Hide God's Word in Your Heart

Since the first week or so of AWANA our kids have had a HUNGER for getting into God's word. I have often joked about having to restrict them from reading their bibles and/or their AWANA books. It can sometime be a competition of who said more, who found it first, etc. You know the drill!

But truly, deep down, it thrills my heart to hear and see their eagerness. I love hearing Caden reading scripture from his new bible or Sparks book, and then teaching Lizzy how to find a verse and helping her read it! Caden has done so well with his reading and what better things to read than scripture :) I have to brag on him a little, I am his Momma; last night he had three verses to say that we had practiced all week, but he came home with five checked off! He has retained them so far too, I checked this morning! I love how God is working on his little mind and heart!

I also adore Carter's desire to keep up with the big kids! He has learned five verses so far. He loves to recite them over and over again! I captured him on video saying his first four! Not sure why the video is so small, but just turn it up and listen!


These are the verses he has learned, in case you can't understand him! It used to bother me that they weren't the entire verse, or that they "dumbed" it down for little ones...but Carter knows these verses and knows what they mean and that is what matters!
1 John 4:10 God loves us and sent his son.
Romans 3:23 All have sinned.
Romans 5:8 While we were sinners, Christ died for us.
Genesis 1:31 All he had made was very good.

Now about Cole, at the end of the video you can hear him talking to Jesus. He loves to pray now...at every meal, at nap and bed time, etc. SO CUTE! He thanks Jesus for all in our family and lots of other people we know too! But he is also in full 2 yr old mode, hence the screaming at the end.

I hope to post Caden saying all his verses soon, but in the meantime...allow this to encourage you, speak to you, and maybe even allow God to challenge you to memorize some scripture! Have a blessed day!

Chunky Monkey

Momma's milk sure is GOOD!!!

Loving the double chin!

Soccer

Caden is at it again with his 3rd soccer season. The team is much improved from the spring and the games have been really exciting. There have been many goals scored by Caden and others! I have only missed one due to a nap time conflict, but haven't been able to take pictures.

Today Crosby timed it perfectly and ate just before we left so he was able to snooze in the stroller during the game. Cole was good, and entertained by a team member's sister, so I was able to take some pictures of our athlete!

Crosby is ready for soccer!

Caden stopping the ball and turning it around.

Caden kicking it in.

Caden taking it down field.

On the way to make a goal!

Crosby's Debut Photos

Crosby has one upped (is that a word?) the boys! He actually had newborn photos taken! Sarah has taken our family pics and pics of Cole at 18mo. and I love all of them, so when she asked if she could "practice" taking newborn pics of Crosby I said sure!Crosby was quite a bit fussy, so he gave her some trouble, but she worked her magic and got some good ones! These are my absolute favs! I can't wait until the spring to update our family photo! Thanks Sarah for being patient with our kiddos and doing such a great job!

We Survived Month #1

Crosby is a month old today! We made it! These aren't the greatest of pics, but I don't have a ton of extra time to snap photos. Also it is hard to find Crosby alone without Cole right there in his face!

Crosby is growing like a weed, already to 10lbs! He has outgrown his newborn diapers and some of his newborn clothes. We are getting into a great routine and that is wonderful for me! I love my routine! So enjoy a couple of photos, and I promise to post better ones soon!

Looks Can Be Deceiving

At first glance you might think our newest little man is a skinny little guy, but check out these cute pics I snapped of him in the bathtub tonight. He actually looks like a chunky monkey!
He loves to be in his tub! Crosby is so relaxed and laid back! He has been doing so well on his eating and sleeping. He got a little upset stomach this weekend but other than that he isn't fussy at all!

Here are some cheeks you just want to kiss!

Of course, Crosby can't take a bath alone. I think I have bathed him by himself with NO help from the others once in the last 4 weeks! Usually they just help or watch, but tonight I put Crosby's tub in my big tub and let Cole get in to! He was in HEAVEN! You know from my previous post that Cole LOVES Crosby! Tonight it was pretty cute!

Love this one too!

Smitten Kitten

Here is a little evidence that one of our boys is TOTALLY SMITTEN with his new little brother!

Caden Reading His First Sparks Verse

Caden started Sparks this year in AWANA. He is really excited about this too! He started working on John 3:16 last week but didn't really have a kid friendly bible to look it up in. He has several children's bibles that just have pictures and stories in them, but nothing that is an actual bible. So since he is really working on his reading, I looked online and found him a great bible. It is the NIV Adventure Bible for Early Readers and it is PERFECT for him!

Also another great side note to this...I taught him the other night how to look up John 3:16 in one of my bibles and once he figured it out and practiced it a few times, he went to the other room and showed Lizzy how to find it in her bible! She is also in SPARKS this year, but is a little more reserved about learning verses. I think the fact she has to read some makes her nervous, but she is getting it. Caden's enthusiasm is contagious, so she too wants to look it up in her bible and work on memorizing it! She received a bible from the church when she entered 1st grade, so she looked it up in there with Caden and marked it with a book mark. Such a cute moment between them.

Anyway, here is the video of Caden reading from his new bible!