Set Apart

My brother-in-law teaches an adult Sunday school class at our church. I attended it this morning. Today's subject was Joshua 23. First, koodos to Abraham, you did a wonderful job. You're wisdom and knowledge is so admirable. You also kept my attention the whole time! Which for someone who's as A.D.D. as I am, that's huge! Very interesting class. The class really got me thinking. Two things really stood out to me and humbly reminded me.

First of all, if you love God, you will obey him. I love God but do I obey him? Yes, and sometimes no. I am not obedient at times, too often in fact. I let things of this world lead me to wrong choices. I sometimes do lose focus on what matters. We're not here for things, we're not here for ourselves. We're here to glorify God and to spread his word. We're here to love. Here's a very simple example, do I really need to go buy ANOTHER Christmas decoration to set out in our living room? No. Could someone else be helped with the money I would spend on that frivilous item? Of course. So, Abraham, today you curbed me from going out and buying another "thing" that's definitely not needed. I know this is way off from the subject of the class, but one thought leads to another, and so on and so on, therefore, this is where my thinking is right now.

Secondly, why did God give us his commandments? Lots of reasons, but most of all, to set us apart. Do others view me as set apart? I think some do. After talking with David today he said, "well, definitely the people who know you well". True. But how can I be viewed as set apart even to those who don't know me well? I pray for God's spirit and light to shine from my heart and in how I live my life. I keep saying "God". Lately, I've changed how I pray. He's my Father. There I went off on a tangent, back to the subject. Point is, I'm stepping back and taking another look at my life (as I do frequently) and it's time to make some changes and adjustments....again.

1st Homework Assignment

I forgot to post a picture of Benjamin's very first homework assignment. Back in October the teacher sent us home with a cardboard letter "B". His assignment was to stick as many things as he could find on the letter "B" that started with "B". How appropriate that his name starts with the letter "B", so we just had to stick a picture of him on it. Here is his finished assignment. Good job son!

Washing Baby and Clothes at the Same Time!

I called out to Savannah that her bath was ready and to please come get in. I went looking for her and couldn't find her. As I came back in the bathroom this is what I saw. I guess she thought her clothes needed a bath too!

Pardon the messy face...she just finished dinner.












Of course, Benjamin had to join in when he saw how funny we thought it was.

Gainesville Zoo

My mom and I took the kids plus Benjamin's girlfriend Riley to the Gainesville zoo a couple of weeks ago. The kids had a blast. They even got to feed the giraffes and goats. We basically had the zoo to ourselves which made it even more nice!

Riley and Benjamin



































Feeding the giraffe.












Savannah absolutely loved the giraffe!












Grandmother and Benjamin.












Having fun with the goats...until one bit her!
























Time out for hugs!












Here they are standing in front of the bear cage. We couldn't pass up an opportunity to do a "Sic 'em Bears"! (Riley's daddy went to Baylor too!)

Halloween 2010

Wow, I forgot to post pictures of Halloween! Here they are...a little late. We went over to Ben's favorite buddy Luke's house for a cookout then went trick-or-treating in his neighborhood. The kids had a blast. Savannah was confused at how it worked at first. For the first 2 or 3 houses every time someone would drop candy in her bucket she would try to dig it out and start eating it. She would throw a fit that she couldn't eat it RIGHT THEN! She finally caught on though.

Savannah went as a ladybug.

















Benjamin went as a pirate. Well, for those of you who know of Veggie Tales, he was a "Pirate that doesn't do anything!"

















Cute cute cute!












I was my normal Ladybug. I was so excited to find a matching costume for Savannah. Okay, I know, cheesy.












Most of the group.












Happy to finally start digging in to his candy!

First Dentist Appointment

Benjamin had his first dental check-up and cleaning a couple of weeks ago. I'm really proud of the little guy. He actually let the dentist clean his teeth! It was a slow process but he got it done. Now when it came to X-rays, that's a different story. Hmmmm, well, we decided to wait until next year on that one. Oh, and NO cavaties!