Growing pains
No one wants them OR enjoys them
We like the result
We get taller and stronger.
Anything worth while requires effort, work, and often brings discomfort in one form or another.
Our children are going through some which results in Stephen and I feeling them.
Kyle is becoming a young man, a 4th grader.
He sees how is friends/peers act at school & must decide how he will act.
Kyle is asking the tough life questions that go with being a 4th grader.
In an effort to help him become an independent man,
we show him the truth.
We open the Bible and read what it says about wise, prudent, righteous men.
Afterwards we discuss if what his friends/peers are doing parallels with the Bible.
The decision is his.
Does Kyle want to honor God or honor man?
We are PROUD to say, Kyle is making some very God honoring decisions!
He is still a normal child though, and we ask that you pray with us as we encounter those growing pains with him.
He is still a normal child though, and we ask that you pray with us as we encounter those growing pains with him.
Abby is also feeling growing pains!
Literally and figuratively.
She is shooting up like a weed!
However, she also sees how people behave.
We are giving her the same "training" as Kyle.
Stephen and I are also PROUD to say she is making God honoring decisions!
Please pray for them...and us.
We want them to learn the truth.
We do not want them hurt.
If we are to allow them to become the man and woman of God that we are hoping for,
they will get hurt.
It is a part of life.
Enough blah and seriousness!
Pictures!
Stories!
For ALL the pictures you will have to go to FaceBook.
This past weekend was spent visiting Stephen (see the next post for that story!)
Unfortunately, there are only a few pictures!
Lol
It went like this.
The kids visited their family.
We spent the next three days to get back in to the swing of things.
Thursday after school, we left!
We weren't sure we would get a chance to visit with Stephen whilst he was in St. Louis.
However, it did work out! The kids, Frankie, and I left on Thursday evening.
We had a rather uneventful trip up to Memphis and stayed in a very luxurious Drury Inn (Highly recommend them!) and continued to a fabulous La Quinta.
Stephen called us maybe 3 or 4 times on the way up to St. Louis from Memphis proving that it wasn't just the kids and me wanting to be with him. =) Heavenly. That is the word for this past weekend. Seeing Stephen's face light up with excitement and joy as he played with Kyle & Abby. Watching Frankie get incredibly hyper and Stephen loving that "his dog" didn't forget him. Being able to wake up and see his face next to me. We laughed. We played. He held me as I let out all the emotion from this past week.
I have the most fabulous husband in this world. He supported me all week long from several states away. When we were finally together, he let me rest, he held me tight when I needed it. No man does well with a wife who is crying from exhaustion and stress. But may I just say, MINE is the best.
We went to the Magic House & St. Louis Zoo.
We had a blast!!!!
A certain little someone was spoiled absolutely ROTTEN this past weekend.
We hung out and just chilled.
We left Monday morning at 7am.
The happy thought in all of that moment is that Stephen will be home soon!
Want to see what we got to drive in?!
Looks like fun, right?
I had to drive 10 - 15mph under the speed limit for quite some time.
I got some snuggles to help me to feel better about leaving for home.
Daddy told us to get something yummy for lunch.
What is better than Panera Bread?
At least, that is what Momma Liz says....
At least, that is what Momma Liz says....
Kyle pulled out a tooth on the way home!
The kids got a little crazed for caffeine...
We are all home & settled now.
Laundry is done. Bags are mostly unpacked and all settled.
My hubby gets to come home soon.
What else in Louisiana matters?
Love & prayin for you!
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