“God is not a belief to which you give your assent. God becomes a reality whom you know intimately, meet everyday, one whose strength becomes your strength, whose love, your love. Live this life of the presence of God long enough and when someone asks you, “Do you believe there is a God?” you may find yourself answering, “No, I do not believe there is a God. I know there is a God.”~Ernest Boyer, Jr.

And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart with all your soul and with all your might.~Deuteronomy 6:5

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

No Spirit of '76






For Ella's 4th birthday we decided to get Ella her own girlie bike, until now she has been riding Caleb's old yellow very boy bike.



Ella's new bike is pink and purple with princesses all over it and tassels on the handle bars, it's the ultimate girlie girl bike and Ella loves it! When I went to Wal-Mart I was tempted to buy the cheaper girl bike the Seastar it too was pink and purple but instead of princesses it has a star fish and was no where as cool as the princess bike, but the $20 savings appealed to the frugal side of me.
After considering it for just a moment the memory of Dan's most disappointing Christmas ever came to mind. He was like 8 years old and had been asking for a bike, well on Christmas morning his dad rolls out this cool tough black bike called something like the black widow and he was beyond excited about how good he was going to look on HIS bike. Much to his dismay it was not for him but for his older brother, then out comes HIS bike red, white, and blue with a banana seat and tassels from the handle bars...the Spirit of '76... not at all cool!
So as I fight my cheapness I remember the Spirit of '76 and the answer is clear, princesses are worth the extra $20, besides if I had gotten the Seastar Dan would have taken it back that night for the Princess bike...those scars never fade!



Ella is now a biker chick it's all she wants to do!

Monday, April 27, 2009

On this day


Four years ago today Ella was born and what a day that was, I can't help but remember the events of that day every year. Here we are four years later and I can't believe how quickly it has gone by,Ella has grown into such a cute and funny little girl I just love every moment I have with her.


Last week I told her I would make what ever she wanted for her birthday dinner or we could go out to where ever she wanted so what did she pick....Olive Garden!
Guess what's for dinner tonight?
Four things I love about Ella on her 4th birthday
1) she is allll girl
2) her deep belly laughs crack me up every time
3) she loves to be in the middle of whatever I am doing cooking, cleaning, weeding she's a great helper
4) I love how she comes up and says " I love you mom" at random times during the day
I Love my sweet "baby" girl!