Summer Mud

The kids have both really enjoyed the summer season.  Emma comes home every afternoon, shucks down to her undies, and makes mud for hours.  Brooks has gotten big enough now that he is getting in on the action too.  I still have to watch him pretty close as he also enjoys eating some of those good mud pies. 

I spent lots of time as a young girl playing in the mud.  There's nothing like getting dirt under your fingernails. 

Joshua 24:15 KJV

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

Where does times go?

One moment you are bringing home a fresh new angel from heaven and the next you are celebrating a first birthday.  I am a little sad to see my little guy getting so big.  He is such a joy.  I love how he gives sugar and waves and has just recently started to take a few steps.  Before I know it, he'll be going off to big school with his sister. 

I pray daily that God will help me raise him to be a good man.  He is so precious.

Thankful Thursday

Some days the blessings that I have in my life overwhelm me.  I get a little emotional and shake my head in disbelief that I have been given so much in life.  Below are a few pictures of the awesome things that have been happening for our little family. 

Emma Layne started pre-k. 

She was so excited and I was so sad to see my baby going to school. 

Brooks got his first hair cut by Pa C.W.  He loved it and thought the clippers were funny. 

It's hard to believe this little turkey is almost a year old.