Jesus lives in my heart!

In the last few weeks we have been talking with Blaire about God's forgiveness of our sins and His love for us. While I find these conversations with her tremendously important(which they are), Blaire does not always find them particularly interesting. After all this is not a concept that she can see nor touch but is demonstrated through our love for her as parents. However, I continue to talk to her anyway and hope and pray that it begins to sink in, which I believe that it will. She is after all not even 3 yet.

Along with that, during our trip to Montana, we talked about that Aunt Jenna, Uncle Pobzeb, Papa and Grandma Jill live in Montana(which is also confusing because our dog is named Montana) and that we live in Kansas. As a result, she is particularly interested in where people live and so on. So during our trip I asked her where Jesus lived just to hear her response. Blaire responded, "in Kansas!". Well this is true. Jesus does live in Kansas and I affirmed to her that she was right. However, last night I asked her the same question, "Blaire, where does Jesus live?" and Blaire responded, "in our hearts!".

The Lord has impressed on me just how moldable our children's hearts are. I know that Blaire still has a lot to sort out in her understanding of the Gospel but I trust that God is working in her life at the young age of 2 years 11 months and 13 days. Praise be to God!

Family Pictures!

We went last week to get our first picures taken as a family of four! We also had pictures taken of Presleigh at 6 months(almost) and Blaire at 3 years(almost!) We had a great time and the girls were champ picture takers. In fact we went with a budget and wound up doubling it(Sorry Dave Ramsey!) They were great and we couldn't turn them down. Here are a few to share.

Babyfood!

When Blaire was about 6 months old I decided to tackle making my own baby food. I was amazed at how expensive baby food was and was also picky about what she ate(have you noticed the crud they put in some of that stuff?!) So a friend and I got together and steamed/blended/food processed the day away! It was great! I had a freezer full of food that was made from fresh vegetables and NO preservatives.

When Presleigh was born I knew that this was the way to go. So at the beginning of the summer I started in. I decided that a whole day wasn't necessary but rather when I had time or had leftover veggies, I steamed them up and pureed them. I have also used some of the veggies from our garden. I'd say that is about as close to the grove as you can get!

Hi Ho Hi Ho it's back to Work I Go!!!!!

After what has been a wonderful summer I head back to work next week. I look forward to getting back in my classroom but do admit that I will miss my girl tremendously during the day. I have enjoyed every moment I have had with the girls and with my husband. It seems we have made the most of every moment we have had this summer including: growing a garden, painting a house, going on vacation, taking swimming lessons and all the little things in between!

I feel like my most important job as Mom is to make sure I remember all of these moments as crystal clear as the day they happened. I fear I am going to fail at this job but thanks to video cameras and digital cameras I feel I have a little help! I am truly humbled by how fleeting these moments are and while seemingly insignificant at the time, I know in a few years I will look back at this season of our lives and miss all of their little antics and sayings....oh how wonderful it has been to be home this summer to be here for all of them!!