In the desert...

Some fun in the sun.

asprice — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:14:35 +0000

Just a few pics from our mini-vacation down the ocean a few weeks ago….(literally, a few, only took some at the beach the 1st day. Lame.) Erics’ brother Ryan and his wife Janet graciously invited us down for a few days to stay with them while they were on their vacation…so we accepted and had lots of fun! (And LOTS of ice cream!)

We had a wonderful time and the kids REALLY loved the beach and spending time with Ryan and Janet too….but let’s just say the word “vacation” takes on a different meaning when you have 3 kids 3 and under. Riiiight. I think Eric was sanctified just by being somewhere with sand, not to mention all of us in one bed! Makes for good memories that’s for sure! Thanks Ryan and Janet for inviting us to stay with you and having a lot of extra mess and people around on your vacation!

Picture update

asprice — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:56:03 +0000

Okay, this won’t be much of a post, but wanted to let everyone know a few things:

1. I finally added pictures from June on the pic site so if you’re one of those people who keep asking where all our pictures are…well, here ya go:
Price pics

2. We are joining the throngs of people that are pregnant right now! Well, I guess I shouldn’t say joining, but have joined. Yup, pregnant with our fourth child and due at the end of February. The Lord has surely blessed us!!! When we told the kids, they didn’t seem surprised–joyful, but not surprised. Though, Ezra told us that he only wanted a boy baby…and he’s still pretty adamant about it, so we’re praying for God to prepare his heart either way

3. Our Lila girl turned one a few weeks ago…I can’t believe it! She’s such a joy to our family, literally smiles all of the time! It’s really a testimony of an answered prayer because I remember praying that she would be a child filled with joy…how fun

That’s all I have for now….off to eat some ice cream!

a wonderful encouragement

asprice — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:06:17 +0000

Yes, I know that I haven’t posted in 2 months just like I said. Lameeeee-o. And really, this post has nothing to do with what’s going on in our lives as far as activities, but I thought it might be an encouragement to some.

I’m reading 2 books right now: Knowing God by J.I. Packer and The Autobiography of George Muller. Both of them I am reading quite slowly so as to apply what I’m learning to my life. I have been “slow” in my prayer life recently and due to an assignment from our care group leader that asked us to list the roles we have and goals we had this summer in regards to those roles, I decided to read these 2 books as part of my goal to grow more in communion with God and pick up my prayer life. Anyway, I wanted to post these two paragraphs from George Mullers’ book because I think that it is both convicting and encouraging at the same time. Hopefully you think so too!

These paragraphs come at the end of a chapter highlighting Mr. Mullers’ testimony and subsequent growth (or lack thereof)….

“I was growing in the faith and knowledge of Jesus, but I still preferred reading religious books instead of the Scriptures. I read tracts, missionary newsletters, sermons, and biographies of Christian people. God is the author of the Bible, and only the truth it contains will lead people to true happiness. A Christian should read this precious Book every day with earnest prayer and meditation. But like many believers, I preferred to read the works of uninspired men rather than the oracles of the living God. Consequently, I remained a spiritual baby both in knowledge and grace.

The last and most important means of growing in the Lord, prayer, was also something I greatly neglected. I prayed often and generally with sincerity. But if I had prayed more earnestly, I would have made much more rapid progress in my faith. Despite my slowness to grasp spiritual principles, however, God showed his great patience toward me and helped me to grow steadily in Him.”

First of all, who of us can’t relate to the first point in some way? Even when we are reading the Word everyday, it’s much easier to sit down with a book! But God doesn’t call us to only know about Him, He calls us to know Him. Period.

Secondly, well, it’s pretty self explanatory. All of us can agree on this point about prayer. Praise God for his patience and faithfulness to continue sanctify and show us abundant mercy!

Psalm 119: 103: ‘How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!’

Simple thoughts.

They’re popping out everywhere

asprice — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:56:20 +0000

So, just found out something about these two crazies:

One of them is gonna get fat.

(In a cute, baby belly kinda way)

Praise God! Congrats Pete & Naomi!

15 things you’ve missed in 2 months. whoops.

asprice — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:16:41 +0000

1. An official Marine! Graduated, home, training, now stationed in CA.

2. Eric trying his hand at making crepes. Delicious!

3. A birthday for sweet Keely. Two. She wants you to think she’s really this sweet.

4. The last snowfall of the season. Not so great for sledding…we were the only ones out there. Brave…or lame.

5. A wonderful, beautiful wedding.

6. A big girl potty.

7. Sibling bonding time.

8. My life, as I know it, being over. A.K.A. Crawling.

9. Mischief.

10. Boy time at FanFest at Camden Yards.

11. A little crafting of Calvary for Easter.

12. A pregnancy! Woot Woot!

13. Growing…

14. Growing…

15. Growing…

Hopefully we’ll be able to keep up the posting a bit better than every 2 months. But, probably not.

Humpty Dumpty strikes again.

asprice — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:34:04 +0000

So while the kids were taking a bath tonight, Ez came out with this one:

Ezra: (laughing hysterically at Keely)….MOMMY! I’M CRACKING UP AT KEELY!

Me: (laughing that my 3 y/o just used the phrase “cracking up”) I know, you’re silly!

Ezra: I need glue! Get me glue!

Me: Huh? Glue? Why?

Ezra: Cause I’m CRACKING UP!!!

Genius. Pure genius.

Wow.

asprice — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:43:39 +0000

So, through catching up on some blog reading while the kids are somewhat quiet in their rooms (supposedly “sleeping”), I picked up some interesting information from Tim Challies blog. Basically Lifeway Christian Bookstores are starting to label some books in their repetoire with the phrase “Read With Discernment.” Now, I am not a big Lifeway Books fan basically because they carry a lot of shall we say “bad” books. Meaning, unbiblical. So, when I read this little tidbit about them labeling books with this “Read With Discernment” phrase, I was intrigued. Low and behold, the authors that are labeled with this phrase are none other than Rob Bell, Brian McClaren, and Donald Miller. Go figure, right? Praise God! If Lifeway Books, who sell study bibles by Joyce Meyers (!!!), are putting the “Read With Discernment” phrase on these emergent guys, doesn’t that say something?

Here’s the link to WHY they’re doing this.

wow.

Hard at work.

asprice — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 03:55:52 +0000

My favorite pic of the week:

We didn’t teach him this, really.

asprice — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:45:09 +0000

Ezra: “Mommy, you’re my favorite, best girl!”

Me: “Aw, thanks Ez! Why did you say that?”

Ezra: “You’re my favorite, best girl because when you growed up, you’re gonna be a man.”

Growing the next generation of chauvinists right here in MD.

Plenty.

asprice — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:29:34 +0000

So, I just finished another book to add to my New Years Resolution list. Yes, its taken me awhile to finish this book…but wifely duties and a good bout of the stomach flu will thwart anyones good intentions to read. Anywho, the book is called “Plenty… One man, One Woman and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally” by Alisa Smith & J.B. MacKinnon. Disclaimer: I am already half obsessed with food and wanting to make all different kinds of foods organic, sustainable and local (though my living situation and budget do not allow it at this time!), so I might be a little biased.

Basically it’s a book about this couple who decide to eat only things that are locally cultivated within 100 miles of their Vancouver, BC home because of varying factors that I need not go into now. Its very well written, humorous at times, inspiring (to those food types who are prone to question foods origins etc), and not preachy. Very environmental-hippie-but-not-wanting-to-be-hippie kind of book. I must say that it can be a little arduous to get through some of the geographic explanations and histories at times, but I think part of that is because I know nothing about Canada or the Pacific Northwest in general. The second half of the book was a fly-through. I also liked how even though it talks some about evolution, that it gave me more of a sense of the beauty of God’s creation and provision for us. Anyway, there you have it. Recommended.