Pump for sale!

I sure hope this is an appropriate post...I hesitated to post it....but hopefully no one is offended! :)

She isn't for sale! :) But isn't she cute?

This on the other hand is for sale. I'm asking $25. It is in good shape. New I think it costs $50- 60. I won't be selling the actual sheild for sanitary reasons, but you can buy them for reasonable prices at Babies R Us.

If interested, leave a comment with your email address! :) THANKS!

Potluck

This post is really late! Oops!

We really enjoyed hosting potluck here at our house with Brooke & Vince F. We decided to do an invite-a-couple and really enjoyed it! We had a total of 30 people.

Our Menu:

Soup (served in bread bowls):

Mexican chili

Kale and white bean soup

Corn chowder

2 Salads

Cherry Jello

Cheese/crackers

Chipped beef roll ups

and for dessert...... we FONDUED! YUM!

I didn't get many photos, but here are a few!

classic Nick! :) Love it!

The lovely fondue plates! Yum....

Can't wait till we are on potluck again! :) I might have to invite random couples over until then! :) I love having people over!

Turn the other cheek

Matthew 5:39
But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

The latest lesson Carter is trying to learn - to resist the urge to get revenge with his brother...

....He may be getting it...but Mason? Well...not so much...

The scenerio: The boys want to watch a show and Gma tells them no.

Mason: I want a show!

Gma: No, lets just play for now. Okay?

Mason: No! (and proceeds to slap gma on the face!!!) (EEK!)

Gma: (gently reprimanding) Mason, that wasn't nice, that hurt gma...

Carter: (instructs gma) Gma, you're supposed to turn the other cheek!

Gma: (giggling & losing her composure) Okay, well then, humpf. (and literally turns her other cheek to Mason)

Mason: With his mad face - proceeds to run up to gma and slap the other cheek!

So....ya'll think we better work with Mason on his interpretation of scripture? LOL!

id·i·ot [id-ee-uht]

Carter: "Hey mommy, your an idiot!" (in a complimentary voice)

Me: *gasp* "Carter! That is not a nice thing to say!"

Carter: *Confused* "But your a tom tom" (where did this come from? I don't know!) - "Gma told me that is an Idiot."

Gma: (listening from the other room) *Gasp* "No, Carter. I said it is an Indian!"

(Gma and I laugh under our breaths...)

Carter: "Well, then, what's an idiot?"

Gma: "An idiot is someone who isn't very smart, Carter."

Carter: (in deep thought) "Ohhhhhhhh....I know an idiot!"

Gma: (trying to dig herself out of this hole) "No, Carter you don't know any idiots..."

Carter: "Yeah! I do! (excitedly) It's Mason! He's not real smart...."

Gma and I: (laughing too much to correct him again!)

Oh the joys of the "definition" stage. He wants to know the definition of every new word he hears. Gotta love it!

A First

My baby girl is officially rolling over both sides with ease. This is the first time I found her on her belly in bed! I can't believe it.

*A side note...Please pray for Rich and Amber Pfister's daughter, Katelyn. She has developed a sickness in Haiti (they are missionaries there) and has been transported to a Florida hospital. The condition is serious. Pray, pray, PRAY!

Haircuts

It is pretty rare that I really get my hair cut. I mean, I get a trim every 2-3 months, but an actual cut.......Well it is rare. And when I finally decide to "take the plunge" I usually get whacked. I think this is one of those times! Take a look!

Before:

AFTER:

I'm not real sure about how to style it just yet, but I think I'm liking it! The whole bangs thing might take some time to get used to....

Science Kids

One of Carter's favorite thing to do:

BE SCIENCE KIDS!

THey start out with the primary colors: blue, red, and yellow in large cups.

Then they mix them to create the secondary colors: purple, green, and orange

Then they log it in their journals...

And finally....they drink the fun colors!

John Deere Green - Happy Anniversary!!

They were farm kids way down in Dixie,

They met in high school in the sixties.

Everyone knew it was love from the start.

One July in the midnight hour,

He climbed up on the water tower:

Stood on the rail and painted a 10ft heart,

In John Deere Green.

On a hot summer night ,

He wrote Billy Bob loves Charlene,

In letters 3ft high.

And the whole town said that he should have used red,

But it looked good to Charlene,

In John Deere Green.

Now that's what I call love! Except this time, its not Billy Bob or Charlene! It's Uncle Brad and Aunt Lynn!! Check this out!

Brad did this as a surprise to Lynn for their 28th wedding anniversary! After 28 years, he is still proclaiming his love for her! HOW SWEET!

Brad and Lynn are amazing role models for Nick and I. Sometimes I wonder what kind of a wife I'd be without Lynn's example. They exeplify the precepts listed in Ephesians 5 ~ AND they are real about it. It isn't easy, but they haven't given up. :)

²¹Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

²²Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

²³For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

²⁴Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

²⁵Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;

²⁶That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

²⁷That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

²⁸So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

²⁹For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

³⁰For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

³¹For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

³²This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

³³Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

Lynn and Brad are like parents to us. They have taken us in and loved us like their own. When my mom died, God used Lynn to fill in, (not replace), that hole in my heart. Every girl needs a mom...

...But she isn't just "like" a mom to me...She is a mom to me!

B & L ~ Thank you for loving us and treating us like your own. We thank God for our relationship with you and for the example that you are to us. May God bless you with many, many more years of happiness and love!

I love this picture!

Happy Anniversary, "Mom & Dad!"

Family Picnic

Wednesday evening, the kids and I surprised Nick with a picnic. He loves eating outdoors, and well...I just don't. :(

BUT - because Nick was leaving on Thursday for a short trip for work, I decided I should do something special for him. So, I made his favorite meal, cavatini (I think it has been 6 or 7 months since I've made it! oops!) and cooked carrots. Threw in some juice boxes, strawberries, and some bread and we had ourselves a sweet little picnic!

I told him a few little "lies" so that it would be a surprise. First, I made sure he'd be home right on time, so I told him I had a chiropractor appt. and I needed him home promptly to be with the kids....Then I started running behind so I quick made a call and pretended to need butter from Walmart...THEN I wanted to be sure he'd see his note to meet us at the state park that we had taped on the garage door, so I told him our garage door was making funny noises so he shouldn't push the button as he was coming down the road. :) hehe....

Here they are, anxiously awaiting daddy's arrival...

Still waiting....

Our feast

AND....guess what? I actually REALLY enjoyed it! :) It helped that the weather couldn't have been more perfect! ;)

"Awww....RATS!"

So do any of you ever use this phrase? This is something I didn't realize I said until Carter began to repeat me. ;) (Don't you love how children repeat their parents?)

This morning we were talking about Carter's first day of Nursery sunday school. Previously, we had taught him that he isn't to talk in SS without first raising his hand and being called upon. (Nick's doings...he is a 2nd grade ss teacher - wonder why he thought of that!?!)

So this morning, I asked Carter, "So did you talk a lot in SS, or were you quiet?" ( I was trying to see if he was shy or outgoing NOT if he was disobedient...) He thought about it for a few seconds, then under his breath he said, "AWWW...RATS! " (LOL) then he replied to himself by shaking his head and saying, "Oh, no! Its okay..."

I looked him, (trying not to laugh) and asked why he said that.

He said, "I thought I talkedid wifout raising my hand, but its okay i didn't!"

SOOOO cute! I just love him! :)