Is it me or...

is it that 90% of the time I try super hard to make it somewhere on time (or even early) with my 2 little girls it seems impossible?!

I wake up and extra 15 minutes early, get them milk, get them dressed, start feeding them breakfast with a good 30 minutes to spare and right after I start feeling like Supermom ready to pack the car with the huge diaper bag, a bookbag, a lunchbag and bc I'm going to make it out the door 5 minutes earlier than intended...unbeknownst to me while joyfully enjoying her bananas, the 11 month old packs a supernova #2 by the power of 10 into her diaper, my 3 yr old also starts yelling that she needs to unload a supernova and needs help getting her button & zippered pants off of course right in the midst of cleaning the galactic mess that of course made it's way to the Milky Way through her clothes and now needs a bath.  By now of course my 3 year old is screaming that she's going to go in her pants if I don't help her right away.

Ok, ok this is just one instance but the variables with children are endless!

I hope I'm not the only mother that goes through something like this almost everyday...

Lord, I need a triple portion of grace today!!

To Know & To Be Known

Wow, I need to get better at blogging.  It's been a while.  There's so much that the Lord puts on our hearts to write about but so little time...Lord carve out the time to write it all down.

Our tender Lord continues to show His face to us through our children and we are getting wrecked day by day.  Lately for me it's the daily humbling of myself to find myself on my knees in front of my children asking for their forgiveness.  Should it really be so hard to swallow our pride even in front of our own children?!  But even then again, before I even have the words of "I'm sorry," out of my mouth, Amelie is already climbing into my lap ready to hug me and cover my face with kisses in mercy and grace.  Is this not the face of God?  It certainly is...

Noelle giving her first piece to Daddy & wrecking his heart with joy!

With Noelle, it's been a reminder of how much she needs us, loves us and wants for us to love her back.  We want the same thing with God by experiencing His goodness and grace and in return always saying, "we love you, we love you God...!"  There is also a time when we graduate from that when we are rooted and grounded in His love and confident of our identity in Him and we cry out, "you love me, you love me God!  The profound revelation of this is what I want for all of you and our children.

Amelie learning more expressions of her love for Him*

Little Songbirds Up Close & Personal!

Our current favorite children's music artist Rachel Faagutu from the Little Songbirds came over with her very own little songbirds, Lei, Aloha & Mannah, and hung out with us and gave us an up close and personal concert! Check them out~ Their vision for the next generation as little songbirds singing the Word back to God and finding the Father's heart being revealed to them as they do and in turn establishing their identities in Christ, has completely captured my heart!

 (Amelie is so enthralled she is frozen and doesn't know what to do :)

 

(I couldn't help but join in at the end :)

Repeated Joys of Motherhood*

Who ever said that being a mother again wasn't fun?  Although I experienced many firsts with Amelie, I thought, oh they won't be as exciting with Noelle...  But they SO are....AGAIN!!!  They are such different eternal beings with no one else that has their same identical features, personality, laugh, fingerprints or amount of hair on their heads (well, only God would know that one...)!

Anyways, share with me one of the moments I am talking about.  Noelle is just as excited!

Spring is in the Air, Love is Everywhere*

This warm weather is making us feel all mushy gushy.  Especially Noelle who met Charley the Monkey for the first time a couple days ago...



Honestly, I've been struggling the past month with desperately trying to start each new merciful day with no meltdowns, no yelling at Amelie and eager to be a better and encouraging wife.  Ummm, I've failed every single day and sometimes literally minutes after promising God that I'm going to be selfless, patient & understanding (that she's a 2 1/2 year old...).  After each blowup, meltdown, miscommunication, I run into a corner realizing my awfully depraved state and the Lord gently embraces me, tells me that He still loves me, dusts me off and picks me up again.  Truly, it is in my utter weakness that I find His strength and that makes me fall more and more in love with Mike and my girls, Amelie & Noelle.

Love Returned*

Have you ever said I love you to someone and be loved in return?  Well then you know the feeling!

Families...and also singles!

The Lord has been putting the importance of family on our hearts and so it set me out to explore some good sites on the web to help me practically in my everyday life...


(list will be updated as I find more)

• Crosswalk.com is a Great website for Christian Families about Marriage, Parenting, Career, Finances, Homeschool and singles.

• I also stumbled upon a great website for women.  - "A website about authenticity and honesty about the real issues facing women who love Jesus and His Word while living in a fallen world."


Posts i enjoyed from this site:  
    1 • Give Us Grace - parenting advice for moms of infants and toddlers


    2 • For Single Women - It isn't good to be alone