Faith Like a Child

Oh, to have the confidence and enthusiasm for telling others about Jesus that little children seem to naturally possess.

Today Caleb and Madi had some friends over. They were listening to the cd from VBS. "We don't go to church anymore," one little friend said. "You don't go to church?!?" Caleb asked, incredulously. "Our Sundays are busy," the little girl responded. "You should go to church," Caleb said, "It's great! You learn about Jesus!"

Farewell to Football!!!!!!

Do you sense my excitement as I announce that Matt's regular season football games are over? Woohoo! And Matt's team is the district champ. Playoffs start this weekend, and if the team does well, we could be dealing with playoff games for a while longer. Here are Caleb and Madi at their preferred viewing spot (just outside the endzone) of the last regular season game.

Happy Birthday dear Madi!

Our baby girl is 3! On her action packed birthday, she chose to have a picnic in the sculpture garden and visit the Children's Museum and the Art Museum. After that, we attempted to have cupcakes at a posh little cupcake boutique. But someone announced that an armed robber had just hit some stores down the street and was still on the loose. We said that we'd take our cupcakes to go. At home, Madi requested hamburgers for her birthday dinner, followed by the cupcakes and presents. Fun day!

Many Cakes for Madicake

Sometimes there are perks to having your family spread out across the state...in this case, it meant that Madi got to celebrate her birthday many times (and she still has one more birthday celebration to look forward to at Thanksgiving). The top cupcake is at Steph and Bobby's with Bobby also celebrating his birthday, the middle one is at GaGa Brenda and Papa Jerry's, and the bottom cupcake is at home.

All Saints' Day

Caleb and Madi's Sunday School teacher asked them to wear white for All Saints' Day so Madi got another opportunity to wear her flower girl dress. She was definitely the most elegantly dressed person in church that day! And thankfully they didn't do finger painting in Sunday School!

Happy Halloween!

Sir Caleb and Princess Madi made their way around our neighborhood and collected quite the bags of loot. Props to the candy givers in our neighborhood...we got quite a bit of delicious chocolate. I say "we" because Matt and I are assisting with the consumption of the loot.

Caleb Quote O' the Day

Early Sunday morning, I walked out into the living room to find Caleb sitting on the couch, watching an unusual television program.

"I'm watching a church service," he said, "Lowly Worm comes on next."

LOL...he was patiently sitting through the church service (though he would attend another one in a few hours) while he waited for his favorite cartoon.