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YMCA Soccer Camp

dirt

kitchen experiments gone good

special one on one time with Chico

Iron Man (AKA Chico) starting to potty train . . . maybe

“swimming”

free soccer VBS

homemade organic

My little evangelist. I overheard him practicing how you was going to tell the “mean kid” about God’s love and Jesus dying for our sins.

5 year old artists

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As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him

Psalm 103:13

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This month the Moms of Masterbooks are reviewing the Tower of Babel.  This Bible story is of particular interest to our multicultural multilingual family.

To be completely honest this book was put up far out of the reach of my children as soon as I got it.  Maybe it’s from my own childhood experiences of pop up books or from seeing so many in thrift stores ripped to shreds, but I just don’t trust them in the hands of my small boys.  I did pull it out this morning to read to my early riser 4 year old Mediano.

He payed attention the whole way through the book and the pop up seemed to enhance instead of distract from the story like I thought it would.  The story was very understandable and it was easy to apply to the way our family and those around us speak different languages.

I’ll still keep it out of reach until my boys are a little older, but I’ll be pulling it out to read more often than I thought.

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We went searching for a good place to take urban style portraits the other day and came up short.  I followed tips I had found online and nothing panned out.

Fail.

As we drove home my husband commented on the sunset over our town.  It had some lines that were a bit odd in it.  So I pulled out my camera as we began the descent into town.  I snapped the picture above.  It’s not at all what I was trying for.

Fail.

I really like the picture though.  I find it beautiful.  We got to stop for ice cream with the kids.  I did find a spot I like for portraits, it’s not exactly what I was looking for, but it’s a good one.

Fail?

It can be difficult to understand sometimes how what we see as failure can be transformed to victory.  Often what we think our objective is turns out to be insignificant.  How often a missed goal causes us to grow in ways that are beyond our comprehension.

And in our weaknesses His strength is shown.

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.  That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

2 Corinthians 12:9-10

He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.

Isaiah 40:29

In the end I asked a photographer who has great pictures to share his secret spot and he was happy to help.  Can’t wait to make another trip to the city!

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He will wipe every tear from their eyes . . .

Revelation21:4

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Wash and make yourselves clean.  Take your evil deeds out of my sight; stop doing wrong.

Isaiah 1:16

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We had a great holiday weekend.  A visit from the grandparents, a kindergarten graduation party, and a trip to the new museum in Dallas.

In the picture above Grande, Mediano, and Grandma are comparing a human bone to a bird bone.  Seeing the difference in the two helps us to understand how birds were designed for flight and we were not.

Chico stood nearby anxiously awaiting his turn, and when his brother’s were finished this is what he did.

I’m not sure what he heard, but I’m pretty sure he didn’t see the differences in the bones.  He saw what his brothers did, but he didn’t understand the reason behind it.

How often do we try to imitate those we admire, without truly understanding why they do what they do?  Could it be our desire to please men that clouds our vision and makes us want to copy others?

We can either be a poor copy cat version of someone else or the unique person God created each one of us to be.  It’s up to us.

Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Galatians 1:10

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Matthew 6:33

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# 716- 729

• the sacrifice of so many brave soldiers that has bought our freedom
• being born into the incredible privilege of United States citizenship
• a kindergarten graduation at home with the house full of family
• a visit from far away grandparents
• my sister in law’s cake skills
• my mother in law’s cooking
• help cleaning the house and a high school home economics credit
• frozen yogurt
• lego cars
• starting to understand Chico again
• alphabet stamps
• Grande reading to his grandparents
• the absence of plans
• pure silliness