Pray for Susannah

She is having open heart surgery tomorrow. She went through so much to get here, pray the doctors can do their stuff.

Are there any movies he can watch?

Tonight's movie was Nim's Island.





We were doing okay until Nim's Dad's boat gets bumped by a shark. The shark doesn't eat him mind you, just bumps his boat.



That was enough for S to swear he was never going in the sea, and why in fact did God even make the sea. (That was what he said too, the sea, not the ocean:))



That was when I told him this was all make believe and by the end of the movie, I just had to promise to never take him to Nim's Island. I was pretty safe with that one, I think:)

200 visitors!!!

Yay!! I'll try to do better with the pictures.

John 3:16 - Kindergarten style

"For God So loved the world that he gave his only forgotten son, that whosonever believes him shall have everforever life."

Per S, who had to memorize this verse for Awanas. (I'm thinking they were a little liberal on the memorization thing:)).

Also, tonight's prayer for S -

"God please help me to get my morning work done and stay busy."

Oui, we Wii ( Couldn't resist the pun:))

Yes, after 30+ years, I have actually purchased my first ever video game console, the Wii. I know this is kind of sad, but I have never owned a video game system and for the most part have never wanted to own one. As a kid, I wanted the Atari or the first Nintendo, but somehow never ended up with one.

We decided on the Wii because it is so active for a video game. We are getting more exercise than we have in years:)

On the down side, S, my 5 year old, has already beaten me in bowling:)

BTW, if you are looking for one online, this was the best place we saw. They get them in pretty much every week and though you do have to purchase accessories as part of the package, they are accessories you're probably going to want anyway.

It's a Miracle - Susannah is coming home!

Susannah is on her way home. Miraculously, God has healed her enough to travel and they sped all the paperwork through so she can head home. She has to go see a heart surgeon in the U.S. when she gets here, but hopefully the healing will continue and her heart will be repairable. Continue to pray for her and her family.

More confessions of a 5 year old

S today got in trouble for spilling grape juice all over my beige carpet, after which I told him we would not be purchasing any further grape juice until he reaches at least adolescence. After hysterically crying for a few minutes S calmed down and told me that was okay, because I would forget tomorrow:/ Little does he know, that by saying that, he pretty much insures that this will be one of the few things I manage to remember. Plus, it's not like the image of yourself on all fours scrubbing grape juice out of your carpet is not going to come to mind every time you look at grape juice:(

Urgent Prayers Needed

This family is in China right now and just met their new daughter in the hospital where she is critically ill. They are praying for a miracle so their daughter will be well enough to be released from the hospital so they can take her home for medical treatment to save her life. Pray that she will get better enough to travel and that they will release her to her parents' care.

Candid thoughts of a Kindergartener

You know, there's something about a 5 year old. They really start to try to figure things out and they can say some pretty interesting stuff.

We took S to see Journey To The Center Of The Earth in 3d tonight. He really wanted to go, but then he got scared when they were demonstrating the 3d effects in the previews - go figure:) After a trip to the snack bar with Dad to purchase some gummy candy, he decided he could handle the movie after all..until they ran into some man-eating venus fly traps.

That part kind of freaked S out. He told his Dad he wanted to go just to home after the movie. Dad asked him what he meant and he said he didn't want to go anywhere that had plants. Then, he decided he would settle for a promise from us never to make him go to the center of the earth:)

Also, at church today, he was trying to figure out deep theological issues.

Me: "S, remember we need to be on our best behavior because we are at God's house."
S: "Okay, but I have a question. Where is Jesus' house?"
Me: "This is Jesus house too."
S: "But why do God and Jesus live at the same house?"
Me: "Because God is Jesus' Daddy, so Jesus lives with him just like you live with your Daddy."
S: "Do you think he'll ever get his own house, like me when I grow up?"

Also, to follow in the vein of A Legacy of Hope and her "Harrison's prayers" segment, I give you S's prayer this week.

We have been trying to get him to understand that God can help him with life's struggles - such as listening to Mom and Dad or not fighting with his sisters. So, when we were praying this week, I asked him if there was anything he wanted to ask God to help him with.

His response: "God please help me not to color outside the lines."

That's theological, right?:)

Cooper's Garden

You'll notice a new link under my blogs of importance for Cooper's garden. Cooper was a little boy in K's grade in school who was diagnosed with a rare brain cancer that is always fatal and lost his battle a little over 2 years ago. His family set up a foundation to support other families facing a similar diagnosis and provide a scholarship for a student of the arts at the University of West Georgia. Every once and a while K still brings up Cooper. I know how she feels to face the death of a playmate at such a young age, because a friend of mine when I was little died of a heart attack when he was 12, but it is hard to see kids have to face the reality of mortality so young. Cooper made a big impact on the world in a short time.

The end of a perfect record

Well, Sunday marked the end of an era. Up until Sunday we had not had to take any of our kids to the hospital for stitches. They had all remained stitch free.

Care to hazard a guess as to which of our crew broke the record?

That would be M. She was pushing her chair back from the table at Sunday school and the chair fell backwards which caused her to hit her head on the back edge of the chair behind her. She got 3 staples.

For those of you who have not had the surreal experience of watching a doctor staple your child's scalp, you're missing out, I tell ya' : ?

I'll spare you the pictures this time.

Meet Baby Sissy

My friend, A, over at A Legacy of Hope finally got her referral for a beautiful little girl from China. We cannot wait to meet her and my family and I are over the moon excited for our friends. Yay:)!!!!!!!!!!!