It Takes Two!

Over the past two weeks, I have been home by myself (well, my brother Aaron lives here - but he's always gone) while Caleb has been in Peru. It has certainly been an Adventure and I cannot wait for Caleb to come home on Sunday! Everything changes when there is only 1 parent around - it certainly gives me more understanding and a better ability to pray for those families who only have one parent. I was going to recap everything that happened over the last two weeks, but I can't really think of anything. It's all....mush. OH! We had the Maranatha Mardrigal choir at our church last Sunday morning and it was wonderful. It was great to see Dr. Budhal since this was his last tour before he retires. What was NOT quite so great was realizing that I was in that same choir on our spring tour exactly 10 years ago. OUCH! We also had our TRUTH TRACKERS program on Sunday night at church. My little Tiny Trackers (3, 4, and 5 year olds) were a hoot! They (yes, Levi was involved) were yelling at each other during the main song. Caleb Coleman was singing his little 3 year old heart out and Levi began yelling, "You're singing too loud!" Caleb said, "NO I'M NOT!" And, well, you get the gist of what happened for all 3 minutes of the song. Everyone was cracking up - I'm convinced that comic relief is the only reason pre-school age children are allowing to do anything in front of the church:-)

Now, on a more serious note...
Have you ever felt like God was trying to get a point across to you? I've had it happen where something happens and then the next day you read the most appropriate thing for what just happened or I've had it where I've read something and then the next day I think, "Wow! That's why I read that in my devotions yesterday." Well, for the past two weeks, I have been surrounded with the story of Joshua. I've been going through the Old Testament and I'm into Joshua now. The Beautiful Spirit bible study had things about Joshua in it. The Junior High Sunday school lesson a couple of weeks ago was about Joshua and Caleb. And there are other instances. While I've enjoyed it and really tried to dig in, I feel like I'm not getting the "big picture." So, I guess I'll just keep praying and digging and see what God has in store for me!

Not a Little Boy Anymore

Who knew that my world would change when Levi turned 4 years old? No one warned me about this. It seems that at the age of 4, the world decides that my little boy is no longer a little boy. He now goes to Sunday School, Junior Church, Wednesday evening children's program (which he started at 3), and the big one...sits in the Sunday evening service. "Is he in school?" "Where will you send him to preschool?" "Is he doing T-ball?" SLOW DOWN! He was just born a few months ago...he can't possibly be almost ready for his driver's license. I love that little boy so much and I can't imagine the next 4 years going by as fast as the past four have - I need to take more pictures, write more blogs, spend more time with my little man. Anyone else feel this way or is it just me? (I'll have pictures from Levi's birthday up soon - they were taken with Pop-Pop's camera, not mine).

I'm a Slacker!

That's right! I know! I know! I am such a slacker. So much has been going on in our lives over the last month - I really am excited to share it all with you. Levi had his 4th birthday, Jared was very sick, Caleb and I went and saw some beautiful concerts, and God has been working in our lives and our church! On Sunday, Caleb leaves for Peru for 2 weeks. I am planning on catching up with the blogging world while he is away. So...stay tuned for posts! (though it will be a lot of catch-up at first).