Verbal Snapshot 2012

Verbal Snapshot-Nov 2012

As this year comes to a close and since I have not blogged about my family in months, I thought that I should jot down some words that sum things up quickly.

Us

 

LOUD

Funny

Full of activity with friends

Chasing

Running

Fighting

Demanding

Loving

Helping

Hurrying

Snuggling

Tired

Happy

Knothead

Funny

Sporty—soccer, baseball, football, tennis, biking—he loves it.

Beach bum

Growing…a little…finally.

Eating sometimes

Loves cereal, burgers, milk

Smart …crazy smart.

Big vocabulary

Rough houser—busy hands.

LOUD…

LOUD…

Game player

Snuggle bug reading Story of the Word

Reading Wimpy Kid

Mr. Popularity

Silly yet sometimes shy? It is strange for me?

sometimes teenagerish

Rooster

 

Generous

Rhyming most anything you say

Can work the remote therefore loves TV: Duck Dynasty/animal stuff

Thinker

Writer---handwriting is amazing!

Loner

Hard worker

Funny

Kind

Impatient and sometimes angry!

Pretend player

Loves Lily

Obsessed with Daddy

Camo man

Always has a gun/knife/hat/boots…ALWAYS 2 of 3.

Riding REAL 4W so proudly

Love pizza, pizza, pizza like things, brownies and fruit.

Skeeter

Enjoys singing  esp…Zaccheus…all the time, every day…

Dancing

Flipping

Jumping

Running

Giggling
Loud

Reading Maisy books

Hands always busy…usually not good.

Opinionated…about clothes, bows, only wearing jeans

Loves helping, cooking, being outside on her 4W

 “choc –a-milk” first words each morning

Loves people and runs to everyone shouting his/her name

Tolerates baby dolls more often: Trudy, Vanessa, Lindsay –and Sassy, her fav.

LOVES KITTY…when will this ever change?

Little Monkey

Tucking in like a hot dog

Telling me “one more thing” or “sumpetin”

Curly, wild morning hair

“wants my Daddy…” mostly when she is in trouble with me…loves Daddy like crazy. 

Does NOT like to be cold. 

Strong-willed

Talking like crazy!  Lots of words! 

Changing clothes all the time

Good eater: lima beans, black eye peas, spinach , and “smoovies,” sour cream dip for everything!

 

Winter...the blogging blues

I have been so busy with #3 that I have not been blogging for publishing.  I do have some drafts written as I have been journaling  through our adoption journey each month and all the fun things I am learning to love about our new little one.  It is also hard to find pictures that she is not in as I just don't have peace about putting her mug on the world wide web quite yet!  Still, the boys have been busy playing around the farm and in their new sandbox, so I thought I would add some shots of them growing up!

Redneck Tennis player

Valentino born on Valentine's Day

Winter...the blogging blues

I have been so buys with #3 that I have not been blogging for publishing.  I do have some drafts written as I have been journaling  through our adoption journey each month and all the fun things I am learning to love about our new little one.  It is also hard to find pictures that she is not in as I just don't have peace about putting her mug on the world wide web quite yet!  Still, the boys have been busy playing around the farm and in their new sandbox, so I thought I would add some shots of them growing up and some with Little Miss (I can't resist since she feels SO MUCH a part of our family!)!

Fishing with Daddy

Put on his on worm this year1  

Getting ready for the rodeo!

Redneck Tennis

"Valentino" was our first calf of the season born 2/14/12.   

My hubby loved this sight.

J says I should be ashamed to allow my kids to make this much mess. I am not proud, but it was worth documenting how trashed this place was.  

He has always slept in strange places.

Little Miss Farm Finger Painting.

This guys ALWAYS has on his hats...either coonskin or cowboy--everyday!

Riding on his own.

Little teacher Jebbers with his typical students that are not paying a bit of attention to his reading.  

When we asked Cay if he'd want another little sister (no worries--no time soon), he replied, "If she is just like __________ (Skeeter girl, yes we are calling her Skeeter some). " Melted my heart! And Jeb replied, "well, she won't be...no two people are the same." Oh the logic.  Why Skeeter?  She is such a tom-\boy!  More about her in many other blogs I have been writing, but am not ready to publish.  We are blessed and she is so loved.

Random. Random.Random

Quite simply random just about sums up my brain going in 50 directions at once...all day...every day.

These pics are RANDOM. Some are from my childhood so all can know what a tomboy I was. There is one of Sarah going crazy over what is happening on "Old Yeller" because that always makes me laugh.





Working for ETS today ALL day. Watching my kids play with Daddy outside is so distracting and wonderful all at the same time. This song and watching that helps me remember that I AM SO BLESSED.

Kicking off 2011

We spent our first days in 2011 just the four of us having fun on our new Wii, and doing other more important and substantial things like discussing how we can live more "radically" for Christ, things we desire to do and sell, and spending quality time together in the outdoors.

We found some frozen lakes and the boys hiked 480 ft. straight up to a gazebo that was built ages ago by the CCC and it was a nice overlook. They boys poking out from the tree is a fun memory because they always like to run ahead when we hike and then pop out and "scare" us. Sometimes Jonas pretends he is hunting them and they like that too!

I have just finished reading David Platt's book Radical. If you want to read a book that will revolutionize your life, how you pray, what you spend money on, what you think about your church, and how you look at the world then this is the book. You can read the first chapter here: They will email you a pdf of the first chapter and I know you will be convicted, moved, and challenged to keep reading. Warning: Don't read this book unless you are ready to do some serious reckoning with God that includes life change. One resource that I plan to use for my own prayers and so the kids can understand the need for Jesus and missionaries in other parts of the world is We started last night praying for the people of Madagascar. This organization has it set up so that you can choose a country or region, see what God is doing there, how you can pray for persecuted Christians, and lost souls that live there. I love my church and I think that we do a ton of things right by focusing on saving lost souls in our community, worshiping authentically, and my kids learn a ton about loving the Lord there. However, it is unlike a more traditional church in that we don't hear much about God's work globally or missionaries. So, another way I am hoping to fill that gap is that our family has partnered with this organization to pray, give, and connect with missionaries in the world . I must say that praying for missionaries and lost souls in other countries has been a major shortcoming in my spiritual walk in the past few years. Hoping to change that in 2011. Jonas and I are also hoping to find a place to go and serve in the next year or so!

From the book:
In Radical, David Platt invites you to encounter what Jesus actually said about being his disciple, and then obey what you have heard. He challenges you to consider with an open heart how we have manipulated a God-centered gospel to fit our human-centered preferences. With passionate storytelling and convicting biblical analysis, Platt calls into question a host of comfortable notions that are common among Christ's followers today. Then he proposes a radical response: live the gospel in ways that are true, filled with promise, and ultimately world changing.

Also, from the operation world website they have a great link to articles and ebooks about prayer that are free. I loved the article on Dog and Cat prayers! Cats are basically saying, “Dear Lord, we come boldly before
You and ask You to help us build our kingdom. ”Dogs boldly come before God as well, but they say, “Lord,we’re here with great faith because we need things from You to
help advance Your kingdom. We want to make You famous. We know You will answer our prayers.” I think that sometimes I do and we all do get stuck just praying for our own needs and those around us...not so much focusing on what is God's will and what will bring Glory to HIM. Whew ...praying is tough in a world so busy and with a brain so overloaded with things to do and places to be.