Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Another Conversation with Cosette


Cosette told me today that she was learning her 'chores'.

Me : Really, what do you have to do?

Cosette: Puzzled look. I don't have to do anything, you just say them.

Me: Well, what do you have to say?

Cosette: A-E-I-O-U!

Me: Cosette, I think you meant that you're learning your Vowels

Cosette: Oh yeah, that's what I meant!

She had her vowels down pat, but her words were a little mixed up :-)

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Prayer Request

Please pray for my good friend, Adam, who will be leaving tomorrow for a 2 week missions trip in Malaysia and Indonesia. He is traveling with a group of approximately 6-7 other people. Pray for safety and lots of opportunities to spread the Word to these countries.


Wednesday, April 23, 2008

My Sweet Little Niece :-)


We watched Cosette and Eli for a few hours this morning and afternoon. When Jaime came to pick them up Cosette jumped up in my arms.....

Cosette: I'm gonna miss you when I go home

Kristin: Really?

Cosette: Yeah, I don't know when I'll see you again

Kristin: Well, I'm going to be gone for 2 days this weekend, but I'll come to your house tomorrow to say goodbye before I leave. Ok?

Cosette: Two days! That's a long time. Are you living in a hotel while you're gone? Can I come with you!?

Kristin: Yeah, I'm staying in a hotel with some friends from church but I think you need to stay at home with mommy and daddy and Eli. They would miss you too.

Cosette: Ok......Promise you'll come say goodbye tomorrow?

Kristin: I promise.....

Cosette: Gives me a big hug :-D
Its times like this that make my heart melt :-)

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Sleep over at Aunt Kristin's House


It appears we have a little artist in the family. Cosette spent the night last week ( hence the fort under the kitchen table...) and we spent some time coloring and drawing at the table. I was very surprised when she said, "Look Aunt Kristin! A flower!" Maybe I'm biased, but I think that is a pretty good flower for a three year old! She certainly doesn't get her artistic skills from her Aunt, because a flower is about all I can draw :-)

She really wanted to 'camp' in my room, so she slept in a sleeping bag on my floor. She said she slept wonderfully; although I'm not so sure she did, because I watched her for a while and she rolled from one end of my room to the next......I had to keep putting her back in her sleeping bag with her pile of blankets. I gave up eventually when I realized it was a hopeless task :-) In the morning I woke up to this little voice saying, " Aunt Kristin, I'm ready to get up now! ......I'm ready to get up now!.......Aunt Kristin!..........I have to go potty!" Ok...I'm up!

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Sir Eli and Lady Cosette

Why, on a day when I have kitchen cabinets to clean, a checkbook to balance, and laundry to do (all before its time to leave the house for 8 hours of work at the restaurant) am I spending time building a fort under my kitchen table?





Because I had 2 friends to play with today!

I mean really, whats more important?




Monday, April 7, 2008

A Story In Pictures


Last year about this time, I went on my first plane ride...




...and traveled with this group of friends...

... to visit my brother, Wray...

...who was a student in Master's Commission in Florida.

On our way down, we tried to leave this one on the plane.....unsuccessfully.


And this one obviously wasn't having a good time.


We then tried to knock this one out by hitting his head
off a few door frames. Again, unsuccessfully.



Everything that was going on made this one go a little crazy...


...she then spent the rest of her time chasing little green frogs.








It can be said, however, that we
enjoyed beautiful weather on our trip...








...and were all a little sad to get on the plane again and travel home...



...especially when 2 days after we returned,
we were greeted with this....

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

God's Glory

"For I will see the rainbow in the cloud and
remember my eternal promise to every
living being on the earth."
---God





As seen from my front yard April 1st, 2008. This was a full rainbow......If I had been able to backup far enough you would have been able to see from one end all the way to the other. Sorry, no pot of gold, just beauty :-)