Zoe holds herself up

Respect

I want to always be respectful of my children.
I want to treat them respectfully because they are not any less of a
person while they are small.
I want to respect them because I hold in reverence my God who made
them as individuals-- they have their own destiny, their own
personality, their own style.
I want to respect them even when these attributes differ from mine.

I think that something our culture teaches us is that it's ok to be
rude to children. I'm not exactly sure why but it's almost like
because kids are innocent enough to not understand it's okay to mock
their choices or ideas or how they act.
I'm not promoting child-worship where everything children say and do
rules... But I AM convicted that we (speaking as a parent) only have
authority over our children for a little while as ordained by God, not
because we are better people than our children or because kids are
dumb and adults are smart (after all, Jesus told us that we have to
come to Him as a little child).
As a parent, I really want to carry this responsibility humbly and
love my babies well by showing them the respect that is due EVERY
person.

This is the Dividing Line

Here are a few videos about what I would consider to be the dividing line in this election: Life.
For those of you who I know love Jesus and babies, this is relevant stuff that should impact how we vote on Tuesday.

Let's be sure that our vote will put to action the beliefs we hold dear and let us not be ashamed when we are held accountable for the values we upheld or trampled under foot in this election!

This first video addresses the importance of the issue of life:


This video pretty much sums it up:


Lou Engle lays the smack down:


"Just like slavery was everybody's issue,
so abortion is everybody's issue."
-Lou Engle

Hmmmm

My last few picture entries have actually had a bit of text attached
but for some reason it hasn't shown up.
I guess that's a little glitch to work out... I'll just add in the
text in later.
Anyway.
I'm going to put up my first "political" video soon. Check back...

I love....

Lots of butter melting on toast.

Yellow and red leaves.

Putting my cold feet on my warm Levi when I get in bed.

My babies in cute sweaters!

Wearing my button up boots.

It's fall, ladies and gentlemen, and I'd like to know what some of your favorite autumn memories are as well as your current pleasures. : )

P.S. I'm still waiting for my blood to thicken as it feels INCREDIBLY cold in the wind at 40 degrees right now! Not cool!
So that's why I need some reminders of fall's "good side."

Latest Sibling Shot

Isaiah is still loving his "bobby" (baby) "woah-wee" (Zoe)!

Zoe, however, has recently come into contact with the bumps and bruises associated with the role of little sister. :/

I don' think Isaiah has done anything hurtful on purpose-- balls have a way of getting a little out of control when flying through the air, and he's not exactly concious of what all his limbs are doing all the time. : )

Zoyenka does look pretty concerned in this picture, doesn't she?

Anyway, I'll try and get a good 'beauty shot' soon....

I'm going to bed now, and am awefully thankful to be able to at 10pm! I guess we've fallen into a bit of routine-- both of the kids sleeping quite well at night and not (usually) waking before 7:30am.

In a lot of ways I feel like having a second baby is way easier than just the one. /peaceful sigh and smile/ I know I'm blessed.

P.S. I would like to clarify that when I say my kids are sleeping good at night I mean that they don't wake up at 2am and want to play. They still wake up at 2am -- Zoe to eat and Isaiah to climb out of his bed and into ours -- but it is of little consequence in my mind because they go right back to sleep and so can I. : D

Zoyenka vegging out on mama's milk

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