Max Lucado Rocks!

These words are wisdom are from my favorite author! Enjoy!
Some words of wisdom from Max Lucado's Book "When God Whispers Your Name"
Pray all the time. If necessary, use words.
God forgets the past. Imitate him.
Greed I've often regretted. Generosity--never.
Don't ask God to do what you want. Ask God to do what is right.
No one is useless to God. No one.
Nails didn't hold God to a cross. Love did.
You will never forgive anyone more than God has already forgiven you.

Amazing Thought

This was in one of my daily devotionals:
"God is more interested in our character than our comfort. He desires that we produce more spiritual fruit. Therefore, He's always at work pruning the areas of our lives that don't match His plans. So, when God allows our world to be turned upside down, we are not experiencing a "setback" but rather a "cutback." In God's economy, a cutback can be a good thing because it makes room for more good stuff to come."
It's based on 2 verses:
"He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that is will be even more fruitful." John 15:2 (NIV)
Galatians 5:22-23, "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control..." (NIV)
(Thanx Micca Monda Campbell)

Our Hired Hand

We have a new hired hand at our house. He's about 3 foot tall, carries a couple of pacis and loves to drink from a sipper. Lately, Cookie Monster thinks he decides when he and dad will be going to the farm. Even with 3 inches of rain, when asked if they were going to the farm, Cookie Monster replied: "Yes" (with a paci in his mouth of course).
If dad tries to leave without him, I am left peeling our strong hired hand off of the floor and comforting him with .... a paci.
If Cookie Monster gets to work, he says they are "going to the 'arm." At least gramma has a supply of chocolate donuts there to reward him for all his hard work:)

Dancing Ladies

So, Cookie Monster is talking A LOT more lately. Recently, he announced that the Princess watches "Hannah Montama" -- aka Hannah Montana. When asked what show Farmer Boy likes to watch, he said "Eat Ife" -- aka Suite Life. They are both Disney shows.
When asked what show dad watches, he just smiled.
This morning, he announced dad watches "Dancing Ladies."
Huh, wonder where he got that from?? I plead the fifth.
But dad does like to watch "Dancing with the Stars."

Work Work Work

When I called home today while I was running errands, Cookie Monster said "Hi." I asked what he was doing. "Work." Dad must be quite the slave driver I guess.

He just cracks me up. When someone goes to leave, he says "By y'all."

When it was time for the first day of school, he even packed his bag. He ran and got the Thomas backpack and filled it with an eraser, a bottle of glue and a snack. When he got to take the kids to school last week, he brought the bag along, filled with a frog (rubber of course), a rolling pin, a block, a snack and a spoon. He took it in to school and brought it along for chapel too. He just makes me laugh. One pic is of him wearing his bag the night he packed it.

Another pic was taken two nights ago after he fell asleep wearing his sunglasses in bed. The third photo is of him in is underwear (over a diaper). He's quite proud of them. Although, I think that will change in a few years when he sees this picture:))

My Little Cowgirl

The Princess started kindergarten recently. Already, she is being very vocal about what she wants to wear each day. Today, this was her creation! Someday, I know she'll say, "Why did you dress me that way?" It wasn't me dear.... I said to wear tennis shoes. BTW, those are capris she is wearing with the boots.

Little talker

Cookie Monster (age 2) is just starting to talk a whole lot. But we could understand him loud and clear this weekend when he proclaimed from the backseat, "Mom, (Farmer Boy)'s whining."
Farmer Boy (age 6) had the normal response, in his best whining/crying voice: "No I'm not!"
Too funny!