YAY!!!!

Okay, so I really think you have to be a parent to appreciate this. I've been working w/J for a month or so now on potty training. I'm not pushing anything, but I'll put him on the potty in the mornings to get him used to things. Well, he's told us once and only once that he had to go pee, and actually did go pee in the potty. But, that's been the end of it for quite some time. Well, today, he was in front of me and started grunting. So, I immediately ran him to the bathroom, put him on the potty, and a few minutes later.....he went poopy in the potty!!!! YAY JADEN!!!!! Now, we'll see if it's another month or so b4 we have any more potty break throughs...lol.

couldn't resist

Okay, so I couldn't resist, I think this is great!! John sticks his foot in his mouth, and this is how our troops respond :) I know he apologized (even though at first he said he apologizes to no one!) so you know it's only b/c his boss said "hey jerk, get in gear, you're making us look bad!" LOL

Halloween

We started off @ my sister's church to trunk or treat. All you LCCers will just have to forgive me ((blushing)), we wanted to trick r treat together.

Jaden loves animals so to see a live duck was a real treat for him.

Jaden didn't really get the idea of walking to get candy, but he DID understand that he was getting food. I think he got almost everyone to give him sseconds...the little piggie...LOL

Then we went to my parents to walk her neighorhood some.

NO mommy...don't put me in the grass!!! Asher was tired and his eyes were watering, so he stayed back w/Grandma while the rest of us headed out. We didn't stay out too late b/c everyone was tired, and it was a school night. But, we all made out pretty good in the candy department, and they had a good time, so that's what matters :)

Zoo Boo

Well, the saturday b4 halloween my sis Bethany, my sis Melanie, my BIL, my 2 nephews, my boys and myself all went to the zoo boo in BC. Jaden really needed a nap, which I was hoping he would take on the way to the zoo, but he was stubborn and stayed awake. AND, it was like in the 30s and FREEZING, not the smartest idea we all had. Anyways, here are the pics from it.



Jaden w/Mator from cars.





I didn't have Asher dressed warm enough (wasn't planning the temps dropping as badly as they did), so I threw Shaun's leather coat that was in the van on him. He's darth vader if you can't tell. We decided against he pumpkin and had him and Jaden cordinate.





Aunt Bethany came along for the ride and candy :P





Here's one of me w/the boys, Asher- one shoe on, one shoe off :)





See, I told you he was tired...LOL

as we forgive our debtors....

My pastor has been doing a series of sermons on the Lord's prayer, and today's portion was on "as we forgive our debtors". It was a REALLY good sermon....I'm glad Shaun was able to come today. I really do enjoy my pastor, he's pretty good at putting things on your level and just being straight forward about even the hard stuff!!

Anyways, the story he used as an example was in Matthew. It was about the king who decided to order that everyone who owed him anything was to be brought b4 him. Well, this one guy who roughly owed 12 million dollars (HOPELESSLY in debt) came b4 the king. The guy obviously didn't have the money, but asked the king for one more day b/c if he didn't pay it meant prison for him and slavery for his family. Well, the king decided to cancel is debt and let him go. Anyways, this guy leaves the palace, runs into a guy that owes him a measely 17 dollars, practically strangles him to death, and DEMANDS his money. Well, guy #2 pretty much says the same thing that guy #1 said to the king, but guy #1 didn't care. He ordered guy #2 to be thrown in jail till he could pay. The king heard this, brought back in guy #1, and sentenced him to a life of torture in prison until he could pay back his debt (basically giving him a life sentence of torture). The moral of the story was that God has forgiven our sins, our debt that we are HOPELESS to repay, and that he expects us to go and forgive others. My pastor pointed out that the point of this part of the prayer "forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors" is to show us that how we forgive others is how God will forgive us, kinda scarey huh??? The story is also to point out that it ANGERS God when he has forgiven us SO much, and we are unwilling to forgive others. One of the points my pastor made was that we will NEVER forgive someone for as much as God has forgiven us.

He also had this great quote. "Holding onto resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die"-unkown. He pointed out that resentment only hurts us, not the person we're mad at. Most of the time, the other person could care less, and they've moved on w/their lives while we are still stewing. Resentment makes you a victom.

Anyways, it was a really good sermon and pretty good timing for me to hear it too. I've really been enjoying this sermon. God has really been hitting me w/something new each week!