Our girl dressed in her sunday best

Maggie wanted me to post her picture. She is getting so big. Pretty soon we will not have any little ones left any more. Maggie loves to dress up on Sunday's but the rest of the week forget it. She wants me to teach her how to read. I am thinking about taking the plunge. I am just a little worried because she just turned four. I firmly believe in letting children be children for as long as they can be. I guess I will give it a go. If it doesn't work I can say I tried.

Jacob's birthday present

This is Jacob's birthday present. His name is Nyhmboulous Cade, Nhym for short. I have to tell you the story behind him. Jacob wanted 3 different things for his birthday which were all too expensive. Some of you might know we been having a really hard time this year financially. We just could not afford to get him what Jacob wanted. I finally told him that we just could not afford what he wanted and would he be satisfied with money. Jacob being who he is agreed but I could tell he was not very happy. This was already going to be a sad birthday for him because of family issues on my side of the family. I told the Lord I did not know what to do but that I would really like to get him at least one of the presents he wanted. I happened to look on Craigs list. There was a ferret with everything included for exactly the money we had for a present. I was so excited. The Lord is so good. He even cares about a 14 year old boys littlest wish and yet we can't trust Him for the big things in our lives. I am preaching this to myself. I wish everyone could have seen Jacob's face. He kept rubbing his eyes and looking at me like is this really mine. I told him the Lord takes care of us every time. Jacob has been saying every day this is the best gift I have ever received. This is coming from a boy who can't stand animals. David and I think this is so funny.