New Chair and a photog outing with my baby girl

I have a pretty awesome mother-in-law and she has been scoring me some great finds from estate sales. She found this chair and it needed some color and a new cover.  I am so glad she had vision for it and snagged it for me because after just a few minutes, it was transformed into my favorite new prop.   My next project is to paint some suitcases that she picked up for me.

Sam's Baptism

My sweet boy was baptized on his birthday.  He was so excited to be "bab-i-tized" and "tell all those people that he was a follower of Jesus".

Six Flags

I can't believe that I forgot to post these.   When we went to Dallas last weekend, we spent Saturday at Six Flags with cousins.  Ruthie was big enough to ride a few roller coasters and was fearless.  Jack, on the other hand, chose to sit most of them out.  Love that boy and his cautious ways.

Happy Birthday Sam

We've had a very busy weekend celebrating Sam's 8th birthday.  It was so busy that it will take 3 posts to cover it all.   We headed to Dallas on Thursday to spend Friday at the Perot Museum with my Aunt Penny.  

It has only been open for a few months and is quite impressive.  Each floor has it's own theme and is both educational and interactive.

The kids had a blast doing things like programming their own robot and seeing if they could run faster than a dinosaur.  We also watched a great 3D movie on weather in space.

It was a fun filled day.  Thanks Aunt Penny for the memories.

Soccer Time

Well it is soccer season around here and that has us running between games and practices.  Jack has been a good sport tagging along for all of the activities.  Here are a few pics from last Saturday.

This is my sweet friend, Holly, playing with Ruthie while Sam and her son played in their game.  She is also a lover of photography and is uber talented. 

A Day Off

I love my days off when I get to keep Ruthie home and play.  I had Tuesday and Thursday off this week and it was wonderful!  On one of those days, we went on a walk and stopped at a patch of flowers in the neighborhood.  Good times.

What If...

I have been thinking today about something.

I wonder what the world and our lives would look like if we all consistently prayed the prayer, "Lord break my heart for what breaks yours."

Would we spend less time and less energy pursuing our own comfort?

Would we pray more?

Would we complain less and act more?

Would we respond to stories on the news with responsive action instead of just entertainment?

Would our homes be full of children who weren't born to us?

Would we spend our money or our time differently?

There was a story on the news this morning about a 10 month old who died from burns inflicted on him by his parents.  If we prayed the prayer, "break our heart for what breaks yours", would we respond to stories like this with more than just a head shake?

Oh Lord please break my heart for what breaks yours!