Just Like Her Mama

If you've ever been to our blog before now, you've surely read my praises about hand-me-downs, consignment sales, and Goodwill for clothing our kiddos. I truly praise God for His provision through these ways. This dress was a hand-me-down from the V-clan, and I love these little platform shoes I found at Goodwill. This morning I got Aila dressed for church and just had to smile, because from the dress to the shoes, it was something I would wear!

Not to mention that ol' family resemblance. :)

Dirt!

The weather's been awesome lately. And my "all-boy" little 4-year old is loving being outside. The kids take a LOT of baths these days!

Resurrection Sunday

Sunday morning at North Star, a nap for Aila in her toddler bed (a first!), and then we spent our afternoon with the Grahams. A wonderful day celebrating our RISEN Jesus!

Couldn't Want Anything More For You

When I think about what I want for the kids, I want Jesus. I want them to know Him and love Him and follow Him and trust Him. This week there have been some really sweet moments where I'm seeing that, even though they're young, they love Him. I had to run and get my camera to capture this moment because during breakfast, Trevor started talking to Aila about how to ask Jesus to be her savior, and here he said, "I am going to pray for you, Aila." And then he went on to pray that she will want Jesus to live in her heart someday, too.

More prayer. Let prayer be the mark of Trevor's life.

Aila was singing and worshipping while we were in carline to pick Trevor up. I smiled as I saw her in the rear view mirror. I had my camera with me and was happy to catch the moment.

Give them Jesus...give them Jesus. You can have all this world,

but give them Jesus.

Wow. What an Attractive Family.

We got some gummy bunny teeth and had some fun. Guess we know now what we'd look like without orthodontic intervention! :)

After All These Years

Do you know the first day you ever spent time with your best friend? Oddly enough, I do! It was March 23, 1989. Kelly and I were 7th graders at Turlock Junior High School, and we became the best of friends right away. So every year we celebrate our "Best Friend Anniversary." This year marks 21 years!

So a million laughs, hundreds of notes passed, one house-egging, a few break-ups with lame boyfriends, twenty viewings of the movie "Beaches," several prom dresses, one car accident, two weddings and four children later, we are still the best of friends!

Celebrating Salvation

On March 22, 2009 Trevor and I were reading a book about Easter and he asked if Jesus could come and live in his heart. And today we celebrated Trevor's very first Christian birthday!

Beauty for Ashes

March 20, 2010

Beauty for ashes * The oil of gladness instead of mourning

...redemption.