Heading out Soon

Our days in Houston are few. It'll only be about three more weeks, until, Lord-willing, we are Louisville-bound! God has provided us a buyer for our home. We are now in the option period, and we pray that everything goes smoothly with inspections, etc. Please join us in beseeching us for God to bring this sale to completion. The plan is to start our trek sometime at the end of this month and see some folks along the way so that the 20-hour journey is broken up. Kentucky, here we come!

Splinters and Heaven

Yesterday, to the best of my understanding, our biggest boy got a splinter. At least that is what it appears to be, though I do not know how he got it since there is no wood in our house! And he had not been outside when it happened. Anyway, he cried and cried and said he wanted it out, and I explained how hard it is to get splinters out, and that it usually hurts even more to try to get them out, and how you oftentimes cannot get them even when you try. I told him it'll probably come out on its own in a few days.

So, all that to say, Jake was very sad to not be able to fix the problem at that very moment, and he asked me a precious question: "Mommy, when we go to heaven, will God get the splinter out?"  :)   Isn't it delightful when a child reveals that spiritual things are becoming ingrained in him? It makes me so happy that that is where his mind goes. Though we could do so much better at our spiritual training, I'm sure, little moments like that are very encouraging that maybe we're on the right track!

Oh...and praise God that yes, in heaven, there will be no more tears or hurt or evil...or splinters!

"Gran and Granddad and the Cows"

Well, we went for our last visit to the ranch the other day before moving away from Texas. It breaks my heart to think of being away from my parents again--that far away. I trust the Lord has good things for us, though. But here are some pics that show the "fun-ness" of being at my parents' house. We love to go. There are great things to do there as well as people to see. We've got Mom and Dad, Grandmother, and Brad, Tanya, and their baby. Oh, and of course, the longhorns!!!!!  :)  On the way to their house, we sang to the tune of "Luckenbach, TX" the words, "Let's go to Fredericksburg, TX with Gran and Granddad and the cows!"

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Two Adorable Things

It's been soooooooooooooooooooooo long since writing. Sorry to anyone who has been disappointed, though I am sure that number is very small! Gramzee, you count though!! Thanks for wanting to hear from me! :)

Okay, so the other night I hear our two-year-old say something about his pajamas, but instead of saying "pajamas" he said, "jamamas!" Isn't that so cute? Sounded like juh-mamas! We laughed and laughed!!!

Then this morning on a walk, our biggest, in all seriousness and out of the clear blue, inquired, "Mommy, when Christopher Robin is 100, how old will Pooh be?" I had to think about that and explain that we were not sure about the ages of either, so we couldn't be precise. But if Christopher Robin is about 10, and Pooh is about 4, then that would make Pooh 94 when Christopher Robin is 100.  :)  There's some practical everyday use of math for ya!  Needless to say, I loved that question!!!!