Christmas in memphis

we had a splendid time at trader mom and dad's house. the girls enjoyed opening presents and later playing with their spoils. other picts of the festivities can be seen on caslon, bear's cave and wandering heart . thanks trader mom for all the work you put into making the week so enjoyable!

lost and found X three

that's right.
loose tooth T is toothless again.
and yet again the tooth in m.i.a.

day by day

a few requests:

friday another baby in our church passed away. he was born at 32 weeks and developed an intestinal infection. if you are keeping track this in the third baby in the past 13 months that our church family has lost. a staggering number for a church of 350. pray for the family.

on saturday a friend was diagnosed with m.s. pray for remission

also on saturday we heard that another friend's cancer is worse than they first thought. her girls are the same age as ours. just pray.

not a very merry Christmas message, but in the words of one of the above:
this is what God has for us and we just have to let him take care of it day by day.

Merry Christmas!

early Christmas

Merry Christmas to all!

quick wits

a couple days ago i was singing "my girl" to maddie.
"i've got sunshine on a cloudy day.
when it's cold outside i've got the month of may...
what can make me feel this way?"
mad replied: "an umbrella" pretty good for a 3 year old

last night i'm reading the story of cain and able from em's story Bible.
cain wants it to rain and able says ask God for the rain.
after reading i asked this comprehension question:
what should cain have done since his crops needed rain and it wasn't raining?
her reply: "go get the hose."
her little brain is "always moving fast. it never stops" (em's quote)

misery

besides the flu
mad has
a horrible cough,
a fever
and a
double ear infection







she thought it was funny
that i took a picture
of her coughing

mad's first

flu

"humpf" - one of her favorite phrases that i am borrowing

cross of love

blood and sorrow flow from the languid brow of Jesus dying
and tears from heaven's eyes are the anguished drops of a father crying
oh why?
this must be a cross of love for God to bruise his only son
Jesus what a sacrifice to reach us
it had to be across of love

emblem of his pain
(and the people jeered at him and mocked his holy name)
oh splintered wood
(for they knew not who he was nor why it was he came)
i'll never comprehend
(some had come to offer helpto soothe a mother's pain)
of an act so great
but as she watched her wounded son)
gave love expression
(the comfort never came)
oh why?

this must be a cross of love
for God to bruise his only son
Jesus what a sacrifice to reach us
it had to be a cross of love

from savior

lost and found x 2

loose tooth T is now toothless T

tooth two is also missing.

good thing the fairy has a super computer keeping track of teeth that disappear.

lost and found

lost - one tiny bottom front tooth (and it's really lost)
found - one crisp dollar bill from the tooth fairy under the pillow

it's amazing that the tooth fairy can deliver even when there is no tooth to exchange.
"it's really real" - em