Little Fingers

" He determines the number of the stars
and calls them each by name.
Great is our Lord and mighty in power.
His understanding has no limit."
-Psalm 147:4-5

We are studying astronomy this year in science and it's fascinating!  

Today we all dove into a project...

Ordering the planets.

The kids did it using their finger prints.  

(never mind the proportions of our planets :-/)

What tiny, little fingers they have. 

It was a neat reminder or how small we are and how great God is. 

And still he chooses to use us as his instrument.  

AMAZING!  

The Heavens declare the Glory God.

-Psalm 19:1

Faithfulness before Frutifulness

Pictures can be deceiving.

I love how they capture the beautiful moments in life...and there are so many beautiful moments every day.

But in between there is plenty of "hard" 

We pour all we have into our children and when we see yucky things in their hearts, it's discouraging. 

Raising and discipling kids is HARD.  

But we don't give up because these beautiful souls are worth it!  

THEY ARE!  

Faithfulness before fruitfulness, a wise friend once told me. 

We pray that God will grow their hearts in love for Him through our faithfulness.

"Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary."

~Galatians 6:9

New School Year

After a beautiful summer break, we are ready for the school year to begin. 

And this year will be twice the fun as we have a new student...

(Oh the sweetness of this precious boy. I know it's not Kindergarten but preschool feels pretty big to Mommy right now.)

We are excited for ALL the growing that will take place this school year. 

(We love you Ava!  Yay big fourth grader!)

We adore this sweet tag along.  Learning as he watches.

Goodbye summer...

It's been a blast!