Mary's Moments

These pictures were taken a couple months ago when my brother was in town and we met at the Cracker Barrel for brunch. I just love the facial expressions in these pictures and the love you can see between the kids. (The only thing I don't like are the Longhorn images on the rocking chairs, but hey, what can ya do!? I don't think the Cracker Barrel would have appreciated if I had taken my paint pen with me and painted the longhorns with the horns sawed off!) Well, I hope everyone has a safe and happy Labor Day holiday! And Aggies...good luck...BTHO Montana State tonight!

So today is my Mom's birthday...Happy Birthday Mom! Hope you have a special day! I found this poem and thought of you . So here's a birthday poem for ya, Mom! Another year older, a year of living in the light of the Lord, A time of changing, a time of growing, A time of learning to use His Sword Maturing more as the days go on, Telling others what Christ has taught you, Touching hearts as you travel along, Living love - we can see Him in you. A miracle is working there in your heart, A new beginning, He changed you right from the start, And now you know that there is no turning back, The grace of God you will never lack. You're a picture of what our great Redeemer can do, When you walk in His love, you make an excellent view, You are changing on the inside, it's really plain to see, Like a stranger to this world - living for eternity, Committed to our Saviour, you are resting in His hands, He planned your future long ago, before your life began. Oh, delight yourself for

Matt in the hat:) Matt trying to do the Gig 'Em thumb. So lately Matthew has been glued to Daniel's Aggie hat...I'm guessing because he sees that Daniel wears it quite often, especially recently when he's been working on his car. At least Matt's got the right idea with picking the right colored hat to wear! :) (Oh and it's football season too...Gig 'Em Ags!) I just think it's so cute how he mimics his dad and even wears the hat just like Daniel. A lot of times Daniel will wear it backwards and of course, when Matt can snag the hat, he wears it backwards too. Just like little boys look to their dads and try to mimic their every behavior, if only we could act the same with God, our Heavenly Father, in our lives. Constantly looking to the Father, watching, waiting, copying His perfection, and trying to be just like Him. Picture a life of surrender, full of grace, love, patience, truth...without sin. Someday my friends! Unfortunately, even when our behavior

So I decided to create a blogspot. Not only because "everyone's doing it" and it's the "cool thing to do" these days (I hope you sense my sarcasm:), but because many times, with the chaos and fast-pace of life, I often forget the many cute and funny things my kids do, or the great family time I had on vacation and during holidays, or just the awesome sunset/sunrise I saw walking the dog (and kids). I feel that as a stay-at-home mom every day is a special opportunity for me to witness and interact with my kids as they grow up right in front of me. And the somewhat scary part is that I'm supposed to be the one teaching them and they're the ones looking to me for guidance. Yikes! Thank goodness it's not only me and Daniel doing the guiding, but Him helping us! But if only we could slow things down for a while! I'm not quite ready for Christopher (our 3rd baby, almost 4 months old) to be growing up as fast as he is! The only thing I can do is ch