Only Time will Tell

What is coming . . . ? The word is out! Revealed none other than Halloween night amongst our family during a party hosted by my wife, I let the cat out of the bag so to speak. We are indeed expecting a new addition. What will it be? A boy (Jaxon LaVarr) or a girl (Anisa Grace)? Only time will tell. One thing for sure though, I will keep you updated throughout the process. I am very excited. It was hard to wait this long. Our tentative due date, May 14, 2010.

School pictures of my angels

Allison Hope

McKinsey Kay

Brendan Charles

Roman Wade

Seena Marcia

Taylor Wade

Alec Jeremy

I stand all amazed...

Have you ever looked at your children and had to stop to catch your breath at the beauty of them? Not physical beauty necessarily, although I do think my children are beautiful, but the beauty of that unique son or daughter of God with all the endless potential that entails.

I had one of those moments with Seena the other day. She was helping me make Halloween sugar cookies and I stopped and watched her and I was so moved by her gigantic spirit that I got emotional and teary. "What's the matter mom?" she asked.

What do you say to that? "I am just overwhelmed by the very power of you."I think this plan of children and families and parenting is amazing and I feel my soul grow every time I allow myself to see my children as my Father in heaven sees them.

Fraggle head

One of the joys of being a mother to girls is to do funny things to their hair.

Allison doesn't get as much of a kick out of it as I do, and she fights me every step of the way.

This latest creation was very fun to do even though she didn't like it.

And it didn't last very long. She pulled out every one of my twists which is how she was aptly christened fragle head.

McKinsey

McKinsey is truly a joy.

She makes me laugh with the funny things she says and does.

Today she was standing next to me jumping up and down full of her unquenchable energy. "OH, MY HEART IS BEEPING" she gushed breathlessly.

I love her.

I'm a Weblos

I've always thought that "weblos" was a funny name for a group of scouts, but none the less, my sweetheart is a weblos and earning lots of pins. I think these were a fitness pin and a citizenship pin.

I am very happy with how involved my boys are in scouts, not that I have a huge amount to do with it, but I know the good things that can happen to a boy when he is involved in scouts. Hooray for scouts.