Monday music...

This girl is uber awesome with talent to spare...and I'm not just saying that because she's my sister...

Thursday thanksgiving...

Mr. D can be very sweet. He loves to be kissed and tickled. He is usually quick to obey, which is good because he gets into everything! We applaud his handstands and laugh when he is silly.

We love him.

But Mr. D can be very naughty. He sometimes he runs away from us. He will scream in defiance until he is exhausted. We correct him and are grieved at his rebellion.
But we love him.

And in him I see myself.

Sometimes I hear the voice of the Lord and quickly obey. Sometimes I scream in defiance until I'm exhausted. And although the Lord grieves over my rebellion, he is unfaltering in His merciful love for me.

I'm so thankful for this reminder.

Prone to wander, Lord I feel it

Prone to leave the God I love
Prone to hear you and not heed it
Prone to scorn you in your love

Oh to grace, how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be
Let your goodness like a fetter
Bind my wandering heart to thee
Jesus sought me while a stranger
Wandering from the heart of God
He to rescue me from danger
Used his own precious blood

Come Thou Fount as performed by Sara Groves

Thursday thanksgiving...

So thankful for

the MVP of the day-

VIV!

August & September reading...

What is this pretty page with the cute little birds?

OH! My blog! That's right...forgot I had one of those...
Thought it looked familiar...

Okay, I HAVE been reading.

Not as much as normal, but it seems things around here have picked up quite a bit-

School starting.

Trying to buy a house.

Hosting special little visitors.

So here is my short list...

August: Parenting in the Pew: Guiding Your Children into the Joy of Worship by Robbie Castleman



Technically this is a re-read. I picked up this book when my kids were still in diapers and it was the resource that sparked my husband and I to begin to think about what we wanted for our children in the worship service. It is a super easy read, with lots of interesting/funny stories, and I recommend it to every Christian parent. I'm glad I grabbed it to read again - it was a really great reminder and refresher as to why we keep our kids with us in church...curious? Read it!

September: The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Excellent.
Most are probably familiar with it becasue of the movie recently released based on this book. Set in Jackson, Mississippi in the 1960's, it tells the stories of African-America maids and the white women they work for. I had a really hard time putting this book down until I was finished...and then I didn't want it to end. I wanted to keep reading about Minny, Skeeter, Aibileen...they all were so real and interesting. Stockett did such an amazing job...I had to research her a little bit! She was very hesitant at first about the book - being a white Southern woman - and then was rejected by 60 literary agents! But she was persistent and it paid off.

Now, I've got to run and take care of some precious little people, but I hope to have another great book in my hands soon!