Amazing To Me.

After a good reprimand from a friend, who said I needed to post more of the cute things the boys say or do, I am posting a quick post to do just that.

Ben has always been a good pray-er. But, lately he's been blowing me away with the thoughts he has, and the things he prays for, or about.

In one prayer, he said "Please help the bad guys want to repent and be good guys." I about died. 'Cause neither Joe or I ever prayer for "the bad guys to repent". It wasn't something he was repeating from us. It was something he was thinking about, and knew was a good thing (for bad guys to repent) and so he prayed for it.

And lately, he'll ask about the bad guy on a show...like Zurg, or Scar, etc. He'll ask, "Is he a bad guy?" I say "yeah", he says, "I'm gonna baptize him." I tell him that would be a great idea. He wants these things! I love it.

It is sweet, and I am praying everyday to be able to help him maintain this awesome desire into adulthood.
It has been on my mind, more lately, that parenthood is such an incredible responsibility. We hold these little children in our arms and we are to mold them and help the Lord shape them into the people they are suppose to be -to reach their greatest potential.

Ben has been driving it home, to me, that kids start out full of the spirit and full of the desire to do good. What they learn from us as their parents will either add to that or detract from it. I am ever prayerful for the Lord's help in this great calling of parenthood. Kids! What a blessing! What a responsibility!

The 4th with the Fam.....

This past Tuesday, my older sister and her two boy, came to visit and see our new place. We all were joined by my mom and younger sister, who came later. Fun was had by all, and though I have a lot of pictures, I still don't have pictures for everything we did this week. We swam and had a blast and the fireworks on the 4th were awesome, but I didn't get any pictures of those things....so this is just a gist of the good times had by all.The Boys! Reading and enjoying each others' company.I just liked this picture. Taken after a huge water fight ensued.

The water fight. Grandma and Katie were willing enough to get out there and get soaked! (I was pooped and and opted for the "observer" role.

A beautiful view of the St. G temple! LOVE IT!!!The boys posing during our little hike to the"DIXIE".

Pretty cool, and a fun quick hike...not too much for the kids or us old folks. After this picture we continued up the back and onto the top of the "Dixie". The view was beautiful.
A train ride with grandma at the park.
Cousin Gavin trying to win the contest.
All in all, this past week was a lot of fun. I loved having my family up visit and Ben and Kade always enjoy playing with cousins. (Especially the older boy cousins.)