the gospel for a toddler

On our way to church on Sunday Evelyn asked a question that led into a million other "why?" questions. I can't remember the initial question but it all led into the gospel. Why do we go to church? Why do we want to glorify God? Why do we love God? Why does God love us? Why did Jesus come? Why did he die on a cross? Why why why why, and so on. I'm pretty sure that she would have acted just as interested and asked as many questions if I was explaining the process of making chicken and dumplings. But, hey you know. It was still a car ride of talking about the gospel. Wouldn't it be great if all adults were that 'sincerely' interested in the gospel and prompted us with hundreds of whys? These hundreds of little "why" questions from her are a great way to make myself think about the gospel, the simplicity of it, the beauty of it, the power of it...and how to explain it. So, if you are a Christian I encourage you to find a toddler to share the gospel with!

h-h-hike

Saturday I took Evelyn and Levi over to my mom and dad's. When we pulled into the driveway we saw ducks in the pond. "DUCKS!!!" Evelyn yelled and then Levi started yelling because Evelyn was. We went inside got some crackers and walked down to feed them but they had made their way over to their neighbor's pond. We started walking that way carefully walking next to a couple of ponds that Levi was way to interested in. We almost got close enough to throw them crackers when Evelyn again screamed "DUCKS!!!" They of course quacked and flew away. So... we went on a "hike" to find them hoping they would make their way back to my parents pond. We walked through the woods up to the street and I told Evelyn we were going to go on hike. A minute later she asked where the kite was? I said "what?....no, we are going on a hike, h h hike." She asked what that was and I told her just walking through the woods or on a trail. "oh...where's the kite?" "No, Evelyn we are going on a H-ike, not a kite" What's that? .....again I explain. Again, Where's the kite? By this time we had walked to the end of the cove and back to my parents pond and I had many times explained hiking and that we didn't have a kite. The ducks were back but we had eaten all the crackers on our h-hike. So they enjoyed throwing rocks in the water and I think I may need to purchase a kite sometime soon!

Easter

We had a great Easter weekend. On Saturday we drove down to Mississippi to spend the night with my sister Heather. The kids had a great time playing outside and chasing the chickens. We went to church with them on Sunday morning, it was a great service. How great and mighty is our God!!! My parents came down after their church service and we all had lunch together. A couple of other families in Heather's church came too. We had a great afternoon.

Beautiful weekend

It was such beautiful weekend that we spent most of it outside. We got a new camera last week and so I actuall took a lot of pictures trying to figure out some of the bells and whistles.

Levi at the playground

Evelyn on her "ride"

Ready!

Go!

Evelyn and her daddy

Ahhhhh!



just kidding, Daddy's right there

Levi making little boy noises

most of the time they play very nicely w/ each other

We ate dinner outside

all done!


So sad the weekend is ending

Evelyn and Levi

sweet

Evelyn, not so nicely trying to get Levi to stand still for the picture

Here are some pictures of Evelyn and Levi with his new haircut

Hill's first post

OK, this is my (Hillary's) first post on our blog. I have to admit, I've been very intimidated by this. Possibly due to the fact that half the time I forget how to even sign on to where I actually post something. I've had great intentions but I keep putting it off until I have something grand to write about or a perfect picture or something like that. Well, here I go.... OK, so I still don't have anything grand or perfect to publish, but I thought that getting this first post over with I'd not be so intimidated. We'll see if it works.

I've been meaning to put pictures of Levi on here. We shaved his head last week! I actually really like it. A friend asked how we got him to sit still while we did it and I told her that it was that short b/c he didn't sit still! We just had to keep going shorter and shorter. He looks like a little boy now and not my little baby. We bought a new camera yesterday... so it may be a while before I figure out how to get those pictures on here.

Good-bye old friend!

Hopefully for the next few weeks I will be able to post a little bit more than I have been. This term is finally over and I can slow down a bit. School has been going well and I am thoroughly enjoying it, but I was definitely ready for a break.

Now to the title... good-bye old friend. Today we said good-bye to Cody. For those of you who do not know Cody, she has been our black lab for the last 4 years. She was part of the family to say the least for her. Hillary and I got her when we lived in Louisville, KY 4 years ago... she was the best. NO--- she didn't die, we just found a new home for her. A couple in our church have been kind enough to take her for us. We have finally put our house on the market and whenever we move, she would not have been able to go to Seminary housing with us. So we went ahead and let her go, so that we could get the carpet cleaned and so on.

Cody... you will be missed. Evelyn is already asking us where she is. I had to take her by myself today... Hillary didn't have the huevos to do it.