Thursday, April 24, 2008
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Avery
So, Ben got to hang out with his little friend Avery this week! She is two months older than Ben and they really do seem to enjoy each other. They even played "ball" together.....throwing a big ball back and forth for a couple minutes........ Too cute!
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Baby Ben
I can not believe still that Ben is already a year old. I was just looking through his baby pictures and had to share a couple. People are always telling you how fast it goes and you just don't know until it's you, and your baby! I am amazed at how much he's grown and changed and know now
that he's already walking, it will be about a minute for he's talking and I just can't get enough of him.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Knoxville, TN
Home Sweet Home......
This week we are in Knoxville, TN visiting family and friends. Monday we took a trip up to see my grandmother in Kentucky so she could finally meet her great-grandson. We had a great time!
These are pictures taken down at UT Gardens which is just a beautiful place to visit. Ben is walking all of the time now and doesn't want to sit still for a minute!
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Travelling Tips?
So, we took an eight hour road trip last night in which I thought Ben would sleep most of the way since we left so late. Well, that was the plan anyway. Turns out he hates being confined in his carseat for any length of time. This was not the case until he started walking and decided that he does not like to sit still. I had my mom with me last night so she was able to keep him occupied at times.. he was sooooo cranky! I have to make the trip back later this week by myself!!! Help!?! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Monday, March 31, 2008
Happy Birthday Ben
So Ben turned one yesterday! It was tons of fun, he had no problem devouring his little chocolate cupcake. Twenty-five close family members and friends helped up celebrate! He now has a huge inventory of cars and trucks and fun toys to last him a long time. Thanks everyone who helped us celebrate!
Monday, March 24, 2008
Grateful
I am completely grateful to all of our armed services for protecting and fighting for our great country. I am disgusted by our media’s representation of our struggle to maintain our freedom. I was reading today’s headlines and it read “Military Death toll reaches 4,000 in Iraq.” God bless those families for their losses. I am totally humbled by their willingness to serve and protect. But we lost over 58,000 in Vietnam and over 418,500 in the 2cd World War. Can we get a little perspective in the media, please?
Our military budget (that certain politicians want to cut in half) is what allowed us to save more human lives in the first place. Without our current advances in technology we would be completely vulnerable to other countries attacks. We are a super power for a reason. We have to be. People fear the most that which they don’t understand. The majority of the middle east hates us because they have no concept of freedom. They raise their children from a very young age to hate, not just dislike but to hate the Western World. These children are the next generation of suicide bombers that our children will be battling in 25 years. There is no end to the Iraq war……it’s not just about pulling out of Iraq. It’s the same battle that been predicted from the beginning of time.
The following is from” They Stumble Together” by Douglas S. Winnail
The prophet Hosea revealed the cause of the problems in the Israelite nations. He wrote: "...Because you have forgotten the law of your God… Because they have ceased obeying the Lord" (Hosea 4:6, 10). This willing ignorance and disobedience has spawned a whole series of problems, "swearing and lying, killing and stealing and committing adultery, they break all restraint, with bloodshed upon bloodshed" (Hosea 4:2). Long before Hosea’s time, God warned the people He had blessed and chosen to be a light to the world: "When you have eaten and are full… Beware that you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping His commandments" (Deuteronomy 8:10–11). Yet God foresaw the Israelite peoples’ tendency to forget, so He inspired Moses to record sober warnings for their descendants: "I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you. And evil will befall you in the latter days, because you will do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger through the work of your hands" (Deuteronomy 31:29).
It is no coincidence that the growing troubles now threatening the Israelite nations have arisen while they are tolerating and promoting the abortion of millions of unborn babies, leading the world in adultery and divorce and celebrating homosexual relationships and same-sex marriages—all practices the Bible clearly calls abominations (Leviticus 18:20–22). Because of these flagrant sins, God reveals that these nations will "reap the consequences" of their actions (Jeremiah 2:17–19; Hosea 4:9–10). Scripture shows that God himself is "fashioning a disaster and devising a plan against" the modern Israelite nations, and that those disasters will come upon the nations "suddenly" (Jeremiah 6:26; 15:8). It is time to wake up to the power and relevance of Bible prophecy!
Our military budget (that certain politicians want to cut in half) is what allowed us to save more human lives in the first place. Without our current advances in technology we would be completely vulnerable to other countries attacks. We are a super power for a reason. We have to be. People fear the most that which they don’t understand. The majority of the middle east hates us because they have no concept of freedom. They raise their children from a very young age to hate, not just dislike but to hate the Western World. These children are the next generation of suicide bombers that our children will be battling in 25 years. There is no end to the Iraq war……it’s not just about pulling out of Iraq. It’s the same battle that been predicted from the beginning of time.
The following is from” They Stumble Together” by Douglas S. Winnail
The prophet Hosea revealed the cause of the problems in the Israelite nations. He wrote: "...Because you have forgotten the law of your God… Because they have ceased obeying the Lord" (Hosea 4:6, 10). This willing ignorance and disobedience has spawned a whole series of problems, "swearing and lying, killing and stealing and committing adultery, they break all restraint, with bloodshed upon bloodshed" (Hosea 4:2). Long before Hosea’s time, God warned the people He had blessed and chosen to be a light to the world: "When you have eaten and are full… Beware that you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping His commandments" (Deuteronomy 8:10–11). Yet God foresaw the Israelite peoples’ tendency to forget, so He inspired Moses to record sober warnings for their descendants: "I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you. And evil will befall you in the latter days, because you will do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger through the work of your hands" (Deuteronomy 31:29).
It is no coincidence that the growing troubles now threatening the Israelite nations have arisen while they are tolerating and promoting the abortion of millions of unborn babies, leading the world in adultery and divorce and celebrating homosexual relationships and same-sex marriages—all practices the Bible clearly calls abominations (Leviticus 18:20–22). Because of these flagrant sins, God reveals that these nations will "reap the consequences" of their actions (Jeremiah 2:17–19; Hosea 4:9–10). Scripture shows that God himself is "fashioning a disaster and devising a plan against" the modern Israelite nations, and that those disasters will come upon the nations "suddenly" (Jeremiah 6:26; 15:8). It is time to wake up to the power and relevance of Bible prophecy!
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