Pot Belly Pigs

Trying to get close enough to catch one

EE mainly watched from a distance. She actually did pet one, but it didn't last for long!

Proud papa

Proud papa #2

At the end of last week, Ben took CJ with him to fill up the lawnmower with gas. While at the gas station he saw some children holding a pot belly pig. He heard how they potty trained it, and how it romped about the house. He came home praying that God would let him have a pot belly pig. The next day when CJ asked about it, his "bubble was busted" when both Dad and Mom said there would be no pot belly pigs at our house. (And I do mean it busted. He cried and cried about us telling him there would be no pigs here!)

Gpa and Gma caught word of the lil' boy's desire, and they found him a pig. In fact they bought three pot belly pigs. CJ named his Ginger and BA named his Wilbur. (The third pig belongs to their cousin, which she named Chloe.)

I thought the boys would be all talk and no action when it came time to try to hold them. BA kind of watched while CJ hopped on top of one and scooped it up. I admit, I was impressed! That pig was squealing and carrying on. It sounded kind of scary to me, but the louder they squealed, the wider the grins got on two lil' boy's faces.

Every day since, the boys ask pretty persistently to go see their pig. I'm not sure what possessed their grandparents to actually go buy the three pigs, but as my husband puts it, "There's another attraction at Gpa's house."

Wordless Wednesday

Sunday Scroll

"Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things - and the things that are not-to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him...Let him who boasts boast in the Lord."
1 Corinthians 1:26-31

Hot & Dirty Boys

After a day of fishing, this is what the boys came home looking like. Actually, by the time Ben had taken these pictures they were a little cleaned up. Scary, right?! Well, anyway, they didn't have too many whopping fish stories to tell. The news of the day was that BA caught a turtle. If I understand correctly, they tried to get it to let someone make turtle soup out of, but the turtle got away. Now they will be asking to go back to catch the turtle. Oh my!

Wordless Wednesday

Meeting Asher

The Birth Day Cake we bought to celebrate his arrival

The cute lil' guy

Proud Auntie :)

My three blessings

Me with the love of my life ;)

We recently had the privilege of welcoming a nephew into the world. We made the trip over to the "big city" and eagerly met lil' Asher. He's such a handsome baby! After spending some time at the hospital we drove to the beach for a short time of play. (Who can resist it when its only about two blocks away :) Though our stay was short, we all enjoyed our time in J, and it was nice to share this special occasion with our family.

Sunday Scroll

The verses below baffle me every time I read through the book of Revelation. See if it does the same for you. I just cannot imagine not having the desire to make things right with God and repent.

"The rest of mankind that were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood- idols that cannot see or hear or walk. Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts."

Revelation 9:20-21