Being a kid...

So my son Elias often thinks that he is much smarter than I, his wealth of knowledge is limitless in his own eyes.  Here is a conversation we had this morning while cleaning his ears...

Elias: I know how long it takes to grow potatoes.

Me: How long?

Elias: 2 days.

Me: How do you know that?

Elias: Because every 2 days you clean my ears.

Oh to be a child again...  With innocence and trust.  I remember when I use to believe that someone drove the moon around and that at night a group of men would pull the sun down from the sky.  Though it is good to let go of our own fables and learn how things really work, in that I don't want to lose my childlike reliance on the Lord, trusting in Him completely and still believing that He can make the unbelievable happen...

So yesterday  I woke up and heard the water running in the kitchen.  My first instinct was to yell out "turn off the water", but then I decided to check out what exactly was going on.  I walk down the steps and peek into the kitchen and low and behold to my surprise I find my 7 year old son doing the dishes, voluntarily nonetheless.  But the best part about it was later at the pool when our neighbor Don asked him why he did the dishes, his reply was "because I love my mom".  Is that the sweetest thing ever or what.  

I will never leave you or forsake you!

I was reading today about how we humans are always expecting that God is preparing and fitting us for some BIG exceptional thing. But that is not so, God want to be glorified in our day to day ordinary life, and that is the BIG exceptional thing. That we could live our daily lives honoring and glorifying Him. Life is full of constant striving to be more like Jesus and less like ourselves. We do this by knowing that our Savior "never leaves us or forsakes us" (Heb. 13:5), even when we fail, He is right there picking us up and pushing us on.

Luke 9:23 "If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me".

She's Brilliant (must be from the Hillrich side)

Cadence: "Look mom, I have 2 hands"

Wicked!

So my great friend Monica took me to see Wicked for my birthday today. We saw the 2:00 showing because we are old now and figured we would fall asleep at the 8:00 showing. That's what happens when your 32 and when your friend is prego. I recommend everyone to see this show, it was the best! After, we had dinner at my fav. place to get a honey vanilla latte, the Urth Cafe, and finished the day off with shopping at the Grove. Thank you Monica for a great day!

My Kool Cat...

Elias was in his 1st grade class play on friday, and of course he was the best (and no I am not bias). He sang his little heart out as loud as he could. I think maybe he should be a movie star.

I beat him to the punch...

So I have been thinking about starting a blog for some time now, but my hubby told me not too. He's probably afraid I will say something I shouldn't and rightfully so, I have been known to put my foot in my mouth on more than one occasion. But now he has told me that he is going to start one and so I decided to beat him to the punch... I figure a wife of a pastor and a mommy to 3 crazy kids has something to write worth reading, so here it goes... Have Fun!!!