Trampoline Fun

This morning we spent a little time introducing Crosby to the trampoline. If he is anything like Cole he will love it at an early age!

Cole, Crosby, and Carter

Crosby really loved sitting on it while the other boys bounced him (slightly bounced)!

He was ready to climb on...

Legacy of Bible Teaching

Today in our 3-4 yr old Sunday School our lesson was about Timothy and his mother and grandmother teaching him the bible.

I talked to the kids(which included Carter) about learning the bible from my Grammy and parents. I asked them to name someone who taught them the bible. Most kids said Mom, Dad, Grandma, etc. But Carter piped up with Caden! When I asked him to explain why he chose Caden he answered, "he lets me listen to his Sparks CD with him and explains the stories to me!"

We finished up the story then for the craft time we made cards to thank the people in our lives who taught us the Bible. Here is Carter's card...

Front (see Caden's name up top?)

Inside

Pretty nice moment, but it gets better folks!

When we had Carter give his brother the card, my heart melted just a bit!

Carter: here Caden I made this for you. Thank you for teaching me the Bible.

Caden: aww thanks man, this is cool! (said while putting his arm around Carter's shoulders!)

MELT MY HEART!!!!!

I have to be honest, in class today my pride was hurt Carter didn't say my name. I mean I am his Sunday school teacher and Cubbies teacher. But God opened my heart and ears and I discovered the impact Caden's example was having on his little brother and I was truly touched!

Sometimes it is just the little things that God uses to remind me of my most important job...

Deuteronomy 6:4-9 “Listen, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders. Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates."

AWANA Awards

Another year of AWANA has flown by! I can't believe we are already finished :) I think back to last year at this time and we were just about 4 months preggo with Crosby, had one kiddo in the nursery, a Puggle, and a Cubbie. This year we have a Cubbie and a Sparks!!! Can you believe next year we will have a Puggle, Cubbie, and Sparks...aggghhhh! Anyway, the kids did a great job learning verses, although I didn't put videos on here enough. I am so amazed at how eager they are to learn scripture!

In Cubbies we all complete each verse together since they are younger and can't read. They do a great job each week and I love being the director! Carter was a joy to have in class this year. I have to brag and say that Carter did so much better than last year during the awards program! He sang his little heart out and enjoyed himself so much!

He got his participation certificate and a ribbon for finishing the book! What is even more important to me is that he actually remembers lots of the verses and is understanding more and more what they mean!

Caden did a phenomenal job this year! I couldn't be more proud! He had a wonderful leader (LOVE YOU MIMI!) and a great listener (LOVE YOU MR. ED). He finished the first Sparks book before Christmas Break, then completed the review and extra section of the review book during the second semester. At first I just assumed he was racing through them just to say he finished first and not really learning them...uh no he is crazy smart. You give this boy a reference only and he can pick that verse out and tell you the whole thing. UH-MA-ZING!!! He didn't want to say a verse on stage tonight but he still looked cute!

Here he is with his certificate and book award!

And just to brag even more...I want to share a little about our girl, L. She also did fantastic this year. I wish I could post her sweet picture but I can't so I will just tell you a quick story. When she first arrived to our home about a year ago, we told her we were going to church. She said she didn't want to go because that place was boring, dumb, etc. Of course she had never been to church so that was just what she had heard. In the last year, she has made huge gains. She loves going to church and memorized so many verses this year! She finished the first Sparks book and is about 1/2 way through her second. Not bad for never being in church! She also made us proud and said a verse on stage during the awards program :) She is doing so well!

God wants us all to have faith of these children and desire Him with this hunger...let us not forget that and be inspired by not just my kiddos, but all children! I know I am! These little boogers motivate me daily and I thank God for each one of them!

Soccer Saturdays

Once again we have been hitting the field each Saturday for the last several weeks for Soccer season. This is our last quiet season...starting in the fall we will have two boys on two different

teams :) Then the madness slowly begins!

Here are a few shots from this season...

Getting instructions from the Coach (he is one handsome coach :))

Caden kicking it in for a goal.

We are having a great season once again...we have a definite athelete on our hands!

Happy Easter

Easter Sunday, Ressurection Sunday. What a blessed day we have to celebrate what Jesus did for us! Here are a few lyrics from my all time favorite Easter song...

Sin, where are your shackles?
Death, where is your sting?
Hell; has been defeated.
The grave could not hold the King!

Arise, My Love.

Arise, My Love.

The grave no longer has a hold on you.

No more death's sting,

No more suffering.

Arise, Arise, Arise!

Arise, My Love - Newsong

I get chills every time I hear it! What a glorious message. But I began thinking about the word arise. No one really uses it anymore. I also thought while reading so many scripture postings on Facebook today, that God isn't quoted telling Jesus to "arise". So I went to biblegateway.com and did some searching and here is something interesting I found.

Romans 15:12 And again, Isaiah says, "The Root of Jesse will spring up, one who will arise to rule over the nations; in him the Gentiles will hope.

So thankful Jesus arose in every way...as King and from the grave!

Happy Easter from the Reid Family

All Things Lego

We are definitely all about Legos here at our house, but this might just top it all. The boys got a game you had to build first with the legos before you play it! They love it! Kept these two occupied for a good hour :)

AWANA Races

We raced AWANA cars several weeks ago and I am just getting around to blogging it. Nothing too excited, I didn't get great pictures. Our Cubbies don't get to do the big cars, so I was racing hot wheels with them in our classrom.

Caden painted up a great car, thanks to Mimi next door who added some finishing touches it turned out awesome!

When we arrived a church member had his race car out front for the kids to look at! They thought it was great!

Here are the Reid and Cheap boys minus Sam (not sure where he was!)

Caden and his flame car! Thanks again Mimi!

Carter's Soccer Debut

Carter made is U6 Soccer League debut today. Caden's team only has 5 boys to start with and two of them were no shows at game one. So all 3 had to play, then one of them couldn't make it for our second game. We asked Carter if he was ready to suit up and go in...OF COURSE!!!

Here are four short clips (promise they are short) of the action! He did great keeping up with the big boys and made several assists! We were proud of our athlete! Also ignore the big mouth in the background, I really was trying to be quiet!