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I turned on the bathwater today and heard a plunk. It didn't sound like one of Jakob's toys falling into the bathtub, it sounded strange enough that I took a look in the tub (thank goodness!!) and saw to my horror that a tree frog had fallen out of the faucet. I called Jeremy into the bathroom to get the amphibian out all the while trying not to show how horrified I was feeling at the moment. The last thing I needed was a husband who thought it was funny to chase me around the house with a frog. Jeremy stuck the frog on the back porch and declared that he would use it for fishing bait...Amber, you will probably get teary-eyed reading that, I don't know if he actually used it for bait or not ;) 

We are reading "Shepherding a Child's Heart" by Tedd Tripp for our Sunday School class. It speaks of reaching a child's heart when it comes to God. We can raise our children to do all the right things, but if we don't reach their heart then we have failed. We're only in chapter 3 but what I'm noticing more and more is just how important our relationship with God is when it comes to our children. What it really all comes down to is how we live our lives. We may know all the correct phrases to say and spiritual attitudes we should have, but our children will be like us. Kind of the whole do as I say type thing. Children know what you believe by your actions, not what you are telling them from your mouth. In some ways that is sooo scary to me. I also appreciated him pointing out that children are not inanimate objects either. It is our responsibility as parents to raise our children as God instructed us, but they also have a responsibility to God to obey what they learn and live for him. I can only imagine as a parent having a child who just won't do right. I can imagine the guilt that would put on a parent, but in the end every person must answer to God for their own choices. Jeremy and I were talking about this book, and it's nothing new. Every person who has been in church for a while knows all these truths. It's the living them out that's the hard part. I am glad to be reading this and reminded of these things while Jakob's young.

Jeremy is supposed to be going for 2 and a half (yikes!!!) weeks to Homestead. See that little red star on the map? That's homestead. Where he will be working is basically in the middle of the state. I was thinking about staying home just me and Jakob, but to be honest I don't really want to have 16 days of contact only with a 2 year old. I hope that doesn't sound bad, but I need some adult conversation! I know military wives do this all the time, but I was not aware that my husband was in the military, oh!, right, he's not (lol). So Jakob and I are planning on going with him. Jeremy has to take a work vehicle, so I will drive our car and me and Jakey will check the place out. I have e-mailed a couple people about vacation homes, but if nothing else we will stay in a hotel. I don't really know what all is in Homestead, but if we run out of things to keep us busy we can always head home. At least I won't be without my hubby for 16 days.

Can you believe Jakob will  be 2 years old next month??? I'm pretty sure we're gonna have to have a Toy Story birthday party (is there anything else?) Amber was telling me how she gets emotional looking at Charlotte's baby pictures and Char's only 3 months old. I know exactly how she feels. I get teary-eyed looking at Jakob's baby pics, because time has flown by, but also my heart just fills with thankfulness to God for giving Jakob to us. There were so many dark days when I thought we'd never get to experience this love. Now he's been around 2 years and I can't remember life without him :)

Still missing my camera...Hopefully I will get a new one before we go on our trip. It feels so weird to blog without pictures...that's why I looked all these up (lol) Anyways, hope you all are doing great, and having a great summer! Surprisingly the summer is speeding by for us. Kara will be getting married in about 4 months! I can still remember bringing her to Rocky Bayou as my show and tell :)