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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Crossed-eyed

Freaky, right? My kids all really want to know how to cross eyes as good as Ashlyn. But I think she is still the master...you decide. :)

Corbin's face is the funniest...he was serious business thinking that he was doing it the right way. Total concentration.

Girl time

Ashlyn loves play dates with friends.

Dancing with Lily.

Being silly with Audrey.

Eating cookies on Emma's birthday.

Chocolate Milk Straws

This is a new find that my kids love. Milk straws. It is a straw that has little beads in it that are flavored. You stick the straw in milk and as you suck the milk up through the straw it tastes like a flavor (we've tried chocolate and strawberry). I got them at Target and it was just for the fun of it.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Book of the Week

YEARNING FOR THE LIVING GOD
(March 5, 2012)

"I felt overwhelmed with joy and gratitude that he would feel I was worthy to serve. I was finally in a position to do something to prove to the Lord that I adored Him, that I had become aware of Him, that I had changed my life, and that I was willing to do everything I
could to build His kingdom."
F. Enzio Busche

Just one of the many quotes that I loved from this book. I feel this same way often.

I loved this book. It was basically a book that contained all of one man's life miracles. It was a testament to me that miracles still happen and that God is aware of us and is more powerful than a human being can comprehend. There were stories in this book that I read and re-read because they were so magnificent I had to read it again to believe it. I felt the Spirit while I read this book and many stories brought tears to my eyes. I would want everyone to read this book.

Monday, March 5, 2012

Wedgits

My kids love to build with Wedgits. The taller and wider the better. :)

Library Time

Corbin and I go to the Library often while the older kids are at school. They have story time at the Noble Library and afterwards play time. Corbin goes to the computer every time. Why do kids love computers?!! Here he is with his friend Emmett.

Children's Museum

NUMBER ONE SPEECH

"Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing. You don't win once in a while; you don't do things right once in a while; you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.

"There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game, and that's first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay, and I don't ever want to finish second again. There is a second place bowl game, but it is a game for losers played by losers. It is and always has been an American zeal to be first in anything we do, and to win, and to win, and to win.

"Every time a football player goes to ply his trade he's got to play from the ground up - from the soles of his feet right up to his head. Every inch of him has to play. Some guys play with their heads. That's O.K. You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body. If you're lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he's never going to come off the field second.

"Running a football team is no different than running any other kind of organization - an army, a political party or a business. The principles are the same. The object is to win - to beat the other guy. Maybe that sounds hard or cruel. I don't think it is.

"It is a reality of life that men are competitive and the most competitive games draw the most competitive men. That's why they are there - to compete. To know the rules and objectives when they get in the game. The object is to win fairly, squarely, by the rules - but to win.

"And in truth, I've never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn't appreciate the grind, the discipline. There is something in good men that really yearns for discipline and the harsh reality of head to head combat.

"I don't say these things because I believe in the 'brute' nature of man or that men must be brutalized to be combative. I believe in God, and I believe in human decency. But I firmly believe that any man's finest hour - his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear - is that moment when he has to work his heart out in a good cause and he's exhausted on the field of battle - victorious."

--Vince Lombardi

In the Faith of Christ