Z At The Pumpkin Patch...

At the pumpkin patch today Z kept insisting he wanted a "triangle eye" pumpkin. I kept trying to explain it to him, but he just wasn't getting it...

Z: These pumpkins don't have triangle eyes. They are blind pumpkins. They need eyes to see where they are going.

Mom: Where are they going?

Z: I guess it doesn't matter 'cause they couldn't see it anyway!

M's New Choir Song...

Your love will last forever.
Its like a mighty river.
That flows and flows forever;
never stopping.
Your awesome love protects me.
When I sin Your love corrects me.
Your faithful to direct me;
always to Your love.

And when I choose to disobey;
You bring me back to Your truth.
You daily show Your love for me;
by making me like You.

Your Love

Small Town Life...

Chelley's post about small towns reminded me of this story.

The Stallions family has always attended the demolition derby to watch his uncle and cousin. Shortly after we became engaged Chris took me to the demolition derby (which I had never seen before). All of his extended family was there and while I knew most of them, I didn't recognize a lady standing in the middle of them holding an umbrella. So I asked Chris who she was and how they were related, but he didn't know. So he asked his mom who also didn't know. So she asked his aunt who didn't know. Finally we asked his grandma who looked at her for quite awhile before finally saying, "I don't know. We aren't related to her." Coming from a small family in a big city this was very amusing to me until we got married and people would see my last name and ask if I was related to "so and so" and I would have to tell them that I just didn't know.

And for the record, I just don't get demolition derby's. It just seems really dangerous to me, but maybe that's the point. IDK

Secrets...

Z sees M working on a pillow for H.

Z: M, are you making a pillow for me for Christmas just like I made one for you?
Mom: SSSHHHH! That's a secret!
Z: Oh, right.
Z (in a stage whisper): M, are you making a pillow for me for Christmas just like I made one for you?

Its All In The Tone...

Me: What do you want on your English muffin?
Chris: Peanut butter, please.
Me: Do you want some sliced banana on that?
Chris: No, that is disgusting.
Me: I like banana and peanut butter.
Chris (very sweetly): Yes, sweetie, but you're weird.

Saddest Coupon Story...

(Another reason I love my hubby...)

When I was 9+ months pregnant with M I received a $5.00 off a $5.00 purchase to Sears. I asked Chris to check the expiration date and he misread it and the coupon expired. When I discovered this I proceeded to throw a royal hissy fit and sob hysterically that I was planning to buy our baby socks with that coupon and now "our baby will have no socks and his poor little feet will freeze!!!" Chris not only didn't laugh at me, he apologized for letting the coupon expire and offered to go right out and purchase a package of socks for our baby so his feet would be "toasty and warm right after you deliver him". I wish I could tell you that I graciously accepted his offer, but remember I was 9+ months pregnant. Poor Chris. How very lucky I am to have a man like you! (He bought M little socks with tools on them, too!)

Filled to Overflowing...

"Only one thing prevents Jesus from filling our cups as He passes by, and this is sin in one of its thousand forms. The Lord Jesus does not fill dirty cups. Anything that springs from self, however small it may be, is sin. Self-energy or self-complacency in service is sin. Self-pity in trials or difficulties, self-seeking in business or Christian work, self-indulgence in one's spare time, sensitiveness, touchiness, resentment and self-defense when we are hurt or injured by others, self-consciousness, reserve, worry, fear, all spring from self and all are sin and make our cups unclean. But all of them were put into that other cup, which Lord Jesus shrank from momentarily in Gethsemane, but which He drank to the dregs at Calvary-the cup of our sin. And if we will allow Him to show us what is in our cups and then give it to Him, He will cleanse them in the precious blood that still flows from sin. That does not mean mere cleansing from the guilt of sin, not even from the stain of sin-though thank God both are true-but from the sin itself, whatever it may be. And as He cleanses our cups, so He fills them to overflowing with His Holy Spirit."

-Roy Hession The Calvary Road

In The Last Five Minutes...

I have put the arms back on four (that's right, 4!) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Yet Another Reason Why I Love My Husband...

Today he told me that I am his most favorite person. So sweet...

Chris's Work Story...

Okay, not the whole story. Just the opening sentences.

"So, I got to work today and there is a Blackberry under my keyboard. The electronic, not the fruit. That would have been gross."