Skylar's Christmas Play

Skylar and Trey had the 1st Grade Christmas play tonight. They did a great job and it was focusing on the true meaning of Christmas: CHRIST BIRTH! The theme was a spelling bee highlighting the many different names given to our Lord in the Bible. The songs were beautiful and glorifying to God! Merry Christmas!!!!

House at Christmas

Matt did a great job with the lighting this year! With the help of my dad and a neighbor they installed outdoor lighting which really dresses up the house. For Matt it is all about the lighting! Merry Christmas!!!!

Piano Recital was a Hit!!

Skylar did so good in her recietal last night. She played "Away in a manger" and "Go tell it on the Mountain". Great job Skylar!!!

Jayse at CBS Christmas musical

Jayse and Jill sing all the songs they are learning at CBS (community bible study). Jayse loves to go to CBS on Thursdays with Mom. He has made some good friends and loves to sing songs. His favorite right now is: "The B-I-B-L-E". He loves to shout BIBLE at the end!

Matt's Birthday

For Matt's birthday the kids all made him signs and we hung them as a banner in the kitchen. We ate one of his new favorites: shrimp and pasta and had birthday cake!! Jayse helped daddy blow out the candle. All I could find was a #5 so the kids think daddy is much younger than he actually is!

Skylar at the piano

We got an early Christmas present for the family.... A Piano!! Skylar is especially excited since she is the only one so far that can play! She has her Christmas receital this Thursday at Mt. Vernon Church and will be playing "Go Tell it on the mountain".

Thanksgiving

The kids enjoyed spending time with Granny, Grandma and Uncle Eddie this Thanksgiving. It was a short trip but well worth it!! Thanks to Grandma for the good cookin!

A message from Billy Graham

This is a recent prayer put out by Billy Graham in light of recent national and world events, I couldn't agree more!!

'Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values. We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery. We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare. We have killed our unborn and called it choice. We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable. We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem. We have abused power and called it politics. We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition. We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression. We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment. Search us, Oh God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and Set us free. Amen!'

Halloween 2008

Riely as the twin PJ girl, Skylar as the professional soccer player and Jayse as Buzz Lightyear

Field Trip to Pumpkin Farm

The kids enjoy the pool of corn!!!

A Great Book to Read: "23 Minutes in Hell"

Matt and I have started to read a great book called "23 minutes in Hell" by Bill Wiese. It is an amazing true story of a man's visit to Hell. The grave details of the evil and hatred in that place is astounding. We now understand why our charge as Christians is to bring the gospel to the ends of the earth so that people will see Christ for who he is, our Savior. In 2 Peter 3:9 it says "God is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance". We now have a better understanding of why God is so patient and why He wants no one to suffer eternity in Hell. We really could not put this book down and encourage others to read it as well!!
Here are a few exerts from the book in regards to his description of Hell: He speaks of seeing creatures there- "10-13 feet tall, intimidating, they were entirely evil, had unrestrained hatred for him that paralyzed him and panicked him. " He describes himself as: "having no strength, utter exhaustion, mental anguish, horrified, beyond terrified, in constant pain, hearing terror filled screams of an untold multitude of people crying out in torment, no sleep, no rest, no relief, no hope, no peace of mind, no fellowship, conversation or human interaction." But what was more scary was the complete lack of the presence of God and goodness. He describes the conditions to be: "Darkness that seemed to swallow the light, air filled with smoke, a filthy, deathly decaying odor depleting the oxygen, flames and heat overcame him, unquenchable thirst, a pit dug out for the wicked.
WOW! I sure don't want to go there!!!! The story gets better because we do have the hope of Jesus but I am thankful for this reminder that Hell is a real place and it should be our mission to help others avoid this place at all cost!!

NRCA Thanksgiving party

Skylar and friends in the Student Life Center for the Thanksgiving party. Skylar got to stand up and do a presentation on what she was thankful for this year and it was: God, playing with her cousins and her DS. She is very excited about visiting her Grandma and Granny in Charlotte this Thanksgiving and eating of course. We are all thankful to God that Granny is home from the hospital and able to celebrate this joyous time with us.