all, followed by amazing discussion at our CG (small group) about how to apply wisdom in our lives. The entire time, though, a question kept coming to me: "How in the world do we teach our children wisdom, even now, so that they maybe don't have to learn as much stuff as we did 'the hard way'? Is it even possible?"

In an effort to work toward some answers to that question, I think I'm going to start hosting a pot-luck type lunch once every 2 months or so for moms with little ones, where I invite an "experienced" mom with kiddos who are admirable, and pick her brain for help! After all, part of wise living is getting loads of counsel from godly people, right? I'm already regretting that my favorite blogger Heather Jamison is back in Africa, because she'd be my first invite were she still here in the states....however, I do believe she's got some amazing things to say here about protecting our children's innocence, part of the whole wisdom thing, so maybe we can work something out via email. Anyhoo, I need to come up with a list of questions for our experienced mom. I know that I want to ask how practically she's helped her kids learn fear of the Lord, and what fun tips she has for (ahem) keeping her marriage fresh (after all, a HUGE part of raising admirable kids is having an admirable marriage, right?)! So, what questions should I ask our experienced mom, ladies?

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

our lil' miss k

Has eye surgery tomorrow (Wednesday) morning, bright & early, to correct those ol' crossed eyes she inherited from yours truly. So, if you read this, say a prayer for our sweet baby, that this won't be unduly traumatic, that it will go well, and that she'll get better quickly. Say a prayer for her momma & daddy, too, that we will continue to "be anxious for nothing, but in everything with prayer & supplication, with thanksgiving, let [our] requests be made known to God..."