Mia's skills!!!

I bought Mia a how to draw horses book from the homeschool conference! Wes and I were astonished by the end product!!! She drew this the first day I gave her the book!!

Naptime

Mia and I found Abbey sleeping inside my pillowcase with my pillow still inside!!! I have no idea how she fit her whole body in there!

Does this count????

Abbey asked me if she could tell this older man (a grandfather) at the pool about Jesus (right in front of the older man), so of course I said sure. She proceeds to turn to him and sing Here I Am to Worship!!! Does that count as sharing the gospel??? After singing him only a few lines she informed the grandfather that "God does miracles!!!"

This encounter went over better than her 1st attempt to share the gospel with an elderly couple in Rockwall at IHOP. She informed some strangers that Jesus loved them.....they really didn't have anything to say to her............................... I wonder if her tendency to share with older people is out of the sense of urgency?????


Abbey also askes Wes yesterday if she could marry Jesus???

Kingdom Minded Children

Psalm 78

"Give ear, O my people ,to my law;
Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
I will open my mouth in a parable;
I will utter dark sayings of old,
Which we have heard and known,
And our fathers have told us.
We will not hide from their children,
Telling to the generation to come the praises of the Lord ,
And His strength and His wonderful works
that He has done.
For He established a testimony in Jacob,
and appointed a law in Israel,
Which He commanded our fathers,
That they should make them known to their children;
That the generation to come might know them,
The children who would be born,
That they a arise and declare them to their children,
That they may set their hope in God,
And not forget the work of God,
But keep His commandmnents;
And may not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation..."

" Asaph's message not only passes down from one generation to the next, but is itself the message that must be passed down from one generation. That is, Asaph isn't just telling multigenerational secrets, but the secret itself is ' Pass it on to the next generation.' Theis is always a critical part of God's covenant. To simply fulfill the immediate demands of the law is never enough. It wasn't enough that Abraham should receive the mark of the covenant. Nor was it sufficient that he should place the mark on Isaac. Rather, Abraham was commanded to teach Isaac to teach his own sons the covenants of God. In simplest form, the covenant God has made with man is simply this: Love, trust, and obey God...and teach your children to do the same. And to take it one step further, we haven't taught our children to do the same unless or until we have taught them to teach their children"

"Fear God and keep His commandments, For this is man's all. For God will bring every work into judgement, including every secret thing, Whether good or evil." Eccl. 12:13 and
Matt 12:36 and II Cor 5:10

"And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children" Deut 6:7

" ...you shall lay these words of mine in your heart and in your soul ... You shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way when you lie down, and when you rise up..." Deut 11:18


"Only take heed to your self, and diligently keep yourself, lest you forget the things your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. And teach them to your children and your grandchildren..."Deut 4:9


I decided to write about a sermon I heard about a month ago that really challenged and inspired me to continue reading and researching what God's Word says to us moms about parenting. If you are reading this my prayer and hope is that encourages all you beautiful moms about the precious and mighty gift of parenting we have been given! The quote is from R.C. Sproul Jr. When You Rise Up!!! Have a wonderful week and I love you guys!!!

The Girls

First Trip to Galveston

Mia is just not sure about the shrimp but it did not hold her back too much1

Just being silly

Can anyone see Wes in this pic? He was trying to make sure he would not get sunburned...he got the job done by camoflauging himself in with the sand!
Mia and Daddy fishing for some shrimp!
The sweet people we met kept letting the girls throw the extra fish back into the ocean...Kennah loved it but I am not quite sure about Mia!
Abbey loved the sand!
The younger two were getting tired after a long day in the sun

Schooling with Abbey

Need I say more??

Sisters

We went to Tyler this past weekend to my uncle's funeral. The same Nanny, that said goodbye to her sweet husband just two months ago, just lost her son. It is a blessing that the Lord took him, he has been suffering from cancer for quite some time now. It was good to see all of my sisters again if only briefly!!