Thankful Thursday...oops, it's Friday now

I am a bit behind in my Thankful Thursday post, so it will have to be a Thankful Friday post instead.

Today I am thankful for my ability to see. I have never had to wear glasses and I know there are so many who have to put on glasses or contacts to be able to see clearly. It is truly a miracle every day that I often take for granted.

Lord, thank you for giving me the miracle of sight to behold your creation.

The picnic

This is an email that I received from #3's teacher today (I changed his name in the quote, she does not actually call him #3:

This morning #3 and some other kids were playing like they were going on a picnic and that they were going to share their food with the ants. They had the picnic cloth down and all the food, plates and cups. One friend said "ok let's eat!" Then #3 said, "No! Wait! We can't eat - we have to say the prayer first, silly!" So #3 said a prayer thanking God for this day and for the food - then they had a picnic. It was so sweet - it just warmed my heart.

That simple gesture just reaffirms to me how blessed I am to be able to have my children attend a Christian school. His teacher is a wonderful Christian lady and I couldn't be happier with how he is learning and growing in his faith and knowledge of God, not to mention everything he is learning about his ABCs, 123s, and the world around him. I don't mean to sound snobby or assume that those who don't are not good people. Far from it! We have attended preschools that were not faith based and they were wonderful schools. However, I wondered what they were teaching my children about God or whatever the workers believed in. I know that it is the parent's primary responsibility to instill and teach faith to our children. However, when it is reinforced at home and they experience it every day at school, it must sink in somehow. Either way, I'm proud of my little guy for living out his faith!

Family Easter Picture

I forgot to have the family take a picture before we left on Easter morning, so here is our Easter picture for 2010 (taken on the way home from church):

T-ball pictures

My sweet little baseball boys. #3 initially did not want to take a picture at all, but after a bit of bribing with a promise to go to Cici's Pizza after the game, he grudgingly complied (hence the half smile / half snarl on his face).

I love it when the photography companies allow us to purchase the CD for photos and give photo releases. That way I can post them on my blog without breaking copyright laws.

Thankful Thursday

Today I am thankful for my husband. I could not have picked a better father for my three boys. He genuinely loves to spend time with them, often spending hours outside playing with them, practicing baseball, wrestling on the trampoline, or reading books together at night. He always has them laughing. He is a strong Christian man who places a priority on teaching the boys about God. I am truly blessed.

My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, "You're tearing up the grass." "We're not raising grass," Dad would reply. "We're raising boys." ~Harmon Killebrew

Hymns for teens

I have to give Matt Atnip and the Bammel youth group props on these 'updated' hymn titles for teens, born of a three hour wait in Burger King due to a flat tire on the way home from a retreat. Matt has posted them on his facebook so I am sharing a few that I thought were funny:

1. Just a Little Text with Jesus
2. I Must Needs Bounce by Way of the Cross
3. You Have Turned My :( Into LOL
4. What a Bestie we Have in Jesus
5. Mos Def Jesus is Mine
6. As the Deer Gets Mad Thirst
7. How Great UB
8. To God Be the Mad Props
9. Get Crunk Christian Soldiers
10. Chillin' on the Everlasting Arms
11. Just as I B
12. It is Dope with My Soul
13. Chillax with Me
14. Come Ye Sinners, Spent and Whack
15. Don't Trip Whate'er Betide

I like #10 the best, what about you?

My two lefties throwing rocks in the pond