This is my temporary home...

I wanted to start this blog with the lyrics to a song that has been so true to my heart lately and that I really want to live my life like I beleive this with all of my heart.

This is my temporary home. It's not where I belong, the window and rooms, that I'm passing through. This is just a stop, on the way to where I'm going. I'm not afraid because I know, this is my temporary home.

I can not listen to this song without crying because I want to live my life like I know this isn't where I belong. So with that being said, in EVERYTHING Colton and I do we try to bring the real heart of what we are doing into it. If we are eating supper we are thanking Jesus for providing, if Caleb is throwing a fit, we are teaching what Jesus says about that. We are praying constantly with and in front of the boys. We have worship sessions in our home so our boys will learn how to worship the Lord and oh am I seeing the fruit.

Caleb has started praying on his own constantly to the Lord. All day long he will stop what he is doing and say a little prayer. We have to pray like 3 times at dinner and he wants everyone to pray and he constantly talks about Jesus and what he did on the cross and how he rose from the dead and we are HAPPY! He told his brother about Jesus and if you come into our house, or are around Caleb for more than 5 minutes you will hear about Jesus. He goes to the store with us, swimming with us, to bed and every where else we go. I am so humbled and thankful that the Lord is answering my ernest prayers for my boys to be so deeply in love with Him that NOTHING else matters. I couldn't be more happy as a parent to see my hard work pay off and Caleb at the age of 2 is already sharing Jesus with more people than I have in my life. I could not as for more. This is our temporary home. Please Lord help us to always remember that!

Why I LOVE being a parent!!!

Little precious moments like this make me cry, laugh and beam with pride all at the same time. Laken was laying on a play mat in his room playing all by himself and I was cleaning Caleb's room and I heard Caleb go into Laken's room and start talking to him so I went in there to make sure he wasn't beating up little bro (which he sometimes does as well) and I say him lay down next to Laken and start telling him how Jesus died on the cross for him and how it was sad but now we are happy because Jesus is alive! I was so shocked that the things we are teaching him, not only is he learning but he is repeating and spreading the good news of God already at the age of 2!!!!!!! Unbelieveable! So humbling as a parent to already see God working in your children and know that you are doing what you are called to do. I LOVE BEING A MOM!!!! It truly is the best job ever and I love that I am making a difference in my children's lives! I love you Laken and Caleb. I am so proud of both of you already. I can't wait to see the men God is forming you to be and am so blessed that God chose me to be your mommy!

Sleeping Beauties!

SO over the past few weeks I have been capturing my little sleeping beauties in action... and here are a few of the images I took. I have a ton of pics of them sleeping but I thought I would just give you a preview into the wonderful nap times that take place at our house! I truly love his sleeping positions. I always go look at him after he falls asleep b/c he constantly makes me laugh!

Now this is a unique pic b/c Colton hardly ever naps but this day he was supposed to be putting Caleb down for a nap and next thing I know this is what I see.

Laken is unique b/c he can fall asleep ANYWHERE, ANYTIME, in ANY WAY!!!! haha He is constantly falling asleep in our arms, or in toys or wherever he decides he is tired at the moment.

I love all my sleeping beauties. Notice how there are no pics of me... thats b/c since I have had Caleb I don't think I have slept! haha Just kidding but I don't get to knock out as much zzzzz's as I would like. I'm thinking about bringing on a nap today. I'm feeling it coming on! I love my life, couldn't be happier and not missing ONE thing!!!!!!!! (except more babies!) God is so good!

Memories

Caleb played Gone Fishin at church today and he has been talking about it all day so we decided to make a Wal-Mart run this evening and get it and luck have it, it was on clearance for $3.00!!!!!!! LOVE IT!!! So we spent the entire evening making memories that will last a lifetime for 3 bucks! Go us! As you can tell he is really good!

When our kids are grown and they think back on their childhoods, I want them to say that they had the best parents in the whole world. I want them to remember playing Gone Fishin and Candy Land and being spontaneous. That we had fun ALL the time and our world revolved around them. I want them to say that they know how much we love them and that we will ALWAYS be there for them. That we are their constant and will love them no matter what. I love family nights like this and will cherish them forever! I am so truly blessed with the family I have and wouldn't change any of it for the world. They grow up soooooo fast so I will remember every second and be intentional to make it count.

New Family Pictures!

Ok so I know I know I do have THE most precious boys in the ENTIRE world.... SO I have to show them off!!! Here are a few of our family pictures we had taken recently!!!

LOVE LOVE LOVE this one!

my boys!

Colton made me take these since I wouldn't walk. He wanted a pic of me in my cap and gown so he got it!

so model like and serious Laken...

baby blues!

My 2 favorite boys!!!(not men, Colton wins that one!)

I love him!