Forgotten Gift

I'm one of those kinds of people who starts buying Christmas presents in July and stock piling them. I do the same for birthdays. There are pros and cons to this behavior. One con is that sometimes you forget what you have stashed away or where you stashed it. I could have sworn that when I prepared for Judah's birthday at the end of March I had all the gifts. I was wrong! The other day I found a gift still stashed away and gave it to him. He was thrilled! ;) (He has another one of this knight set - but the helmet broke - so basically bought this whole thing just for the helmet and now have 2 of everything else! Good thing we have 2 boys!)

April Weather in Colorado

I love living in Colorado. We had quite a few close to 70 degree days in February and we've had a few blizzards and snow storms in March & April.

Only in Colorado can you go sledding one day in a foot of snow and then play outside with your shirt off in the mud! ;)

From The Little Mermaid to Christ - the mind of a 4 year old

J and I were in a doctor's office today (and you all know how long those waits can be). He had brought along "The Little Mermaid" for me to read to him (and it's not a short version - but takes about 20 minutes to read through). I read it to him yesterday and then again today. ;) (and again tomorrow, I'm sure!)

When we got near the end, when King Triton signs his name over his daughter Ariels on the contract with the sea witch, Ursula, Judah said "Why would he do that?". I said "Well, Christ did that for us - he took our place on the cross. And your daddy would do that for you - he would die for you to save you." And I could see the confusion on his face, "But why???"

What a great (and unexpected) opportunity to teach my son about The Son and His sacrifice for us. Why would Christ die for us on the cross? Because we are His children, His creation and His bride. He loves us as a father loves his child and would die for them.

Thank you Lord for your sacrifice on the cross for me, for my son, and for all. Thank you for loving me/us so much that you died on the cross for MY sins. Thank you also for a doctor who was running late, for The Little Mermaid book and my precious son and our time together today. You ARE an Awesome God! Amen

Lots of Hard Work

My darling husband has just 3 and 1/2 more classes to go at Colorado Christian University before he will have his bachelors degree in Organizational Management in Christian Leadership. By the end of August, 2009 he will be a graduate, with honors! WAY TO GO HONEY!!! You have worked so hard and I'm so very proud of you!

Easter 2009

Happy Easter!


Thank you Jesus for dying for our sins.


We serve a LIVING Savior who did not stay dead - but HE IS RISEN!!!


We enjoyed Easter service at our church today - the Hallelujah chorus is always a highlight!


We went to the Falcon Club on the Academy with my parents for brunch.


We loved the beautiful snow that has been falling today. We got several inches of very wet snow at our house.



The Easter bunny left paw prints on our front porch! (thanks Jane!) ;)

Good Friday

My thoughts today have been focused on Christ and the sacrifice He made for all on the cross many years ago.

I am humbled by the persecution, temptation and suffering that Jesus Christ endured in bodily form while on this earth. 2 Corinthians 5:21 says "God made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the Righteousness of God." It hurts me to think of the pain Christ went through for me. He took on my sin so that God could look upon me and see righteousness, and not sin. WOW! This leaves me in awe of God.

And yet, I do not serve a dead God. Job 19:25 says "I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end, He will stand upon the earth."

I take great comfort in the following passage from 1 Peter 1 and I am pondering these things this Easter weekend as I remember Christ's crucifixion, death, resurrection and ascension into heaven.

"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!

In His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade kept in heaven for you - who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and even though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls."

Amen!

Kitchen Faucet

The kitchen faucet that's been in our home is just a normal, plain faucet. And it's been fine. We had put this little sprayer nozzle on it that we've taken from home to home with us that we got a long time ago. Lately, it's been falling off a lot and it's hard to snap back in. Last week, I even pinched my hand really bad when snapping it back in. Yesterday, Michael announced to me "We are going shopping." I was surprised, as I rarely hear these words out of my husband's mouth. He's not fond of shopping, especially on Saturdays when everyone else seems to be shopping. I said "What are we shopping for?" and he said "We are going to get you a new kitchen faucet." :) My sweet honey. This is one of the many ways he shows love for me. We went out and came home with a beautiful new faucet. Today, Allen, Michael and myself all worked as a team to get the new faucet on. The hard part, was getting the old faucet off! Part way through we realized we needed a specific faucet wrench (who would have known!) so another quick trip to the hardware store in the middle of installation - wrench in hand - did the trick - and voila! My new faucet. Thanks honey - I LOVE it! And Michael even said "Hopefully you'll never pinch your hand on this faucet." I love that it's got a high arch to it so we can now easily get pots and such under the spout! (It seems cute and funny to me that the older I get, things like new windows or a new faucet just make my day!) :)

Fun

Judah had a fun week playing with his new birthday presents and with his dear friend.

Windows

I'm very excited that we got 3 new windows (all face south and get the brunt of summer and winter weather). You know your an adult when you get excited about new windows, right? (Soon, I'll do a post on my new kitchen faucet that I love!) ;) Such is the excitement for a stay at home mom.
(The first photo is the "before" and the rest are "after")