Lily and Isabel on Death

We had just finished our family devotion time ("Devotions for Kids"). We then take turns praying and daddy prays for Hyon who is suffering from Pancreatic cancer. After I am done, Lily tells us that sometimes she is afraid to die because though she wants to be in heaven and all, she is afraid it will hurt. Then Isabel says, "Yeah, and I'm afraid the birds will peck at me." (In heaven when she is riding on a cloud....)

I'm Dreaming of a Cajun Christmas

Early Thursday morning it snowed! Amazing! The girls were so excited. They ran outside and wanted to make a snow man. Well, this little blob of slushy wetness is it. Ta-da! What a specimen. The girls were disappointed. I overheard Bel say, "This isn't like the snow at Grandma's. This is ridiculous!" When I told them it snowed--they pictured feet of white fluffy snow that they could sled and make snow angels with. This is snow--Cajun style!

Sleepy Little Man

What can a mom say? I am in love. Peacefully sleeping in his little crib--he warms my heart. This picture was taken after the parade we went to on Saturday. He had lots of fun and enjoyed seeing the horses.

Isabel's Baptism

I am so proud of Isabel! A few weeks ago Bel had been asking about being baptized. Just for a little background, Isabel asked the Lord into her heart two years ago on December 5th. However, she wasn't ready to be baptized. Bel was afraid of going under the water. She thought the pastor would hold her under the water too long. So, we waited until she was ready on her own accord. So, when Bel asked about being baptized, again. We asked the usual questions---why do you want to get baptized--what does baptism mean--and she was ready to talk to the pastor. We want to make sure that we don't pressure our kids to make a spiritual decision to please us. We want them to be fully aware for themselves what baptism means. Anyways, for those of you who don't know what we believe, I will lay it out. In order to go to heaven the Bible says, that you must be born again. What being born again means is asking Christ into your heart and having him forgive you of your sins. It means placing your trust in Christ and what he did for us. His death on the cross took the sins of the world on Himself. He died for our sins, so we would not have to. All we have to do is repent and place our faith in Him. We cannot be good enough to go to heaven. Ephesians 2:8&9 says this: "For by grace are ye saved though faith: and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast." Salvation is a free gift. It has no strings attached. We just need to ask Christ for his gift of Salvation. What that means is that we are saved though faith--it is not because of our "good works." If is was of our good works--then we would be boasting about how good WE are. But--Christ is good. So, with all that said, Baptism is an outward express of our acceptance of Christ as our Savior. It to let everyone know that we have chosen Christ! We are so proud of Bel! When she was done, she said if she knew it was going to be so easy, she would have done it sooner. Too cute! The man in the pictures is John Andrews. He is the youth pastor at our church and he and his family are wonderful. The girls love him and his wife is a total blessing to me!

Christmas Parade

This weekend we went to a Christmas Parade. It was my first parade in December. Since I am from MN, it is a foreign idea for me to go to a parade in December. It would be too cold. However, it was perfect here! It started out at about 45 degrees and by the time it was over--I'd dare say-- it was approaching 60. I did, however, put a hat on little man just because it was sooo cute on him! The kids got a boat load of candy. We had some nice family time.

What cha' doing on Tuesday?

We had a great surprise last week. My dad came to visit. On Sunday afternoon, the phone rang and it was my dad. First I was shocked because my dad doesn't call. I call and talk to him, or my mom calls. So, my first thought was---what happened? Anyways, he came down on Tuesday and stayed until Friday. It was great! Bel was glued to his side. She just was so happy to sit with him and just be by his side. I was so glad to see him, and I hated to see him leave.

BON APPÉTIT.

Yes, this confirms it. We live in Louisiana. Do you see that crazy creature? It is locally know as a mud bug. Appetizing isn't it? For the rest of the country it is known as a craw fish. Well, this little fellow, or lass, came to an untimely death. The cats found this little critter and were batting it around. Lily comes running into the kitchen and says, "Mom the cats have a scorpion!!" (which by the way do live here) So, I run out to see what they have caught and it was this little morsel. So, I squished it and took it into the kitchen. Dinner is served! (For those of you thinking--did she really eat it?--no but I kept it to freak Josh out!)

Ava talks about her fears

Tonight, I was putting Ava to bed and she, of course, had to go potty (delaying the bedtime some). While she was going potty she tells me a little bit about life. "Bad guys are bad and they have cages (pause) and rubots (pronounced rue-bots), and scary things (pause) to trap good girls. I don't like them, but they don't like me either cause I'm good."

Hijacked

My blog has been hijacked by Josh. All of the videos are his doing. It did seem out of character for me to put a ton of clips on the blog. Anyways, since his Thanksgiving four day is over, I will be able to reclaim the blog. I will put a true post on later today, hopefully.