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Watch out Rob Bell!

If you want a good laugh, head on over to Naomi’s site and watch this video.

Annoyance and the old self-righteousness…ugh.

All I have to say is that as I was browsing Facebook tonight looking at old/current friends pages (that would confess a saving faith in Christ) the quote that is on the sidebar of this blog kept coming to mind:

“We are not only to renounce evil, but to manifest the truth. We tell people the world is vain; let our lives manifest that it is so. We tell them that our home is above and that all these things are transitory. Does our dwelling look like it? O to live consistent lives!” – Hudson Taylor

Hopefully, that conveys my thoughts for tonight.

the usual.

Seems as though the more I want to post, the less it happens.  So, as usual, an update is at hand.

1.  Before Thanksgiving Tracy, Allyson and Becky came over to have a day of crafty-ness.  Basically Tracy and I wanted to get our Advent calendars made and Al and Becky needed to get some stuff for CrossCurrent finalized….all while having 7 kids around.  Hence, we didn’t get everything accomplished that we wanted to.  Al and Becky graciously watched the kids while we whittled away at the Advent calendars.  (Well, while Tracy whittled away at her calendar!)  It was a good time of chatting, eating, crafting, organizing and the normal child chaos.  After 2 weeks, I finally got the main parts finished of my calendar, and I’m sure it will take me the next couple of winters to finish it.  Why?  Not because it’s a lot to do, but because unfortunately, that’s just how I roll.  There were a couple different ways we thought about going through it, and finally just settled on going through the Christmas story starting with Creation, the Fall, promises made by God and then God’s faithfulness in providing a Savior.  Last night was just a black piece of paper under the first door symbolizing before Creation (Gen 1:1-2).  Ezra’s response?  “Cool.  Can we look at this Lego book?”  Seems to be a hit here!  Anyway, here’s what I have so far:

advent calendar

advent calendar

2.  Our little Lila at 4 months is a whopping 14 lbs 8 oz and is still my most favorite baby.  I mean that in the way that she is the most calm and happy baby that we’ve had.  I’m allowed to say it.  Really.

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3.   Thanksgiving was wonderful, of course!  Some of my immediate family came over to Eric’s family’s house, which was great!  It was really good to see my bro–first time since he moved away in August.  There were 28 people here, and though I know for some people that seems a little crazy, it’s always a good time.  A little later on in the evening we played “The Newlywed Game”….I don’t think I have to say anymore.  There was even a surprise phone call from Nick from bootcamp, so there were tears of joy all around.  :)

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4.  Christmas shopping:  finished.  Well, almost.  Eric and I just have 2 things to get (and we already know what those things are!) and then something for each other.  I will say that this is the earliest in my lifetime that I am 90% finished shopping/making for Christmas.  Which means I’ll probably have other ideas to add which will result in an all out week-before-Christmas-scramble to “make.”  Ah well.

5.  In an effort to make ornaments that are “our own” (meaning not the ones your parents handed down to you–not that they’re bad, just want to make our own family traditions in addition to those…), I started with just a few plain old pinecones, glue, and glitter.  Now, I’m all for making a mess with my kids and not being anal about stuff everywhere when it comes to crafting with them.  But I will say that glitter should not be used by anyone under the age of 5.  Meaning, ANY of our kids.  It was a mess and kind of ugly, but fun regardless.

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I’m pretty sure I will spend the next 2 weeks finding glitter EVERYWHERE.

(btw, i know blue glitter isn’t exactly Christmas-y, but that was the only other option….Ezra wanted his to be “different”–go figure)

I know this post has nothing thought provoking (does it ever??), interesting, or even funny in it, but it was just on my mind.  I apologize for the wasted time you just spent.  Ah well, maybe next time.

I’ll leave you with a couple pics of the kids because, they’re just too darn cute.

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heresy

Recent “conversation” between Ezra and I:

Me:  Ez, do you remember the main verse we learned from Proverbs 1?

Ezra:  Uh, yeah Mommy!

Me:  It starts like this:  The fear of the Lord is…

Ezra:  the beginning of destruction.

 

Nice.

Obviously the verse is:  The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction (prov 1:7)  

 

Another conversation at lunch with all the kids:

Ezra:  Lila is my favorite baby!

Me:  That’s so sweet Ez!  Keely, is Lila YOUR favorite baby too?

Keely:  No.  Not favvvooowit baby.  No, no.

 

Ah, I can just feel the love between sisters beginning….

i cannot believe it.

News of the day:  My mom got a facebook account.

I am now the last person on earth who doesn’t have one.

:)

books.

Yep, this post is about books.  (don’t you love how I have such creative titles of posts?  LAME.) I love books.  I grew up being the nerdy bookworm chick.  Especially in the summer.  I would read about 1 to 2 books a week in those wonderful lazy days of summer before you actually have any real responsibility.  Now, to be honest, the books I was reading I wouldn’t always endorse now being that a lot of them were mysteries and probably contained things that are questionable.  (Not always–also liked biographies, non-fiction etc. ) Unfortunately I wasn’t one to want to read the books that teachers wanted you to read–the “classics.”  Mainly out of rebellion, but that’s a different post.  Anyway, as I don’t have a lot of time to read, I usually have at least one book of the non-fiction Christian type that I go through a LOT slower so that I can try to apply God’s truth to my life.  It doesn’t always leave much room for reading that is enjoyable.  Not that the ones that stir me spiritually aren’t enjoyable, it’s just a different joy.  Maybe entertaining is more like it.  Anyway, you get the point.  So, the last two years I’ve made it a priority to read at least 3 or 4 books a year that are novels or biographies.  I know this doesn’t seem like such a great feat, but at this season in my life it’s just more practical to say 3 or 4 than 15 or 20.  This does not include the random books I get out of the library about cooking, organizing, crochet, sewing, preserving food (yeah, i’m a geek), or anything else practical.  Those will always be on my table regardless.  So, they can be Christian or not, but they can’t be of the “self-help” variety (for lack of a better, clearer term!).  Over this last year and a half I’ve read in this category: “Safely Home” by Randy Alcorn;  “Jane Eyre” by Bronte; something about Ireland (I totally forget what it’s called, but it was good!); a book on Theodore Roosevelt; half of “A Reason for God” by Tim Keller (I let someone borrow it for evangelistic purposes); and “The Hiding Place” by Corrie ten Boom.   Now, I need to be careful with how often I read these types of books because I get really caught up and can tend to desire to read them over the Bible and the other Christian books.  I am 50 pages away from finishing “The Hiding Place” and I’m already looking for a new book, so you can see how easy it is for me to devour books and at times probably shirking my responsibilities or, more often, staying up too late so I can finish “just one more” chapter.

With all of that nonsense said, I am looking for a new book to start in the next couple of weeks to read since I know that once the “holiday season” is upon us I won’t have ANY time for fun reading.  :)   I’m thinking a biography, but I guess it depends on whom.  So what I’m asking is:  What are your top 5 favorite or most impacting books of the aforementioned category?  Suggestions are extremely helpful because then I know it’s not trash!  :) Post away on the comments section or on your own blogs!

More goodness.

Four years ago today I married my best friend.  God is kind.  God is good.  God is faithful.

Happy Anniversary to my hunk ‘o love!

:)

The sky is falling!

Okay, well, not really the sky.  More like the leaves–fall is finally upon us!  I realized it today as I was finishing up a hat I crocheted for Lila…..more wool and crocheting is on my mind.  Yup, must be autumn!  So, in honor of my favorite time of the year, here are the top 10 things I’m looking forward to this autumn (in no particular order):

1.  My anniversary (Oct 9th!)

2.  Hoodies, jeans and a warm hat

3.  Hot apple cider

4.  Pumpkins–eating them and picking them

5.  COLOR

6.  Warm comfort food

7.  Hikes outside

8.  Seeing my kids faces when they start to see all of the beautiful leaves….and subsequently jumping in a pile of them

9.  Bonfires

10.  Football

Obviously a short list, the long one would be, well, long.  What are your favorites?

WELCOME FALL!

(I know,  I know, the hat is too big, but with the rate that my kids heads grow, it should fit her in the next week!)

Out and about

Since having our third child we have noticed something kind of …..well, strange about how people look at us.  (Specifically me since I’m the one usually out with them on my own)  The looks that you get range from the ‘aww, how adorable’ looks to the ‘holy moly, you’re crazy and i want to avert my gaze, but I can’t help but be shocked’ look.  The former being from older ladies (consequently the same ladies who think Ez is a girl and Keely a boy!), and the latter being from other mothers who have it all together, carrying their coach bags with rhinestone studded cell phones in hand while their 4 year old screams for the new Hannah Montana shoes.  Now, I know that 3 kids goes against the average household of 1.7 children, but I don’t really understand why it’s such a big deal when I go out.  Normally people will say “oh my gosh, how do you do it?  You must be a saint!”  To which I reply “nope, not a saint in any way, shape, or form, it’s all by the grace of God, they’re a blessing to me!”  which meets with an even more interesting look and a smirk and then them walking away.  (most of the time…I have had the occasional person either agree with me or ask me something else related to children).

Now, believe me, I do not walk around with all 3 kids saying “yes, mommy!” to me when I ask them to be quiet or hold onto the cart while walking, or even NO to yet another car or Thomas the Train.  My kids DO show their true corrupt nature while in the local Walmart at times.  I mean, no, they’re not hitting me or calling me names, but their not always obeying either.  So, the whole “saint” sentence boggles me.  But I do not recall once anyone saying the aforementioned sentence when I had 2 kids.  Does anyone else with more than 2 notice this, or is this just me?  I’m getting used to it, but quite frankly it can be pretty frustrating…not only because I now feel like there is some sort of stigma associated with having more than the normal size family (which, really, 3 kids?  Not that big of a family!), but even more so because Ezra is starting “get” what these people are saying and asks me why they say it.  The implication of what they’re saying being that kids are too much work-making them feel unimportant and a burden.

Anyone have any good thoughts or things that I could be saying to these people in front of the kids that show how much I love them?  I have some ideas, but I know that in those moments I have sometimes wanted to actually tell them what I’m thinking.  Thankfully God gives me self-control at those times and helps me to remember the verse “a soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger” (prov 15:1).

Anyway, yeah.

Oh my.

I totally see a Youth Advance skit coming out of this….

Happy Birthday Ezra!!!

Today is Ezra’s 3rd birthday.  I can’t imagine life without him.

Bread. And no, I’m not talking about the band.

Bread.  I love it.  I love the smell of fresh baked bread and a nice warm roll with dinner.  Unfortunately it usually takes a lot of time to make–especially when you aren’t an expert, such as myself.  I do not have  a lot of time due to the fact that I have 3 kids under 3 now.  The kneading, while therapeutic, is just not in the time budget right now.  Enter in this book:  Artisan Bread In Five Minutes A Day.

“What? Five Minutes a Day?”  Yes.  Well, sort of.  Basically you make a batch of dough that literally does take 5 minutes to make, let it rise for a couple hours and then stick it in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.  No kneading, no punching it down and letting it rise again, nothing.  When you want bread for the day, you grab a hunk from the bowl, let it sit for 40 minutes and then put it in the oven.  That’s it.  Seriously.

I borrowed this book from the library, but I’m going to have to buy it.  It has a million recipes in it, and really, who doesn’t like fresh baked bread?  I’ll tell you who–no one.

This post is dedicated to Sarah.  Why?  Because she’s an awesome cook and baker, loves a good shortcut, and well, because I can.

(Btw, I do enjoy the band Bread too….I think I’m gonna bust out the Bread Anthology cd tonight.  you’re jealous, i know!)

yes. a REAL birthday.

Sunday was Eric’s 26th birthday, and so to mark the 26 years he’s been on this earth (outside of the womb of course!), I thought I’d let you in on 26 things I absolutely adore about him, in no particular order.

1.  His love for his Savior.

2.  His unabashed good looks.

3.  How he laughs the hardest when he’s with his children and family.

3.  How he loves his family.

4.  His desire to grow in godliness and lead others to cherish God’s Word

5.  His meaty hands.  (have you ever seen them?  his fingers are like long Vienna Sausages)

6.  How he sings for all to hear and is totally unashamed while doing it.  NO fear of man here!

7.  How he loves me by pushing me to seek the Lord in prayer in those times that I really don’t want to.

8.  His excitement in surprising and delighting me (and others) with different things/places.

9.  The way he turns into a little boy when he plays Legos wth Ezra.  And when watching LOST.  And football.

10.  His creativity in pretty much all things.

11.  The gentleness and respect he shows me.

12.  His heart to care for those in his care group.

13. His made up songs.

14.  His eyes.

15.  His obsession with books and ‘building a library.’

16.  How he loves to get together with other guys and talk theology.

17.  His sense of humor.

18.  The white hair in his beard.  I think it’s totally cool.

19.  The quickness he shows in forgiving me for sinning against him.

20.  His patience.

21.  His prayers.

22.  His humility and desire to grow in it.

23.  His love of ice cream.  It’s crazy.

24.  His adoration of our children.

25.  His love for his church.  And His Church.

26.  How he looks at me.

Of course this is only the beginning of the things I love about my husband, but I thought I’d just throw those out.  I’m so thankful to God that He did not let us stay they way we were, in sin and rebellion, but brought us first to Himself and then to each other.

Happy birthday my love!

“birthdays”, haircuts, & a short trip

Hello all….sorry again for the delay of posts.  It’s been a bit busy over here-go figure.  Between yesterday and today our two girls have turned 1 month old (Lila) and 18 months old (Keely)–I know, I know, they’re not official birthdays, but they’re milestones nonetheless. (can anyone tell me why we’re supposed to spell those three words into one? Allyson?)  I must say that I totally adore these two girls!  Lila is sweet and oh so calm, and Keely…well, she’s not calm in the least, but she’s got such a fun personality :)   I’ve been so blessed by these two and I can’t wait to see what will happen with them in the years to come.  I always wanted an older sister growing up, so it’ll be fun to watch the dynamics happen! Here are 2 recent pics of them..

On another note, some of you may be pleased to know that we went and got Ezra’s hair chopped off (boo hoo!) last week….much to our shagrin.  I know that it had to be done someday, I just hoped it wouldn’t have to happen for awhile.  But it got to the point that whenever we went to a store people would comment to me that Ezra was a girl “Oh she’s so pretty!” and Keely was a boy “oh, isn’t he cute!”….come on people, it’s just hair!  Anyway, we took some before and after photos to mark the occasion.  He’s got some kind of goofy smile on his face–he’s totally getting to be 3!

And finally, Eric and I stole a little weekend away from normal life and went down to DC.  We stayed in Fairfax (a LOT cheaper btw) and took the Metro in to DC on Saturday and Sunday.  It was great!  We did take Lila with us for feeding reasons, which turned out to be not AS much fun since she didn’t sleep all that great and apparently isn’t a fan of Georgetown.  But, regardless of no sleep and an uncomfortable baby, it was SO nice to just be with each other and take our time–no agenda or anything.  i love my husband.  The only thing we really wanted to do was go to Mark Dever’s church on Sunday (Capitol Hill Baptist), which we did end up doing!  I can’t say that I heard much of the message because I was down in the dungeon of a basement feeding the baby, but from what I did take in was really great.  Totally different from our church, but it was really great to experience a different way of “doing” a church service.  All of those that were leading the time did so with a great sense of humility and a burden for God’s glory.  I could explain more, but this post is already incredibly long….so just ask us when you see us.

(sign outside of the church–one my most favorite quotes)

Oh yeah, just wanted to throw this picture in there because football season has officially begun and for the first preseason game, everyone had on their Ravens gear.  This pic says it all:

Have a nice day! :)

I like Japan

Pretty fun, not gonna lie.

Lila Madalyn Price has been Added

So, as most of you now know, God has pulled that little baby out of Amanda this past Sunday! She weighed in at 6 pounds 15 ounces, 19.5 inches long, and much more hair than either of her siblings. Both Amanda and Lila are doing fine. Dad is doing fine too (thanks for asking). Ezra seems to like Lila, although he keeps referring to her as “the other white baby”. We don’t know what that’s about.

Here are some pics of the wee one, and you can get more from that link on the side of this page.

Head on over to…

Michele’s blog.  This recent post reminds me of how much I love and respect my friend for her devotion to God’s word, her growth in godliness, her heart for evangelism, and her humility.

I can’t believe….

That we’re going to have another one of these in 5 weeks or less!

Woo hoo!

Just a quick post to say a congratulations to my younger brother…he and his girlfriend got engaged last night!

And since I can’t find a pic of Joe and Kaitlyn, you get a pic of he and I.  How lame right?

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Goodness.

Do you ever feel like you have absolutely no clue what you’re doing? Well, I feel like that pretty much every second of the day lately. Not only do I not know how to best serve my husband or my kids, I don’t even feel like I know what I’m doing when i’m warming up a cup of coffee at 11am for the 6th time that day. In the midst of caring for a wonderful husband, a 2.5 year old, a 15 month old, and prego brain, I’m at a loss most days lately. (Not to mention I feel like this baby is going to fall out of me…but that’s something totally in and of itself and probably not blog-able!) :)

Anyway, all this to say that I can tend to get overwhelmed to the point of wanting to question God about this whole “God is sovereign and God is good” thing. I think that we say a lot of these phrases without truly knowing what they mean. At least, I do. What I mean is that I can spit out that phrase and believe it in my head, but I don’t necessarily believe it in a functional-living-it-out type way. As I look back over the past almost year of living with my in-laws and now getting ready to have a 3rd child and STILL living with my in-laws for another year, I wonder if I truly would have believed the ‘God is good’ mantra without having gone through this challenging year. I don’t want to convey that things have been bad here, please don’t misunderstand. But anytime a family of 4, soon to be 5, moves in with 4 other people who have their own set ways and own ideas of how to raise kids and lifestyle, it’s going to be an adjustment of sorts. I do believe that God has been good to me in this by showing me sin in my heart that otherwise would not have come out in this same way i.e, self-righteousness, grumbling, selfishness etc. (insert anything starting with the word “self” and you get the picture). And I am also starting to believe that I don’t have goodness in me. Anywhere. Yes, I would agree with Romans 3:10-12 “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.” But that doesn’t mean that I am not deceived by my sin and actually live like I believe that!

In light of this, Eric has encouraged me to read a chapter from a big old thick book by Stephen Charnock called “The Existence and Attributes of God” on the goodness of God. (Thanks Pete!) Go figure. It’s not an easy read, (17th century), but as I’ve worked myself through the first 10 pages of it, it’s been really helpful. Listen to this:

‘God is thus good, because his nature is infinitely perfect; he hath all things requisite to the completing of a most perfect and sovereign Being. All good meets in his essence, as all water meets in the ocean. Under this notion all the attributes of God, which are requisite to so illustrious a Being, are comprehended. All things that are, have a goodness of being in them, derived to them by the power of God, as they are creatures; so the devil is good, as he is a creature of God’s making: he hath a natural goodness, but not a moral goodness: when he fell from God, he retained his natural goodness as a creature; because he did not cease to be, he was not reduced to that nothing, from whence he was drawn; but he ceased to be morally good, being stripped of his righteousness by his apostasy; as a creature, he was God’s work; as a creature, he remains still God’s work; and, therefore, as a creature, remains still good, in regard of his created being. The more of being anything hath, the more of this sort of natural goodness it hath; and so the devil hath more of this natural goodness than men have; because he hath more marks of the excellency of God upon him, in regard of the greatness of his knowledge, and the extent of his power, the largeness of his capacity, and the acuteness of his understanding, which are natural perfections belonging to the nature of an angel, though he hath lost his moral perfections. God is sovereignly and infinitely good in this sort of goodness. He is unsearchably perfect (Job 11:7) ; nothing is wanting to his essence, that is necessary to the perfection of it; yet this is not that which the Scripture expresseth under the term of goodness, but a perfection of God’s nature as related to us, and which he poureth forth upon all his creatures, as goodness which flows from his natural perfection of the Deity.” (pg 217 The Existence and Attributes of God)

Crazy, right? How kind of God to not only choose me to be an adopted daughter, but to impute Christs righteousness to me when I don’t even have as much ‘natural’ goodness as the devil! And if God was merciful and gracious enough to send His Son to be crushed for a person such as I that has no goodness, then this really does ring true: “He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, now will he not also with him graciously give us all things? (Rom 8:32) If God is good in his very essence of being God, he cannot NOT be good. It would reflect something that was not of him. God is faithful and good. Faithful to save. Faithful to convict. Faithful to comfort. Good in his sovereign plan for MY life. Faithful and good to show hope to a worn out, brain dead mom. Hope not of a house, or friendships, or even kids who obey perfectly; but a hope of one day coming face to face with a Good God.

I will give thanks to your name, O Lord, for it is good. (Ps 54:6)

Pics

Just wanted to let you know that I finally uploaded some new pics of the family on our picasa site…….so for those of you who care, here’s the link:

http://picasaweb.google.com/ericbprice

:)

Thoughts?

Hey everyone, this is kind of a real post.  Well, it is a real post, but it’s mostly just a few links that I wanted to post to get your thoughts.  It’s the ever-debatable section of 1Corinthians 11:2-16 regarding headcoverings.

2Now I commend you(A) because you remember me in everything and(B) maintain the traditions(C) even as I delivered them to you. 3But I want you to understand that(D) the head of every man is Christ,(E) the head of a wife[a] is her husband, and(F) the head of Christ is God. 4Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head, 5but every wife[b] who prays or(G) prophesies(H) with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since it is the same(I) as if her head were shaven. 6For if a wife will not cover her head, then she should cut her hair short. But since it is disgraceful for a wife to cut off her hair or shave her head, let her cover her head. 7For a man ought not to cover his head, since(J) he is the image and glory of God, but(K) woman is the glory of man. 8For(L) man was not made from woman, but woman from man. 9Neither was man created for woman, but(M) woman for man. 10That is why a wife ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.[c] 11Nevertheless,(N) in the Lord woman is not independent of man nor man of woman; 12for as woman was made from man, so man is now born of woman. And(O) all things are from God. 13Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a wife to pray to God with her head uncovered? 14Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears long hair it is a disgrace for him, 15but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering. 16(P) If anyone is inclined to be contentious, we have no such practice, nor do(Q) the churches of God.

Please read and comment if you wish.

Just for a backround on why I’m bringing this up: Mainly because I’ve been “wrestling” (in quotes because I haven’t always wrestled with it, just ignored it at times!) with this passage and have been wanting to make a decision based on scripture, not on the culture or influenced by people that I know have best intentions on serving me (on both sides of the argument).  I remember asking a couple of men about it when I was a brand-spankin’-new believer and they both dismissed it saying it was a cultural thing.  Not knowing what I was doing or even how to study the bible, I just went along with their counsel and didn’t think a thing about it.  Recently my friend Naomi has begun wearing head coverings to church (her blog link to follow) and I was newly inspired to research the passage.  Regardless of my views at this point, while I think this scripture is difficult, I also believe that God is sovereign in when the Holy Spirit brings illumination to specific difficult passages of scripture.  When that illumination comes and we see clearly the purpose and intent of the passage, we do have a responsibility in either obeying it or disobeying it.  I would (try) and never condemn anyone for their choice to wear a covering or not wear a covering based on their lack of scriptural knowledge or ignorance.  (ie., if someone is a Christian and has never even read one of these difficult passages–not limited to headcoverings obviously, we would want to show grace and not call them out on a sin in which they didn’t even know existed!)  Anyway, you get my point.  This is not meant to bring factions to the church or to be dissentious.  Thought provoking and causing us to seek God in His Word, yes.  Just wanted to throw that out there since there are many passages in the bible that we think are “debatable” and all of us are inclined to get wrapped up in a ‘who-is-right’ battle instead of showing grace and love to a fellow sinner.  The bible wasn’t written to bring chaos!

Right.

So, without further ado, here are the links:

http://fantasticague.blogspot.com/2008/03/we-have-no-other-practice.html

http://www.puritanfellowship.com/2007/10/why-head-coverings-are-for-today.html

http://www.ovc.edu/terry/articles/headcovr.htm

http://www.entrewave.com/view/reformedonline/Headcoverings%20in%20Public%20Worship2.htm

(Michelle, I know you’ll love this!) :)

It’s a……………

GIRL!

( Eric  we buckled and found out what we’re having last week at the sonogram)

…..and no, I still don’t know what to do with girls…. 

Again?!

Hello all. Well, it’s kind of funny that this is the next post…….reason being the comment from the previous post regarding having children. Why, you ask? Welp, I’m pregnant! Yup, you heard me correctly! I’m talking gonna-be-giant-in-the-hottest-part-of-the-summer pregnant. :) I know what your next question might happen to be too–”did you plan this?” And my answer will be the same as it would be with our other 2 children–nope! Nevertheless, we are excited to be adding to our family, and although our living situation isn’t the most desirable at this point in time, I believe that God is both sovereign AND good. When we first got married we prayed that all of our kids would be close in age….and when we moved in here, we were thinking that we just couldn’t have another one too soon because it would be a little crazy. I was pretty bummed at that point to realize we might not have another kiddo for awhile, but, I got used to the idea and was content with that. God had already decided to answer our prayers from 3 years ago and bless us with a pregnancy NOW which means that all 3 of our kids (Lord willing) will be 18 months apart! Anyway, that’s our big news as of right now. We’re not sure if we’re going to find out the gender of the baby yet since we have one of each, but I’m thinking that he or she will look something like this:

Keely 10 months

Ez 10 months

(Both at 10 months. Weird huh?)

Edit**

Just a quick edit to the previous post to say that I didn’t mean that we’re not ever having any more kids, I just meant that I don’t want to be continuously pregnant for the rest of my life.  Get it?  Great.

Thanks to Michele for pointing this out in her usual sarcastic tone :) Wink wink.

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