Bedtime....

These wonderful nights at home on break I have been putting the children to bed and it has been such joy to me. It is funny how you view things differently when it is taken from you. I have loved reading The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe to Judah. He and I are really living all the stories. Each night a new adventure as he leans against me and reads along. He corrects me when I stumble over a word or change something small. It is amazing how he keeps me on my toes. I am loving each chapter with he and Audrey by my side and their sweet breath in my face. Then I read Audrey's stories or make up a spur of the moment story about a Polar bear I invented named Winky who is a little stinky and has a sister named Pinky . Winky is forever getting into trouble but learns many good lessons without many repeats!How I love our stories and time together. Sometimes I will massage their legs and they will talk to me in the quiet. Such sweet memories. Such a blessed life.

Prayer Warrior....

Audrey has become this amazing prayer warrior in our home...there is nothing that she won't ask God for. Be it a lost toy, a crisis she needs help with she instantly cries out to her heavenly Daddy. How it blesses me to the core to see this solidify in her life. She has intense faith. I love how she insists on praying for me each night. It has truely rendered me speechless at the way she grasps our dependance on God. I love seeing this person of profound potential blooming and blooming for the Kingdom. I am so humbled to have her prayers cover my life. Each day at the door before I leave for school, she will place her precious hands on my arm and ask," can I pray for you?" I look into her firery brown eyes and smile and say,"of course I would love it" She bows her head and says," I bless you Mommy in Jesus name, I pray she gets out of school and do the job!" I smile and walk out covered in such a way I would have never dreamed. Once at her Grandma's house she got locked in a closet and she screamed and screamed and finally she cried out to Jesus and the door came open. She told us all downstairs how Jesus opened the door. Seems she is turning into a butterfly far quicker than I did.....My darling girl...Blessings on your beautiful heart before God.

"Ah la la'' the sweetest words on earth...

Benjamin is so quickly becoming a little boy....I hold dear each progression of his babyhood...He has a complete set of teeth now , his walking has improved greatly....my heart thrills to see him toddle across the living room floor and fling himself into my outstretched arms. He is saying a variety of words, Judah , Mama , Dada, Ductie(for Duck) , Fan, Audah for Audrey, night night and dicker dicker dicker whatever that means :D! One day while swinging him outside under the oak tree I kept saying ,"I Love You!" over and over. He finally looked at me and grinned from ear to ear and said in this cute little whisper...."ah la la" so now he has been saying it every day and I never tire of hearing it......

Oh to have enough time to write....

the things I would have to tell you.... like how I spent all day at school learning many wonders of the body, awed again by the sheer knowledge that we were created by a profoundly intelligent God....that I could not wait to get home and grab Benjamin up in my arms and kiss him , then take some stolen moments later with Judah and Audrey in the bed telling them of the tree we would find tomorrow and hearing their thoughts and delight...how they turned to me and offered their hugs and prayers over me....how blessed I am of women. There is so much to say....so little time....