Pictures

Here's my rascals. Noah, Georgia and Mr. Titus










Here are some pictures with Chuck and Julie's kids when they came to see us in February. Charlie was really funny this time. When he and Noah weren't wrestling, he was declaring his love for Georgia.

STOP!!!!

Tonight I was trying to cook dinner while all 3 kids were running around the place. I put Titus on a blanket in the living room to play on his tummy with soft music and I told Noah, "Do not pick Titus up by his stomach" I was outside grilling and walking in and out of the kitchen. Everything seemed fine. Nobody was crying and there was a lot of laughter going on in the living room with the kids. "I finally have it together". I was so proud of myself. Look at me, I thought, cooking while all my kids quietly play together in the living room. I must be doing something right. As my ego was getting bigger and bigger I walked in the living room to compliment my kids model behavior... To my HORROR Noah was tolding Titus by his ankles bouncing his head on the ground over and over again. To see a 3 year old holding your 5 month old baby by the ankles like a pro wrestler was HORRIBLE. "NOAH" I screamed as I rushed to get Titus. "GO sit on your bed" As I held Titus and lay him on the bed to make sure his neck was okay, I realized he was laughing... squealing with delight. His look said to me "Mom, why did you stop the fun. Noah and I were wrestling..." As I frantically got joe from outside, I told him he had to deal with HIS son. I went to my bedroom, I had to be alone. 5 minutes earlier I was patting myself on the back in the kitchen for my parenting skills. Now I am on my bed crying and TICKED. I was SO angry at Noah. What was he thinking!

During the kids nap that day (a few hours earlier), I was reading a book about forgiving your children when they mess up. I kindof skimmed the pages of the chapter. "I don't struggle with forgiving my kids" I thought. So now here I am, a few hours later, wishing I hadn't read that chapter. I wanted to stay angry at Noah. He could have really hurt Titus all because he didn't listen to me!! As I sat on my bed after the incident, I realized that chapter was just what I needed for THIS moment. I could hear Joe disciplining Noah in the other room. Joe spanked Noah and spoke to him about the danger of hanging Titus by the toes. I still wanted to go in there and let him know what a horrible thing it was that he had done, but I knew that I needed to just drop it. To put it in biblical terms, I wanted to be a quarrelsome NAG!! As I sat on my bed and asked the Lord to help me drop the matter, Noah popped his head in my room and ran to me with his arms out. "Mommy, I'm sorry. will you forgive me?" "Of course honey, I forgive you".... Wow, did I just say that? thank you Lord! My flesh wanted to let Noah have it but your Spirit's working spit words of forgiveness off my tongue before my heart even had time to catch up. We prayed together on the bed and God helped me get over it alot faster than I would have on my own. Needless to say, I totally burned the chicken on the grill that day and Noah and Titus are done having blanket time together.....for a few days anyways :)

Love letters to my children

What a day! 3 kids under 3. Some days it's awesome, today it was a train wreck! Going through the details of the day would be nothing more than me complaining. So instead of complaining. I feel the need to TYPE out each one of these little energy balls and remind myself why I love them. Let's start with the one that is the most work.. my little Noah Spurgeon

Dear Noah,
Oh Noah, the amount of work you take is mind boggling. But you also bring me more joy than you will ever know. You make our family FUN! If I wanted to explain you to yourself when you are grown this is what I would tell you. You love to play with soldiers. Your favorite Bible song is "I'm in the Lord's army". You wear your cowboy boots and cowboy hat every day and your favorite toy is "Sherriff Woody" from Toy Story. He is always in your hand. You refer to yourself as "Cowboy Noah". You LOVE Bible stories with any violence in it. If we are outside, you always have a large stick in your hand. You talk constantly. You love to wrestle with daddy every night. Dad and I have had to work a lot with you on learning to control how much you talk. You get a lot of spankings but they are starting to pay off. You are doing a great job learning to control your emotions. You have gotten a lot better at not whining and sharing with georgia. You love to hear any story from God's word. Every morning you ask me to turn your Bible stories on during breakfast and you soak it up. I pray that you continue to love God's word as you grow. I pray that you would not replace your love with the Bible with a love for things that don't matter. I love you

Dear Georgia Anne,
Oh Georgia, you are my sweet girl. I can not imagine having a more precious little girl. You love to be held and to be kissed. You follow me around all day. You always look at me like you want to be just like me, and I always pray, dear Lord, help me to reflect YOU and not anything else. You love having a purse and sticking things in and out of it. You LOVE baby Titus. If he is awake you want to be with him and give him a blanket, a toy, and a lot of kisses. You love to stand at the window when daddy leaves for the day and wait for him to honk the horn at you. You love to stand at the door waiting for him when he comes home and hold your hands up high waiting for his first hug. You love to walk up and give us random kisses on the lips. You are very persistant with your kisses and we always laugh because it's very methodical and serious :) You are very ticklish under your arms and laugh so hard when I tickle you. You like to swing on the swing outside with me in the afternoons. You are so precious to our family. I love you so much

Dear Titus
You are my miracle baby. The doctors did an ultrasound on you in my womb and rushed you out within an hour because you scored a 0 on a scale of 1-10. When you came out, you were perfect. You are only 5 months old so it's hard to tell what you are going to be like. You love Georgia. When you see her your face gets a big smile on it and you start kicking your feet really hard. We dedicated you in church on Sunday. Your Baba's did the dedication. He prayed that you would "be who you say you are" and then he went on to explain the meaning of your name, Titus Owen. I can't remember all that he said because Noah ran up to the front of the church during it, so hopefully your dad can tell you one day. Anyways, it was good :) I love you buddy and am thankful for your precious life

The church of Oprah exposed

Here are 2 video's about Oprah. The first one shows what she believes about Jesus, the second is her propegating a new age mindset to thousands!