The Well

music has been blessing my soul lately.  over and over.  sometimes brooke says, "are we going to listen to this again?"  and then i hear faith's tiny voice singing.  praising.  and i smile.  yes, brooke.  again.and.again.

we have been listening to Third Day's Offering's I and II Worship CD's.  when we are not singing to third day, we have been listening to Casting Crown's new cd, "the well".  here are two of my favorite songs from it.

Celebrating Charlie

the rev3 team celebrated charlie's 32 birthday at sweetwater tonight! 

Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,

the girls.  ashley, me, jill, and krista

Nor stands in the path of sinners, 

 rev3 kids...andrew, bradley, and bryan. 

Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;

 nic and jenn

But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
And in His law he meditates day and night.

 pop-pop and eric

He shall be like a tree
Planted by the rivers of water, 

 greg and krista

That brings forth its fruit in its season, 

 kevin and christine

Whose leaf also shall not wither; 

 lj and eric

 Whatever he does shall prosper.

charlie's angel's...me, ashley, and krista:) 

-Psalm 1:1-3

happy birthday charlie! 

we love you
  xoxox 

Halloween 2011

...i'm back!

check out our halloween fun

~miss kim's annual halloween party~

how gross is this?  it's a BRAIN made out of jello. 

 

 and this is a heart made out of jello.  yuck!

 uncle gary. 

 (not really our "uncle" but we call him that anyways)

 that's alex under there.  scary costume

 thanks to bubba, beautiful brooke was an indian princess

 and lei-lei the dog...well, not sure what she is but she sure is cute!

SO GROSS!  there's a button you push and all this fake blood runs down his face. 

nasty. 

oh yeah, that's hunter under there.

 poor faith.  can you tell she is sick? 

she doesn't need a costume.  she's my angel can't you tell?

 and there's the neighborhood.  all piled in mr. david's trailor filled with hay. 

off we go!  happy halloween!



Don't Stop

i will post about my trip to cedar point soon.  time is short today.

iva, the sweet girl i had the priveledge to coach to the finish line yesterday, told me this quote while we were running.  oh, even at mile 18 of the run, i still loved hearing it:)

"you don't stop running because you grow old.  you grow old because you stop running."

that might be one of the best quotes i've ever heard!

Our Mornings

you all should be grateful i'm not showing you pic's of our mornings...unless you like scary things.

wow.  they are tough. 

i play music in the kitchen to wake them up around 6:30.  they get ready while i get breakfast and vitimins on the table and lunches out and in backpacks. 

religiously, brooke is the first one downstairs.  she's NOT a morning person.  that's all i should say about that at the moment. 

faith is the easiest.  she comes down next.  she NEVER complains about the clothes i picked out for her the night before.  she is silent, mostly, and loves to eat her pancakes.  especially when i pour lots of powered sugar on them. 

bryan comes down last, but always quiet.  he's not a talker in the mornings.  he gets downstairs with just enough time to eat 4 pancakes in 1.2 seconds, grab his backpack and fly out the door to meet us in the car...without brushing his teeth.  everyday.

he runs back into the house to brush them.  brooke yells because she doesn't want to be late.  and eventually we get to the bus stop.  on time.  only one day this week was it pulling away as i was flying in.  :)  i still count it as a success.  

but for now, they are all gone for the next 9 hours!

hooray! 

 

Psalm 19:14

"Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer."

-Psalm 19:14

First Day of School

if a picture is worth a thousand words...i will try to give you a thousand words instead- my camera was not charged last night.

the scene went like this in the morning:

i woke up.  fixed my coffee.  read briefly.

at 6:30 i blasted the worship music in the kitchen to wake them up.  praise God for uniforms.  makes getting ready in the mornings a dream!

brooke looked beautiful as always, but even more so, this morning.  last night she let me wash, dry, AND flat-iron her hair!  she looks more and more grown up each day.  and bryan, well, it was the first time he has tucked his shirt in and worn a belt in 3 months.  little faithie?  i SO wish i had a picture.  pre-schoolers don't wear uniforms.  she wore a pink shirt and leggings and her brown cowgirl boots.  

yes, i cryed when charlie brought them to the bus stop.  but you know, running in the rain is great.  raindrops and tears look the same:)

and the wrap up at the end of the day? 

...in a nutshell,

-bryan:  likes 4th grade "way better than 3rd grade", is excited because they will be studying birds in science, and kept asking me how psalm 19:14 went.  LOVE the fact mrs. phares is making them memorize that verse!

-brooke: loved playing with brooke w., loves mrs. summerall, and proceeded to give me a 20 minute dissertation on every aspect of heaven you can think of.  at least i know she is paying attention in class.

-faith: she took a nice nap, played with a friend, and wonders why there are boys in her class.

i am so blessed