Bibliology

Andrew pretty much has his bibliology verses down - 2 Tim 3:16 and 2 Peter 1:21. Now I can teach him about verbal plenary inspiration. :)

Try not to be distracted by Emery in the lower corner. I think she's bored to tears.

Proverbs 1:7

It's never too early to teach our kids about the benefits of fearing the Lord.

It's amazing how easily memorizing verses come to Emery.

While mom's away...

we play. Well, not really. But Sandy went to Bible study...So Matt did a 25 piece puzzle all by himself. He was really proud of his accomplishment and actually so was I. I hope he continues to like puzzles when he grows up because I like to do them too.Everyone took baths. Although I have to confess, I was a bad father tonight. As Emery finished up her dinner, she asked for some oranges. Everyone had already finished and eaten their oranges, but because I was washing the dishes and didn't want to bother cutting up an orange, I told her not to eat an orange and to wait for popcorn. So what did she say?

"Dad, I don't want to eat popcorn because it's junk food. I want to eat an orange." Of course, after a second or 2 of thinking about, she said, "Actually dad, I changed my mind. I'll have popcorn." Thankfully, Sandy hadn't left yet and cut up an orange for her.
And we all had popcorn and a movie night! It's good to be dad.

Books

I'll be honest. I've been a bit burnt out in my reading. So I turned to book #4 in the Left Behind series for a bit of light entertainment to give my mind a break and have some fun. It was exactly that.I also read another Christian fiction book - Peace Like a River by Leif Enger. I must say that it was very well written. I think it has to be the most poetic and colorful book that I've ever read. I think everyone loves this book and while I liked it, for some reason, the story didn't move fast enough for me. I think I want to read about explosions, battles and mysteries in my fiction.

I set a goal to read 12 books this year. So far, I'm at 17. I think I may hit 20 by the end of the year. Amazing! I've never read this much in my life.

Go Lakers!

Last night, I took the boys to see the Lakers play the Oklahoma City Thunder in Oklahoma City. I was blessed with a free hotel night coupon and gifts from my mom and my wife to make this happen. It was a really fun guys night out!I guess Matt was a tad too young to truly appreciate the evening. The highlight of his night was getting the free program.Andrew went to the game undercover because he said, "The people in Oklahoma won't like it if they see my Laker's jersey." So after the game started, he revealed his Laker allegiance.Wouldn't it be funny if Matt grew up and was as big as this guy?We also stopped at the Oklahoma City federal building bombing memorial (remember that in 1995?). The tree in the background actually survived the blast though its limbs were blown off and shrapnel was embedded in its bark.

Costumes

The boys and girl went to a friend's birthday party on Halloween. If this looks familiar, it's because it is (see last year's picture). Our fairy princess got to do what every little girl dreams of...Hit a skull pinata with a bone.

1 John 4:7 & Romans verses

Here's the latest verses for the boys and girl:

1 John 4:7 "Beloved let us love one another for love is from God and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God."

Andrew's working on classic Romans verses - Rom 5:8; Rom 3:23; Rom 6:23