Busy Summer

Well, I realized it has been just about a month since my last post, that is pretty bad! I do have a few reasons for the lack of posting though. Right after I last posted, I went to run some errands. I was gone for only about two hours. When Landon and I got home, the back door was opened. I knew that we had been broken into and waited for Seth to get home to assess the losses. The biggest things they took were our laptop and camera. I always appreciate Seth in situations like this though, he said, "oh well, they're just things." Thankfully, my dad had backed up our pictures and everything back in November, so we only lost about 6 months of pictures. A verse that my sister reminded me of really encouraged me:

Matthew 6:19,20
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal."

Anyway, it's kind of hard to post without a computer... We got a replacement though and a camera is in the mail (hoping to get it before baby gets here!).

We had a nice Fourth of July up in Iowa. It was so fun to be with friends and family. So many of my friends had pregnancy announcements - I can't wait for all these babies! Here is a little clip that my sister, Bekah, took of Landon hearing fireworks... He calls them "Fire engine cracker pops."



Speaking of babies, I will be 36 weeks pregnant tomorrow and things are going really well. I have an ultrasound on Tuesday so we'll see how big she is getting. She was estimated at 5lbs when I was 32 weeks! So, I think we have another big one cooking. I feel so blessed and can't wait to meet this little one. Here's a pic I took with photo booth, not the best, but give you an idea of my growing belly.



We have been working on potty training and Landon is doing quite well. He's been waking up dry 75% of the time and usually has one or two accidents a day, hopefully we'll get to no accidents soon (he hasn't had any today, so we'll see...). I hope he doesn't regress when the baby comes, but we'll just have to deal with it if it comes to that.
Here's a little movie we took a while back of Landon trying to be a potty trainer himself...



Tomorrow thru Saturday we will be having another Neighborhood Bible Club. We are very excited that it worked out to do one this year. I just wasn't sure with the baby coming and all, but I've been feeling well and we're just going to go for it. Seth will be teaching the lessons. The theme is on choices. His lessons will be Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, and the two thieves on the cross. Each kid will earn several tickets and have to choose which jar to put them in as each jar will have different candy and prizes associated with them.

We went and handed invitations in the neighborhood and we made several good contacts so we are hoping for a good turn out. I was just reading a passage that encouraged me as I think of God's word going out to these little children:

Jeremiah 23:28-29
"Let the prophet who has a dream tell his dream, but let the one who has my word speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?” declares the LORD. "Is not my word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?"
Pray that Seth will speak God's word faithfully, that God's word would pierce these little hearts, and these children would receive the Lord Jesus as their Savior.