save the date!!

Rylie's Birthday party will be on August 8th...later in the afternoon probably around 5. We will be doing food of some sort..just wanted to send out a save the date since summer time is such a busy time for all of us!!!

Simply my world....

This is so true!

This is from a newsletter I subscribe to and wanted to share with you guys since so many of you have small children. I am scared for our little ones growing up in todays world. We must truly rely on God for guidance to raising our children....We don't want them making some of the mistakes that we made...

Where Are the Parents?
2 Timothy 2:22
Now flee from youthful lusts, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

I wish I heard more Christian parents struggling over how they will help their preteens and teenagers control these dangerous sexual desires. But I don't.
For almost three decades many Christian parents have watched as our culture has performed surgery on our children's morals-an amputation of conscience. It's no mistake that schools are full of kids who do not know right from wrong.
The bottom line is we are not challenging our youths with a high enough standard. You and I know our culture is calling them into immorality. The forces today are simply too powerful for our youths to handle their sexual urges alone. We need to help them learn how to avoid kicking their sex drives into high gear.
A lot of parents pass this responsibility on to their youth pastors. But they are no substitute for parents who will train their kids about sex.
Barbara and I are the God-appointed guardians of our children's purity. Will we be 100 percent successful? Sadly, no. We will fail. And our children are not robots; they will make some choices and will fall short at times. Rather than lowering biblical standards, however, we want to help our kids (and you) go for the gold: innocence.
When I hear parents talking, I sense many feel pretty helpless to protect their sons and daughters from getting involved sexually prior to marriage. Others are confused; they aren't sure what is right or which direction to go, so they say very little to their children, or nothing at all.
Yet kids want their parents to challenge them. They need parents who will help them protect their innocence. In fact, I'm starting to read surveys that show teenagers are upset at adults who assume they are going to have sex before marriage. They want to be challenged to something higher, something better.
Prayer:
For the families in your church and community. Pray for a movement of parents who would join you in protecting their children's innocence.

Beck "reading" to Rylie

Toast bandit

Things heard around the house!

So these are not proud mommy moments but I wanted to share them with you guys...one day Robbie and I were in the play room with the kids playing and Rylie walks to her toy chest and looks in and says without hesitation " Damick, I can find my phone!" yep you heard it here first folks..."damick" also known to many as Damn it!!
Then just today we were leaving nannie's and Paw's and pulling out of the drive way she says "crap, mommy I forgot to tell Nannie something give me your cell phone so I can call her"
Does all that sound familier to anyone...I REALLY must have a talk with Robbie to watch his mouth...heheehee..of course he will beg to differ with me, but we all know who is the potty mouth in the fam...
too funny not to share out of the mouths of babes!!

So imagine my surprise to go and pick up Rylie today at Nannie's and paw's and she had "rollers" in her hair. Rylie allowed her Nannie to do this; the same lil girl that I barely get to get a brush thru her hair....we laughed our butts off at this one..

Look at those girls!!!

Today is the day..take 2!!

Today is the day!! A different version!!