VBS

My children have had a ball at VBS this week.  Their "theme" is Walk This Way and they are collecting gently worn shoes to be given to people that have none.  They are learning stories from the bible and they are learning more about how we are His hands and feet.  That is a conversation that we talk a lot about.  It is my fervent prayer that my children will have a heart for Jesus.  I pray that they will always find ways, be it small or big to help someone along the way.  Our life journey can be filled with many road blocks.  We need to be reminded that Jesus cares.  Dear Jesus, please use Callie Grace and Caleb (and me) for Your glory.  Thank you for allowing us to be silly and to have lots of fun!

Wacky hair day

Silly sock day

No shoe Thursday!

Why do these 2 pictures look like it is a foggy day??!

Father's Day

On Sunday morning, we all went to church and then came home and had grilled hamburgers for lunch.  Before we had our prayer, I asked Callie Grace and Caleb their favorite thing to do with their dad.  Callie Grace said she loved to dance with her dad.  Caleb said he liked fishing and going to Carolina football games with his dad.  I prayed and thanked God for our meal and asked God to watch over Kip and direct his paths.  I prayed for protection and direction over our family.

It is often easy for us to get caught up in the day to day schedule that we sometimes lose sight of our true purpose here on earth.  We were made to share Jesus' love with one another.  It is my opinion that love begins with your family.  But why do we lose sight of loving and caring for those closest to us?  That is a question that has been on my mind so much lately.  I have been on my knees praying that God will use me for His glory.

Kip, if you are reading this post, I want you to know that I am praying for you.  I am praying that God will wrap you in His arms and give you His strength.  Dear Jesus, please direct my family's path.  Help us cling to YOU.

Random Post

My mama and daddy have been on my mind a good bit lately.  I am not sure why but the songs that we sang together have been on my mind too.  Some were silly but I guess they were the bright spots in my childhood.  So much of my childhood was difficult but these songs always brought me happiness and made me feel like all was right in my little corner of the world.  For the sake of my children, I want to document the names of these songs.  I think they know many of these by heart as I have carried on the tradition with them.

Songs I would sing with mama:
Jesus Loves Me
KKKKatherine, beautiful Katherine...
Casey Would Waltz...
Michael Row the Boat Ashore
Frere Jacques
Kookaburra Sits in an Old Gum Tree
Zacchaeus was a Wee Little Man
Deep and Wide


Songs I would sing with daddy:
Once Upon A Time...
I'm a Ramblin Wreck From Georgia Tech...
Amazing Grace

I am beyond thankful for these moments of memories in my life.  I pray that my children will look back on their childhood and talk about all of the silly singing that I did with them and the times that we sang about Jesus' great love for us.

June 2nd - School's Out for Summer!

Yay!  I am so ready for a break.  It has been a great year for Caleb and a learning year for Callie Grace.  I want to make this summer memorable for them.  I want them to enjoy being children.  Their childhood is fleeting fast.  I want to be more intentional with them!
Here is a pic of their last morning as 2nd and 4th graders!  You can tell that they are excited and still half asleep! :)

A few things that are on our agenda for summer are:

1. go to the zoo

2. go to playground

3. swim

4. have picnics by the pool

5. have some play dates

6. go roller skating

7.go to the beach

8. play baseball (Caleb)

9. spend the night church camp (CG)

10. VBS

11. visit the library

12. try to make time for a visit to GA

13. go to Hiwire

14. go camping

15. get Kona Ice or Pelicans Snoballs or both!

16. ride bikes

17. bake some goodies for our neighbors

18. do some type of art (make jewelry, draw, knit, paint pottery)

19. play piano (CG)

20. put together a big puzzle

21. go to the riverwalk

22. go to the movies