CRAZY MINNESOTANS!

people are weird here, and really nice too.
look at this
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ8PrELc4-A
(sorry i don't know how to do the clever link thing)

my only son

I love having a son. After having two girls. I am in love with my son.
I love his breath, even after having a whopping 6 teeth, his breath still smells like a baby. Perfect.
I love how he comunicates. If body language really is like 90% of communication, he has got all 90% down pat. Its that pesky 10% of speech he has yet to conquer.
I love his drunken laughing, when he is so happy that he's beyond happy. like when he is in the bathtub late at night with bubbles. he just laughs and laughs and laughs.
I love that fact that, when eating at the table, he holds his utensil with his right hand, patting the food with it and atemping to pick it up, all the while knowing that it is just practice and he will eventually pick the food up with his left hand to eat.
I love that he loves to stand on his stool in the kitchen and watch everything i do.
I love that if you offer him two choices of food, he will choose the bigger one.
I love the little grunting man noises he makes, and has made since ever since i can remember.
I love that he is sensitive, though it would be hard not to be in this house. his sensitive dad is always kissing him, and taking off his shirt so that thier bare skin can touch, like when he was a newborn. he also has two older sisters to nurture him, and teach him how to swaddle baby dolls.
I love those big brown eyes, and wispy baby curls.
and how his smile seems to disable gravity, and i am suddenly in a much better place.

I love my son.

All my cool skills

I learn alot here at home
these are some sweet skills i've picked up

*conflict resolution skills
*time management skills
*people management skills
* teaching skills
* cooking skills
* laundry skills
* resource$ mangagemnt skills
* cleaning skills
*hospitality skills
*gardening skills (come spring)
* home maitenence skills
*administrative skills

Not to mention the "oldies but goodies" that are more like plants that are constantly growing in our home, than a mere skill.
like
love love and more sacrificial love
patience
self control
joy
rest
ecstatic joy
thankfullness
faithfulness

Oh the benefits of family life!!!!!!!

My lovely weekend

i had a LOVELY weekend. we went to a retreat center thing with a bunch of folks from our church and just hung out and played games, and music, went sledding and played broom ball (which is like hockey, except no skates-just shoes on ice, and brooms and a ball). no agenda. i loved it! it felt like living in community again, for a second.

and we just got to know people so much better. It was real. mmmmmmm. woohoo. i'm happy.

and i love our church! i love our pastor! i love him love him. he is so unashamedly smitten in love with God. and he can take the most offensive thing in the old testament, and bring it to life. to life i tell you! we are in a good place.

and .....some people in our church want to live in intentional community, which made me a bit EXCITED! So we'll see. anyhow, i love my church!

Resolutions anyone?

i guess it is 2008. i haven't really grasped that yet.
we were out of town for the new year and probably sleeping when the ball dropped. and then we all got sick, which always makes me glad (in a way) because i remember that we barely ever get sick, and i get thankful for the grace of health.

I think we are all better now. and all the ickies cleaned up.
How bout some new years resolutions? sure ok.

THIS NEW YEAR I RESOLVE TO...

...make efforts to love people more, especially my family.
...invite friends over more for meals
...write more letters
...take more pictures
...get better at cleaning my house (that will be hard, but inviting others over is a good motivation.)
...kiss my husband more
...go for more walks with my kids
...fast and pray until i see the face of God

i think that is pretty good.