One of My Favorite Things....

Recently, Carson has developed the habit of joining the youth worship team during out preservice prayer time. No matter what he is doing in the youth building, he will drop everything and run up to us and join our circle as we prepare to pray. He holds hands with us and sits very quiet and still during the entire prayer.

I absolutely love that he does this! How incredible to see him want to be a part of not only our ministry team, but of the prayer time!

Today I am thankful that my boys get to be a part of our ministry and what God is doing in the lives of teenagers as well as in the heart of a 5 and 1 year old.

Caught Being Cute!

Lately, I have caught the boys in some pretty cute moments. Or at least as their mom I think it is pretty cute. I thought I would share a few of those pictures with you.

Carson has recently fallen in love with Elmo. Or in our house better know as "Melmo". This is what I saw when I walked in the living room the other morning. Melmo and Carson bonding time.

A week or two ago we had a couple inches of snow. Nolan couldn't wait to get in some playtime outside. After a little while out there, he came back in and this is what I saw. Here's what you look like after you face plant in the snow. BBBRRRR!!!

There is never a dull moment with Carson these days. He is always finding something "creative" to do. This week it has been hiding. I was in the kitchen making lunch and I heard some giggling in the living room. Guess who I found hiding behind the TV cabinet door. And yes, he is standing on the surround sound speakers.

Tonight was Mommy and the Boys night because Marc was gone with the youth group. We had gotten into our jammies and were enjoying some popcorn. I looked over and caught the cutest moment ever! They had their arms around each other while snacking and watching TV. So glad I could catch this one in a picture. I'm sure it will be useful when they are teenagers and forget that they are best friends. :)

Today I am simply thankful for Carson and Nolan. The best two boys in the world!

Perpetual Scavenger Hunt

These days Carson is perfecting the art of hide and seek. Only problem is, it is not the ordinary game you may be familiar with, and unfortunately all the participants didn't choose to play in his game. Lately, he has been picking up odd objects from around the house and "hiding" them. Crazy things like my parents' van keys in their dishwasher (yep, they were washed and thankfully the lock remote still worked), the TV remote was found in the pantry under the bread, a Lego horse was hidden in his new boot and traveled to AR, a baggie full of toy balls was thrown in the dirty laundry, and his shoe was in a kitchen cabinet.

The hard part about this game is that it doesn't help to think about where you might hide something because logic does not play a part at all in their placement. The more random places you look the closer you might be to finding it... maybe if you're lucky. So word of advice to those that might visit.... hang on to your valuables because we can't guarantee their safety in our home. :)

I'm not sure, but I think this may be a strategy meeting for the next scavenger hunt.

Today I am thankful that most of the items have been found or at least I think so. Who knows what has just gone missing as I have been writing this post.

Best Christmas Moment

I thought I would share one of my favorite moments from Christmas. Nolan had created a very special gift for Carson. He wrapped it by himself and was very excited for his brother to open it. In fact, he wanted Carson to open it first before any of the other gifts. Here is a picture of him helping C open the gift.



Nolan had made a picture of them together. He is very interested in writing books and illustrating them these days. In fact, he wrote and illustrated a book about his great grandmother as a gift for her this year.



The picture survived the opening of the gift pretty well. It is kind of tough on the artwork when the wrapping paper is actually taped to the picture. :)



Today I am so thankful for my two boys and the deep friendship that has begun to develop between them.