Freeze time, Freeze!

 Comments that I hear every time that I make my way into public: 

~You've got your hands full. (I'd be a rich Mama if I had a penny for every time I hear this one).  

~Twins? . . . NO!? 

~Oh wow. You are busy. 

~So are you going to have more?

But people just don't know that Luke and I are not wishing these years away. We are laying in bed at night, talking about the good times and knowing that these are the best days of our lives. These kiddos are so much fun. 

Motherhood has taken my relationship with Christ to a different place . . . a road untraveled by me before. I wake in the morning and grab my Bible. Not because it is a part of my daily routine or because I "should" read Scripture. It's like total survival. I cling onto every word. I pray hard. I ask for help every fifteen minutes. I ask Him to keep the reality of my need for Him fresh in my mind. Anything good is because of Him. From beginning to end, He is my strength. My portion. My joy.

 Notice the chicken roaming in the background. :-) The chicken coop that Luke built is amazing and (best of all :-)) it's almost finished. We're expecting "farm-fresh" eggs any day now. 

 I have a feeling that Zeke could be a talented builder like his daddy . . . 

I love sitting on the floor with the kids, eating snacks before bed or whatever. They make me laugh hard sometimes. We were all sitting like this the other night just being together when Charis said, "What's Charlie's name, mommy?" She wasn't trying to be funny. Sometimes I think she got a little too much of my "blonde." Zeke and I were laughing so hard as I managed to answer her, "Um . . . I think that Charlie's name is 'Charlie.'" ;-) 

Purple pjs friends doing dishes together. 

So, my oven just bit the dust and I have unbaked cookies in my kitchen. I'm sure that my children won't mind a trip to Grandma's house after naps. Meanwhile . . . I'm scanning Craigslist.