Brennan and Brayden have a theological discussion

The "little boys" often have quite intense Biblical discussions.  Today's exegesis was regarding the Garden of Eden.

Brennan and Brayden singing away

Brennan was caught in the act of composing his own Easter song.

Brayden listened to Daddy practice "Arise My Love" to sing on Easter Sunday.  He paid more attention than we thought as he started to sing part of it later on - complete with the ending loud drum beats.

Daddy/Daughter Dates

This year for Valentine's Day, Aliyah, Ava, and Anna heard the doorbell ring and found Dad waiting to take them to the restaurant of their choosing . . .


Aliyah, for breakfast, was excited to rise early
and head to the Waffle House . . .
 

Ava, for lunch, was thrilled with the buffet at Pizza Hut,
 especially her big Valentine's day soda  . . .
 

. . . and Anna, for dinner, indulged in the Golden Corral!

Each girl received a gift in the car.
Here Anna is admiring her bouquet of lollipop "flowers".

 

It's amazing we have not been to the emergency room!

So ... I look out the window and snap this picture of Blaize and Brodie improvising since we do not have a tee for tee-ball.

This is what it looks like close up before a big swing with the crowd cheering on.

Program in Kansas

He Knows My Name

 

Cristo Yo Te Amo



The Bench Skit

 

Pebbles Skit

 

 Echo System Skit



Last week, we traveled up to Kansas and presented a program for a fantastic and fun-loving group of people in the community where Jon grew up.  They invited us to present our story, so we shared through speaking, skits, and singing.  Many of the songs and skits we did were used on our mission trip to the Dominican Republic (pictures hopefully coming soon).

 

Orphan Sunday - "Children of God"

November 4, 2012 is National Orphan Sunday. As a family, we sang "Children of God," which explains the great truth of how Christians are all adopted into God's family through believing in Jesus.  John 1:12 - "Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in His name, he gave the right to become children of God."

Mission Trip Movie Night

We just returned from a mission trip to the Dominican Republic with Christian International Fellowship, Inc. While there, we (Jon, Christi, Blaize, Brodie, and Anna) stayed with our dear friends, Bill and Peg Pearson, who run the mission from their apartment in the middle of Santo Domingo. Their home is an open door to people from all over the city. It is quite common for them to feed 20-30 + people on a given afternoon and/or evening. We had a wonderful trip with many great experiences, both in Santo Domingo and out near the border of Haiti.

One evening after we ate supper, the kids went back to brush their teeth and get PJs on for bed. After a little while, I went to check on them since it was very quiet. Upon arriving, I saw the door closed with the light off and thought, "Wow - they must really be tired if they went to bed on their own already!" As I quietly cracked open the door, this is what I saw: all three kids perched by the window watching a movie from the open window of a room in the adjacent building, sound and all.


The "guilty" party - thoroughly engrossed.



The view out their window to the next building.