Blessed to be a Mama

I know that all we mom's feel this way, and I tell my boys now.

But later, I want to make sure that they know that

when I look at a group of kids, 

I am so proud that these two boys are mine.

These are the boys that God knew

were meant for our family.

We had a great weekend, celebrated Saturday night and today.

Joe brought home a sweet flower and homemade card from school and a flower that

he got for me when he stayed the evening with grandma.

Love them both, love his sweet smile the best.

And Sam and DH took me shopping in Evansville last night

and let me look with no rushing.

We slowed down for a meal at Chili's 

and I could not have been more honored

to share a toast with Sam who said,

Mom, toast with me cause you're the best mom!

Love his sweet spirit.

We went to the Circus

Monday night we went to the circus.

I'm going to go ahead and say I tried to bribe DH to take them.

And it was a sloppy wet mess with muddy shoes and socks and pants and wet hair

from the crack in the tent overhead...but it was fun.

The circus was really good, a little more impressive then I had expected!

We sat near cousin Ella.  Sam had a snowcone and Joe chose cotton candy.

 Our favorite act was these cute dogs. they were all white except the black one on the left,

all so cute! We saw lions, tigers, horses, unicycles, tightrope walkers, jugglers, clowns and more

This ending act was really cool but had me holding my breath!

Fun night for sure, glad I got roped into going,ha!

Sunday School So Far

What a special year this has been as a Sunday school teacher.

That's a first for me, but I LOVE it.

The material is great and this age is perfect.

We spend time reading the bible together, learning our lesson.

This age they want to participate, want to read, have questions,

want to share God's word, aren't afraid to say if they received rejection

from a friend when they shared God.
It is not easy, I absolutely don't have answers for all their questions

but I wouldn't trade involvement at this level for anything.

Sam has shared his heart with me more this year than ever! 

I also have my nephew Tyson, love time with him too.

I have a mix of anywhere from 4-7 students on Sunday mornings,

my SIL shannon fills in for me when I can't be there, thankful for that!

We worked hard one Sunday on our glitter crosses.

And I explained to them that they should hang near their bed as a reminder that God is always near.

Our's has found its special spot.

We open our bibles and find our lesson.  We take time doing this, it is important to know how to use their bibles, find God's word.  We use a tip that our first lesson shared.  

We HOP to the book of the bible (using our index), 

SKIP to the chapter (big number)

 and JUMP to the verse (little number).

Sam can find any verse now and it has peaked his curiosity.  Learning his bible verses has meant more than memorization.  He wants to find them in the bible (most of the time, keeping it real) and mark them.