James reminds me that our kids will not want to take pictures at the pumpkin patch forever…sigh.
It is true. My own mother might of tried to force pumpkin patch pictures for too long…
You might be too old to be taking pictures at the pumpkin patch when the only picture you can get of your teenager, who just got finished with soccer practice, and is still wearing her shinguards, while drinking a diet Pepsi…
is when she is not looking.
I promise not to take any Gotcha! pictures at the patch like the one above. For one thing, I would never let my kids go to the patch wearing what I was wearing! 😉
This is a quick post to let you know that James is in Lubbock right now cheering on the Aggies. I’m assuming that he is probably wearing one of these shirts. (And he actually asked for the Adidas Aggie shirt on the right bottom for his birthday from my mom!) Ugh. There is such a thing as too much maroon dear. And he would argue with you that all these shirts are completely different and serve unique purposes. 😛
1 Timothy 4:12 “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.”
(this video is unedited, my apologies to James, our family “videographer”!) 😉
*The only offensive weapon in the Christian’s armor is “the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God.” (Ephesians 6:15) That power is nothing less than the omnipotence of God himself. Isaiah 55:11 reads, “So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.” The power of the word can never fail.
This year, we challenged our morning carpool to school to recite all 4 of their Bible verses that they memorized from the month of September. (Kindergarteners only have to recite 3.) The video above is Ella reciting her verses to the best of her ability.
We all use various techniques to help the kids memorize but the ones I use the most are hand motions and voices. What I mean by voices is that I will recite the verse to the kids in various types of character voices. I do “football player voice”(think deep and husky), “Disney princess voice”(think super high and sweet), “Valley Girl voice”(like totally!), “Cowboy voice”(y’all), “Baby voice”, “Opera singer voice”(yes, I sing it like an opera star), etc. The kids love it and they will join in with me!
Here is sweet little Ella memorizing The Lord’s prayer in Matthew 6:9-13 when she was three years old. (Convicting for me to watch, because we have practically dismissed Asher as able to learn Scripture “this young.”)
Here is a link from last year of Rilyn memorizing Romans 12:2.
*Taken from Salvation Belongs to The Lord by John Frame
James said he finally will remember how old he is this year because he can remember the number 33. Seriously, is this what happens as you age? You forget how old you are?
Well, James didn’t get the best sports birthday weekend with the Aggies and Cowboys losing, but at least the Rangers won!
Another “fun thing” as you age, you start asking for lamer and lamer presents. This year he told me to use any money we would spend on his birthday to put toward sprinklers. Blah. 😛 Oh well, the way to this man’s heart is food anyway. I’ve made banana pudding, cheesecake, and strawberry yogurt pies, and that’s just the sweets I’ve made! I also bought all his favorite junk food at the grocery store. And made his favorite dinners, so he should be going to the gym everyday from here until Christmas. 🙂
I love this man so much. Thanking God for the 14 years I’ve known him!
this was obviously before watching the Aggie game b/c otherwise his shirt would of been changed.
the paquettes 