Congrats to Seth!

We have now been living in Texas for a year and Seth just received a promotion to Software Engineer 2. Congrats! I am very proud of my hard working husband. His boss had a lot of good things to say about his performance on the job. Yeah Seth!

The Teaching of Sunbeams

Boy did Seth and I have an interesting experience at church today. We were asked to teach the sunbeams and the lesson was on loving everyone. Of course we had the story of the good Samaritan, but then we asked the children how they can show love to other people. Here are some of the responses... keep in mind these kids are 3 and 4.

"I will not give my brother an upper cut in the face"
(How the heck does a 3 year old know what an upper cut is?)

"My girlfriend loves it when I kiss her"
(Hmm, this kid is already a mack)

"My daddy has a new girlfriend; he always has new girlfriends, and hes always loving on them"
(What do you say to that one? Thats great!?!)

"My uncle beats me, he likes it"
(Do I call child welfare?)

There were some good answers to, but these ones will forever stick in my mind. Boy are we living in a different world!
One other thing I wanted to ask is if you guys could include in your prayers those suffering from the effects of Hurricane Ike. Love to all!

A most unpleasant feeling

After what happened to me today I don't think I will ever be the same again. After I had gotten dressed I felt a huge creepy crawly run up my leg. I screamed did a little dance and then ripped off the offending pants and while shaking them out found this big beauty. Can I just say I hate cockroaches! Twenty minutes later I still feel like I have things crawling on me. I really haven't seen very many cockroaches but when they are making there way into your pants drawer then its definitely not ok.

Build a Bear Fun

Kenzi and Kade have a chart for each week of jobs and certain things they need to get done in the day and they either get black marks or happy stickers. If they get 30 or more stickers in a week they get a reward. This week it was a Build a Bear outfit. Build a Bear is such a awesome little store. You go in, pick an animal they stuff it with just the right amount of fluff, and then you get to pick out clothing, accessories and you can even get a voice box put into your bear. The kids really enjoyed themselves and I think that the reward system has been a positive way to get them to be good.