Monday, November 29, 2010
Celebrating Grandma Clark
The kids thought it would be fun to "make" grandma a birthday cake! I love the creativity!
First Days of School
The first day of school! The kids were so excited!
He was happy until Madi got on the bus and he couldn't join her :(
Madi couldn't wait to ride the bus with Andrew!
On Isaac's first day we took him to meet his teacher and get him acquainted with the new school...
We picked up Grandma afterwards and celebrated with lunch at Steak N Shake!
Two days later he got to ride the bus for the first time!
Dad saying he loves him...
Isaac was very excited to be in class with his buddies from the neighborhood!
Saying goodbye to El....nice outfit for him huh! Still in his mismatched jami's!
Elliot wanted to do everything they did....he even grabbed his own back pack and got himself ready...
He was happy until Madi got on the bus and he couldn't join her :(
Madi couldn't wait to ride the bus with Andrew!
On Isaac's first day we took him to meet his teacher and get him acquainted with the new school...
We picked up Grandma afterwards and celebrated with lunch at Steak N Shake!
Two days later he got to ride the bus for the first time!
Dad saying he loves him...
Isaac was very excited to be in class with his buddies from the neighborhood!
Saying goodbye to El....nice outfit for him huh! Still in his mismatched jami's!
giving Papa a heart attack!
Some days I think we give my dad a heart attack....No one got hurt this time...but it cracks me up to watch HIM watch the kids!
Park with the Clarks!
Labor Day weekend we headed with the Clark side to Riverside park. The kids just love being outside. We enjoyed some yummy ice cream afterwards too!
down by the river...
down by the river...
Yard Fest!
So...we had our annual yard fest with my cousins! It was a blast...of course! We played many silly games, ate some yummy mexican and my sister even made mexican fried ice cream! I didn't take many pictures...I guess I was having too much fun! Here are a couple!
nice pink headband Jon!
water fight...
and the winners are...
The boys racing to see how could empty a kleenex box first!
nice pink headband Jon!
water fight...
and the winners are...
Mud Run
Here we are at KCC's first annual mud run! The kids thought this was pretty cool. They were trying to convince Dad to run with them next year....we'll have to see on that one! :)
zoo!
Another last hoo-rah before school started was the zoo! We met some friends at the zoo and had a blast!
silly kids!
the crew!
silly kids!
the crew!
Day Hike
Before the kids headed back to school we took them out for a hike over by Gun Lake. They loved it! They brought little brown bags to put their "treasures" in!
They saw lots of caterpillars!
...a hiking we will go...
We found a geo-cash site...they loved trading in their trinkets for new ones!
Gotta climb a tree!
Lunch!
Watermelon spitting!
Garden
Here we are in Late August...the kids had this idea to start a garden. I was actually very skeptical that anything would grow but within 1 week they had lots of sprouts! They were so excited to see what they had grown! It was fun watching them come check on it every day and watering it. They showed everyone that came over!
Block Party 2010
This was our third annual block party! I think this one was the best yet! It was so much fun! I love that so many neighbors came out to join us! We had over 120 neighbors attend! Isn't that awesome!
We started the night with the bike parade. The kids had fun coming up with how to decorate the bikes! Here is Madi & Andrew!
Isaac & his buddy Charlotte.
We started the night with the bike parade. The kids had fun coming up with how to decorate the bikes! Here is Madi & Andrew!
Isaac is Darth Vader and Elliot is to the left of Isaac with Spidey on the front of his bike. Spiderman stayed on his bike for the rest of the summer! He loved it!
Next was the fire truck. We tried to line up all 60+ kids....here are most of them!
Jets Pizza! Yum! This was super easy....and we had Culvers Custard Cart for dessert!
Jets Pizza! Yum! This was super easy....and we had Culvers Custard Cart for dessert!
The slide was a huge hit! Check out the line!
Isaac & his buddy Charlotte.
We ended the night with a band! One of the neighbors has a band and they agreed to play for us! That was really cool~ Overall it was a ton of fun! Can't wait till next year!
Sunday, September 19, 2010
We feel so blessed...
Jon and I had the privilege of walking Isaac through a prayer of Salvation today. It was so unbelievably (is that a word?) awesome! Praise the Lord! Here is his story:
I'll start back a bit...rewind to this past July when Isaac went to Vacation Bible School. I really think this is where he really started to understand what it meant to have "Jesus in your heart". Every morning before VBS was over, one of the leaders would get up and talk to the kids about what they had learned that day and each day he talked about what it meant to ask Jesus into their hearts. I remember sitting in the back of the church thinking and praying specifically for Isaac. I watched him listen to the teacher and every day on the way home we had a talk about what he had heard and he was so open and willing to tell me about the lesson that day and answered all my questions. I was amazed at how much he understood. Not that he couldn't grasp it...it was just Isaac doesn't share too much about what he's thinking so when he does, you realize he has been thinking about it for a long time. It was so fun to hear his heart this summer and all this "knowledge" he was getting from VBS and church. All the pieces were falling together for him.
I remember another day we were walking through Target and it was just Me, Isaac & Elliot. It was during the week of VBS and he just started singing at the top of his lungs (Remember we're in Target) - "My heart is black with sin...until the Savior came in!" I loved it. I just smiled as he sang his little heart out! Then I remember him turning to Elliot and saying - you know El's, if you ask Jesus into your heart you can go to Heaven. There he was preaching to his brother for all to hear in Target. He didn't care who heard! I love the innocence of a child's faith!
Fast forward to September...we were outside in the backyard one day and Madi & Spencer were being silly saying they were brother & sister. So I jumped in and said...you know, you really are brother & sister, brother & sister in Christ that is. They both looked at each other and smiled super big. They realized that was the case and were excited about that. I remember looking over to see Isaac listening and I could tell those wheels were turning about something...
Today...after church today we headed home for lunch. We're sitting at the table eating and Isaac says..."Can I ask Jesus into my heart today?" Of course Jon and I were all smiles and starting talking to Isaac about what that meant and why he wanted to do this today. He told us - "So Mason and I can be brothers in Heaven someday!" From there we talked about how this was an important decision and we wanted to make sure he was doing this because of what God did for us and not to just be "Mason's brother." It was fun to share the verse - John 3:16 with him and have him even be able to recite that from memory. I love hearing him say - "God so loved the world that he gave his only "forgotten, um I mean begotten son!" It's too cute! But that is one of the verses he has been memorizing for Sparkies and it's so cool to be able to walk him through that verse and have him tell you exactly what it means. We then talked about Romans 10:9, how if we confess with our mouths and believe with our hearts - we will be saved!
At one point during our conversation he wanted to hear about the day sissy was saved. So we pulled up the post on our blog and read it to him. What is amazing to think - look at the date of her post. September 21, 2008. Same Sunday, just two years prior! Amazing...I love to see God's timing in all this!
Well it was so fun to share in this special day with Isaac and pray with him. Thought you would all love to hear his good news and celebrate with us & the angels in Heaven today!
I'll start back a bit...rewind to this past July when Isaac went to Vacation Bible School. I really think this is where he really started to understand what it meant to have "Jesus in your heart". Every morning before VBS was over, one of the leaders would get up and talk to the kids about what they had learned that day and each day he talked about what it meant to ask Jesus into their hearts. I remember sitting in the back of the church thinking and praying specifically for Isaac. I watched him listen to the teacher and every day on the way home we had a talk about what he had heard and he was so open and willing to tell me about the lesson that day and answered all my questions. I was amazed at how much he understood. Not that he couldn't grasp it...it was just Isaac doesn't share too much about what he's thinking so when he does, you realize he has been thinking about it for a long time. It was so fun to hear his heart this summer and all this "knowledge" he was getting from VBS and church. All the pieces were falling together for him.
I remember another day we were walking through Target and it was just Me, Isaac & Elliot. It was during the week of VBS and he just started singing at the top of his lungs (Remember we're in Target) - "My heart is black with sin...until the Savior came in!" I loved it. I just smiled as he sang his little heart out! Then I remember him turning to Elliot and saying - you know El's, if you ask Jesus into your heart you can go to Heaven. There he was preaching to his brother for all to hear in Target. He didn't care who heard! I love the innocence of a child's faith!
Fast forward to September...we were outside in the backyard one day and Madi & Spencer were being silly saying they were brother & sister. So I jumped in and said...you know, you really are brother & sister, brother & sister in Christ that is. They both looked at each other and smiled super big. They realized that was the case and were excited about that. I remember looking over to see Isaac listening and I could tell those wheels were turning about something...
Today...after church today we headed home for lunch. We're sitting at the table eating and Isaac says..."Can I ask Jesus into my heart today?" Of course Jon and I were all smiles and starting talking to Isaac about what that meant and why he wanted to do this today. He told us - "So Mason and I can be brothers in Heaven someday!" From there we talked about how this was an important decision and we wanted to make sure he was doing this because of what God did for us and not to just be "Mason's brother." It was fun to share the verse - John 3:16 with him and have him even be able to recite that from memory. I love hearing him say - "God so loved the world that he gave his only "forgotten, um I mean begotten son!" It's too cute! But that is one of the verses he has been memorizing for Sparkies and it's so cool to be able to walk him through that verse and have him tell you exactly what it means. We then talked about Romans 10:9, how if we confess with our mouths and believe with our hearts - we will be saved!
At one point during our conversation he wanted to hear about the day sissy was saved. So we pulled up the post on our blog and read it to him. What is amazing to think - look at the date of her post. September 21, 2008. Same Sunday, just two years prior! Amazing...I love to see God's timing in all this!
Well it was so fun to share in this special day with Isaac and pray with him. Thought you would all love to hear his good news and celebrate with us & the angels in Heaven today!
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