Crash, Boom, Tree

Well a tree fell on our house last weekend...here are some pics

First day of K-5

Wow, over 1,800 days have gone by since Jonathan's birth, in what honestly feels like the blink of an eye...

Jonathan is now a happy K-5'er.

Here he is with his new green backpack on (thank you Grandpa Bob and Grandma Cheryl) getting ready for me to drive him to school. It was nice for a few minutes alone on the ride with him, we left David and Daniel with Daddy. He is an amazing guy!

Here he is in the school parking lot, that Alabama sun is bright even at 8 am!

This is the door to his class, his name is on the highest school bus on the right hand side.

Sorry buddy caught you blinking!

Mrs. Cox, Jillian and Jonathan hanging up backpacks, sorting out what goes where...she is a better woman than me! Such patience to work with all these children! She said though that this class seems to be a good one, the children are very well behaved, from what she has seen, but it is only the first day...

As you can see Jonathan was very distraught over my imminent departure, NOT. He didn't even care! For which I am eternally grateful, he was so happy to be in SCHOOL.

Mrs. Cox told him to pick a book and sit down, which he promptly did.

When he got home today (Joe went and picked him up so I could make cupcakes for David's 3rd birthday this evening...busy day around here) the first question out of his mouth was, "Did I miss the party?" I asked, "David's party?" To which he said, "Why did I miss the party?" I had to explain that the party would be tonight after dinner.

He stayed on Green Light, which is good and said that he had fun, but tomorrow he needs to sleep at school. Thankfully Grandma Cheri Bee found him a nap mat - something I was unable to do, so yes, tomorrow he will be napping at school with his friends.

I am so happy that he will have fond memories of his first day at school; mine involved missing the school bus - on purpose by hiding behind our garbage cans, a lie, a nosey tattle-tailing neighbor and STILL ending up at school!

Well I'd best close this post down...still have to finish getting ready for the party tonight! Oh, PS, I didn't cry either! He was so excited I saw no reason to be sad, plus I am rather excited at the prospect of spending more time with David.

Answer's to Prayers

Last night I prayed about understanding why God didn't answer some prayers. It is really confusing to me and I was getting aggravated and frustrated, so I prayed for God to help me to get it.
This morning while doing my devotions, I read "My Utmost for His Highest" by Oswald Chambers and guess what it was about...Yep Prayer...Matthew 6:8, "for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him." This verse has always confused me too, why if God knows what we need do we have to ask? As a mom, I know what my kids need and I try to meet their needs before they have to ask, so to be honest it feels like he is ignoring me.
Anyway, Chambers wrote, "The point of prayer is not to get answers from God, but to have perfect and complete oneness with him." WOW. I know that God is not a genie for me to say, "I want..." and he has to answer me EVERY TIME; at the same time it feels like needs, not wants, are going left unmet in our life and again that is just confusing and discouraging as a Christian.
He went on to write that, "our spiritual irritation shows our refusal to identify ourselves truly with our Lord in prayer." I'm not the brightest bulb in the pack so I am praying the Holy Spirit will help me to really get this and help it to change me.
I think it is neat though that I struggle with God not answering prayers, I prayed that he would help me and he answered my prayer! :)