Tuesday, October 18, 2011

God wants to be asked

"The LORD said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do...?" Gen 18:17

"Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart...And the LORD said, "Hear what the unrighteous judge said; now, will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry to Him day and night, and will He delay long over them? I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?"" Luke 18:1,6-8

"Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months. Then he prayed again, and the sky poured rain and the earth produced its fruit." James 5:17-18

Monday, October 17, 2011

Name Tags


Lily's into name tags these days. She had made name tags for everybody's chairs at the table a while back, and they've all peeled off or gotten ripped. So she just made new ones for us. She needed help with the spelling, but I thought her letter knowledge and fine motor control were pretty good for not-quite-four.

Prairie Baby



I guess I'm making up for lost time with all these Abigail pictures.

Auntie Jenn got Abby this bonnet, and I just thought it was adorable.

Doesn't she look like Carrie Ingalls?

Sunday, October 9, 2011

At the Playground


While the men worked, I tried to keep the kids out of the house as much as possible. We went to the playground for some of the time. Here's Abigail's first ride in a playground swing.

DIY


Eric got together a team of guys to re-roof our garage this weekend. Saturday they got three layers of shingles off and began replacing plywood. Today they replaced the rest of the plywood and put on all the paper and drip guards and cleaned the gutters. He hopes to get the new shingles on before it rains later this week. Quite impressive for a computer guy!

Friday, October 7, 2011

Pics from Mom and Dad's 40th

For those that don't have facebook, here are some of Vanessa's pictures from Mom and Dad's 40th wedding anniversary party: