Church

Joshua and I went to church this morning while Nathan and Daniel stayed home. It was so good to be at church! It was so good to see dear friends. We're a part of a young married Sunday school class. Most of us have small children. Our class just merged with another class. It's such a good fit! I'm so excited about getting to know new friends, but am so glad we'll still be with our familiar ones. Pat taught today (I just met him today). He mentioned some of the upcoming events the class has planned and said "and we'll have childcare. Most of us have teenagers so we'll always have childcare ;)" Yes!

Main point from our sermon this morning: "Stay the Course: pursue the goal regardless of circumstances or criticism." Of course, our ultimate goal is to become more and more like Jesus. Tim preached from 2 Chron. about King Asa. He started out so godly, and slipped into faithlessness. Of course he finished his sermon with encouragement and teaching about how to not do that.

We came home to Daniel and Nathan playing in the playroom. Daniel has this determination about him. For example: we have a set of clip clop horses (toy horse that climb down a ramp). I showed them to him yesterday and he would just laugh every time a horse climbed downward. Today we could tell he was trying to send the horses down the ramp (it was very obvious). He just doesn't know what to do with toys besides throw them. So he would throw the horses at the ramp.

He's pulling up well. He does this thing where he pulls up with my hands and then comes to me for a hug. He's giving good hugs now. He tries to kiss too. He opens his mouth and comes towards your face with a smile. It's very sweet.