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Some friends did a lovely thing this evening.  They planned a secret photo shoot for my kids.  I'm glad and excited to see how it turned out! . I have wonderful friends. . I put the kids to bed forever late past their bedtime because I forgot I hadn't changed the time forward on the clock hanging on the wall.  I hope we aren't sorry tomorrow. . Tomorrow the kids get to go take spring pictures with two of their younger siblings.  They wanted to know if their mom was going to be there.  I don't think she is, but nobody said for sure. . Tonight's bible story was partially about the Foolish Nabal and his wife Abigail.  In this particular Action Bible version, David states that he is going to ask Abigail to marry him.  My oldest said, "You have to ask someone to marry you?  Wouldn't you be scared?  Isn't that scary?"  :D  Great unexpected opportunity to explain how that should work...VERY CAREFULLY.  The kid was very traumatized by ...

Today my littles emphatically announced that I need to get married so that they could go to the wedding and see me get married.  They've never been and apparently today was the day to go.  When I said they would have to help me find someone to marry, the youngest proceeded to tell me (quite seriously) that I needed to drive slower through the WM parking lot because that was how you found men.  And then they both declared I needed to swear that I would find a man today and never ever ever leave him. Hmm.  So if you were hanging around in the WM parking lot today and I missed you, I'm very sorry.  I know our lives will never be the same.

I'm pretty sure I'm not cut out for this. These kids drive me crazy. Wait. Crazier. :) Glad they are here anyway. Thanks to God for keeping sane(ish).

of how this was going to end, tonight felt a bit like I ripped the heart out of my chest and used it to swab the love of Jesus on them.