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My heart is heavy this morning...

There are so many people hurting today. So many fighting for life. So many grieving.

Today as I pray for many, my heart is aching for Jennifer and Israel McKinney.
If you've kept up with my blog at all- you know Stellan. You know he's been sick and you know I've been praying.  Last night Stellan was rushed to the ER and is now in the PICU on a vent and with decreased heart function. My heart breaks. This poor baby has gone through so much, he is such fighter. And now will spend his first birthday in the hospital, struggling.  He turns ONE tomorrow.

Lord, you know my heart. Please Lord, reach down and touch Stellan and his family right now.

Skating!!!!

SO... as for my little teaser yesterday...
we went Skating!

We went to the rink to celebrate Lily's 5th birthday! I can't believe she's FIVE already!!!! just a few more weeks until Kyley's birthday now!!!














































Before we left... Elijah and Parker played the video game together (well , kinda, without actually "playing" it)



Then they turned the guns on each other... silly boys



And by this time...




I think it was time to go home...

can you guess?

what we did this past weekend?

Haircuts and Handsomness

This week, Kyley took it upon herself to give herself another hair cut...

Mommy was LESS than thrilled- and she has been in a lot of trouble over this ordeal. Any ideas to get her to stop are appreciated. (with the exception of just not keeping them in the house because we NEED at least one pair of sissors on a very often basis)



But look at this handsomness





Unfortunately he now has more hair than she does *sigh*

And this is random but Derek took this picture yesterday driving down the road :)

a bucket + a movie = quiet time for mommy to clean

who would've thought? that my kids would sit THIS still for a movie and let me clean around them!

FREEDOM

Have you ever thought about what it means to be free?

More importantly, have you ever thought about what you should DO with that freedom?

Galatians 5:1 (amplified)
In this freedom Christ has made us free and completely liberated us; stand fast then, and do not be hampered and held ensnared and submit again to a yoke of slavery which you have once put off.

First, we are COMPLETELY LIBERATED! It is beyond my comprehension as to what this REALLY truly means. But we are FREE from any and every bondage we've ever carried through the blood of Christ.

But this verse goes on to say, that because of this freedom we should stand fast and do not be hampered or held ensnared by sin. If we are completely liberated, we should guard our hearts and minds and bodies and flee from any bondage that could take us captive.

But Paul goes on to say later in this chapter that not only should we stand fast and guard ourselves, but we should also put aside our own selfishness and through love we should SERVE one another.

Galatians 5:13 (amplified)
For you, brethren, were indeed called to freedom; only do not let your freedom be an incentive to your flesh and an opportunity or excuse for selfishness, but through love you should serve one another.

There are so many scriptures that back this up.

Jesus said to love your neighbor as yourself.

So have you been set free from your past, from your sin, from bondage?

What are you doing with that freedom?

Are you loving others?

Are you giving of your time and talents to others who need you?

Are you ministering to the body of Christ?

Are you reaching out to those in need?

Are you going where other Christians dare not go?

I challenge you today- reach out in love and SERVE!

pumpkin pajama party

Did you know that pumpkins have pajama parties?













and pretty little girls have pajama parties























and silly little boys have pajama parties



















and they love having pajama parties together










and they just love each other