brothers

Caleb loves his little brother! He's very good with him even with Jacob bites him. Of course he sometimes gets mad or wants to hit him back. But he is very patient and loving and loves to play with Jacob.  He makes sure that everyone is kind to Jacob.

Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. (Romans 12:10)

Last week was nice and warm and we had a great time playing outside.  This week it is cold again.  We look forward to spring!
 

I'll get these turned around tomorrow hopefully :-)

Very Busy Week!

This past week was a crazy one :-) J had his speech therapist and his occupational therapist come, one on Mon and one on Wed. On Monday we spent time with cousins playing outside and doing homework. On Tuesday we went to the library and learned about dinosaurs. After that we grabbed some lunch and went to the park to play with friends. Later in the week we visited with Daddy's best friend who came up from Fla with his dad. We had lunch with them on Thurs and dinner on Friday. On the way back Friday we had some lovely spit up which made the car smell oh so good! Saturday we spent the day learning about Scotland at the taste of Scotland festival. That evening we had dinner with grandparents who came to visit.

Ever read something in the bible and think I've never read this before even though  you know you have many times? I felt that way today when reading to Caleb tonight out of 2nd Chronicles. 16:9 says: For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. Isn't that wonderful!?!!?

Playing with Cousins

 Visiting with friends:

 The beautiful mountains we live in....

 an Elk that came to visit campers.

parade:

highland games:

Caleb playing his own version:

Cutie pies

We had a very nice day today! It was homecoming at church and my nieces came with us. We talked about Eph. 4. Here is a lovely picture I took this afternoon. Jacob has had an ugly cold for a few weeks and is using a nebulizer. Hopefully we're getting better. Caleb has just finished soccer season and is happy to have his cousins around! Click on the picture to see the album:

skywatch, scripture and waterfalls

Howdy!
It finally feels like winter outside today. Just hope I don't get sick again because of the temp change! Here's J playing with his little basketball hoop. He can now do it all by himself.

These birds... what are they? They are always flying near our house but I never tried to take their picture before.
Check out the sky in other parts of the world this week at Skywatch

 

J loves his swing! This was in December when it was warm.

It's been so rainy and icky out lately. Thankfully it's stopped raining and we can see some sky again.

We went to Dry Falls yesterday to see the results of all the rain. 

 

 

Caleb was ready to go and did not want to take this one!

Well you probably wouldn't go fishing at this waterfall but hey you can't tell where it is right? This is what we talked about today at church... Mark chapter 1.  When was the last time you did something he asked Straightway?

Scripture and a Snapshot 

Fall Leaves

YAY! I haven't had a chance to do scripture and a snapshot in a long while but loved this picture

 

Found out today I was featured this month at Project MCP. I am so excited!! yay :-D

spring sun

we've been enjoying the spring sunshine :-) I've also found a new channel on my roku and you can also watch online http://www.hischannel.com/. I can listen to people like kay arthur and charles stanley all day :-) much better background than CNN.

 

Here's the whole thing... it's long but great :-)
Isaiah 45

New International Version (NIV)

45 “This is what the Lord says to his anointed,
to Cyrus, whose right hand I take hold of
to subdue nations before him
and to strip kings of their armor,
to open doors before him
so that gates will not be shut:
2 I will go before you
and will level the mountains[a];
I will break down gates of bronze
and cut through bars of iron.
3 I will give you hidden treasures,
riches stored in secret places,
so that you may know that I am the Lord,
the God of Israel, who summons you by name.
4 For the sake of Jacob my servant,
of Israel my chosen,
I summon you by name
and bestow on you a title of honor,
though you do not acknowledge me.
5 I am the Lord, and there is no other;
apart from me there is no God.
I will strengthen you,
though you have not acknowledged me,
6 so that from the rising of the sun
to the place of its setting
people may know there is none besides me.
I am the Lord, and there is no other.
7 I form the light and create darkness,
I bring prosperity and create disaster;
I, the Lord, do all these things.

8 “You heavens above, rain down my righteousness;
let the clouds shower it down.
Let the earth open wide,
let salvation spring up,
let righteousness flourish with it;
I, the Lord, have created it.

9 “Woe to those who quarrel with their Maker,
those who are nothing but potsherds
among the potsherds on the ground.
Does the clay say to the potter,
‘What are you making?’
Does your work say,
‘The potter has no hands’?
10 Woe to the one who says to a father,
‘What have you begotten?’
or to a mother,
‘What have you brought to birth?’

11 “This is what the Lord says—
the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker:
Concerning things to come,
do you question me about my children,
or give me orders about the work of my hands?
12 It is I who made the earth
and created mankind on it.
My own hands stretched out the heavens;
I marshaled their starry hosts.
13 I will raise up Cyrus[b] in my righteousness:
I will make all his ways straight.
He will rebuild my city
and set my exiles free,
but not for a price or reward,
says the Lord Almighty.”

14 This is what the Lord says:

“The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,[c]
and those tall Sabeans —
they will come over to you
and will be yours;
they will trudge behind you,
coming over to you in chains.
They will bow down before you
and plead with you, saying,
‘Surely God is with you, and there is no other;
there is no other god. ’”

15 Truly you are a God who has been hiding himself,
the God and Savior of Israel.
16 All the makers of idols will be put to shame and disgraced;
they will go off into disgrace together.
17 But Israel will be saved by the Lord
with an everlasting salvation;
you will never be put to shame or disgraced,
to ages everlasting.

18 For this is what the Lord says—
he who created the heavens,
he is God;
he who fashioned and made the earth,
he founded it;
he did not create it to be empty,
but formed it to be inhabited —
he says:
“I am the Lord,
and there is no other.
19 I have not spoken in secret,
from somewhere in a land of darkness;
I have not said to Jacob’s descendants,
‘Seek me in vain.’
I, the Lord, speak the truth;
I declare what is right.

20 “Gather together and come;
assemble, you fugitives from the nations.
Ignorant are those who carry about idols of wood,
who pray to gods that cannot save.
21 Declare what is to be, present it—
let them take counsel together.
Who foretold this long ago,
who declared it from the distant past?
Was it not I, the Lord?
And there is no God apart from me,
a righteous God and a Savior;
there is none but me.

22 “Turn to me and be saved,
all you ends of the earth;
for I am God, and there is no other.
23 By myself I have sworn,
my mouth has uttered in all integrity
a word that will not be revoked:
Before me every knee will bow;
by me every tongue will swear.
24 They will say of me, ‘In the Lord alone
are deliverance and strength. ’”
All who have raged against him
will come to him and be put to shame.
25 But all the descendants of Israel
will find deliverance in the Lord
and will make their boast in him.


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Yummy strawberries!! They were just so pretty I had to take a picture of them :-) C loves to eat strawberries and bananas with yogurt. me too!!