Talking with God

The other day Gabe was waiting for our neighbors to come home so they could play. He was sitting at the edge of our drive way with his bike just waiting patiently. I went outside to play with him while the other boys were napping. I asked him what he was doing and he said he was talking with God. I was caught off guard a minute and asked what did you say? He said that he was asking God if He was okay because He was hurt on the cross. I told Gabe that it was great to talk with God and God really likes talking with him. He's really been asking some wonderful questions about stories he's learning from school & church! What a great feeling to know he's listening & processing stories about our wonderful Father!

Conrad Pictures

Wanted to share a few fun pictures from this week!



Gabe had his Fall Festival at school on Friday! Noah only likes a few bites of Cotton Candy and it's a good thing. He'd be so sticky! Cute picture!

I tried & tried to get Joel to smile to get his 3 month pictures...He'd smile and by the time my slow camera would snap...he was back to being serious again! I thought this one was really cute. I think I took about 20 pictures; good think we're digital.

Me & my sweet boys at the pumpkin patch! Joel wasn't very happy! Gabe has a Cowboy Dress up Day on Wednesday at school and wanted to try it out!

This is what happens when you are the youngest. Big Brothers do silly things to you and everyone laughs without you knowing why!

Cars & Trucks and the thing that makes them go...

When we all got into the car today, I noticed that the gas light was on in the van. I told the boys we were going to have to put gas in the car on the way home. Gabe then asked Noah, "Would you like to know why cars need gas?" Noah didn't respond so he continued anyway. I eagerly listened while he proceeded..."Cars have to have gas or they will not work and if they don't work, you have to walk. You don't want to walk because your legs will get tired and hurt. You want your car to work so you should put gas in it. Remember the time Mr. Vance didn't put gas in his car and we had to help him. Mommy, why didn't Mr. Vance put gas in his car...doesn't he know it will not work without gas." I added that Mr. Vance knows that cars need gas, but his car was broken and he didn't know it was out of gas. This happened months ago and he still hasn't forgotten!

Gabe has frequently asked why he can't ride in the front seat beside me. I've explained about air bags and how they can hurt him if I was in an accident because he isn't big enough yet. We had this conversation a few days ago, but realized today that he got to ride in the front seat of a car. He reminded me that he got to ride in Vance's truck because there is no back seat! He was quite satisfied knowing he got to ride in the front afterall! Vance you've been redeemed! HA!