I've been saying this a lot lately...I have always loved the sentiment behind this, but since we found out we are moving to Germany it has become my mission statement!! Anytime I start to panic about moving, I say it to myself...and for a while I was saying it at least daily to one of the girls as they voiced their concerns about leaving the country. We have had several conversations about God having a plan and purpose for us going to Germany. The Army may be sending us, but I know that God is going to use us there. And how happy He will be when he sees our family "blooming" where he has "planted" us! At this point in the conversation, I usually refer to my favorite verse, Jeremiah 29:11, to really drive the point home! : )
Anyway, after several of these conversations with the girls, we were entering our neighborhood one day and noticed they had changed the message on the sign, and this is what we saw!!
Is it a sign from above?? A small confirmation that this move is part of the plan for our family, and that we are handling it in the proper way, with the proper attitude?? I'm not sure, but it sure made us smile!!
Family dinner is very important to me. Every night during the week (and most nights on the weekend) I cook dinner, and we sit down as a family and eat together. We always say a prayer for our food before we eat, and little R has just recently wanted to be the one to say the prayer. He squeezes his eyes soooo tight, and concentrates soooo hard...it is just too cute! You always know what his favorite things of the day are by his prayer at dinnertime...and he very rarely says thank you for the food!
This isn't the best video quality, and please excuse the big Sonic cup....I don't usually have a huge soda at dinnertime...but Happy Hour had called our name that day! : )
Translation:
Thank you for Jesus and everything
Thank you for Mommy, Daddy, Tori and Abbi
Thank you for ???? (even I can't translate this one!)
Thank you for peanuts and everything
And Thank you for Goldfish (yes, he had peanuts AND Goldfish for snack earlier that day)
Little R HAD to be part of the picture...he didn't understand why we would ever dream of leaving him out!!
Daddy and his girls!
They really do love each other!!
"Big man in a little hat"
Tori is rockin' the hat!!
Our homeschool group had their annual Daddy Daughter dance last weekend. The girls were very excited to have an evening with R. The pictures speak for themselves...they all had a blast!!
