love the kidddos

We are having pretty good days here and Owen has stopped his crying fits, for the most part! Thank the Lord....it was getting to be pretty tiresome. These days, Rayna is taking daily baths and creating different pictures with her shapes...like in the picture. She cracks me up because she is just like her daddy in that the picture is never quite finished. She is always tweeking it and changing it to "create" something new. I know you know what I'm talking about Ginny....you told me about Jon's forts as a kid...never done. She often times wants to be in there for hours at a time...and being the overworked mom I am...I usually let her and just warm up her water! Owen is 2 1/2 months old now and is in the 97% for weight being almost 14 pounds and the 95% for height at 24 inches long. His legs look like summo wrestler legs... Jon has continued to train for the marathon in his new spiffy shoes and has to run something like 9 miles tomorrow. I, on the other hand, am going to follow the "from the couch to a 5K" plan a friend of mine found on the internet. We are planning on running in a 5K over Memorial Day. It pretty much describes me...the couch part anyway. We pray all is well with you and that you have a wonderful weekend!

We love the SISCHO's

Yesterday, Adam, Danae (Jr. High pastors), and our family of 4 hopped in the good old minivan and took off for the cities. We had 2 objectives...to get out of Willmar, to eat someplace that wasn't in Willmar, and to get to the marathon store so Jon could get a decent pair of shoes for his training. Wait..that's 3 objectives.:) Anyway, when we got to the marathon store, one of the salesperson's told Jon that the running shoes that he was wearing to run in were no good. In fact, he said that because of the way his feet are when he walks and runs, he would have been better off running in flipflops. So, he got himself an official pair of running shoes! Yeah...Jon actually bought a pair of shoes. It's hard to believe because he takes after his mom and holds onto his money until God parts the heavens and speaks to him directly about his purchases...unless it's a pair of jeans. (I love you Jon and Ginny...you are just both so frugal!) I'm just kidding...but it's pretty close! We also got to spend some time shopping at the Mall of America, or Mall of Erica as Rayna calls it, eat at Famous Dave's and went to IKEA to look at lights and dining room tables. These are a few pictures of our family on a fun day with the Sischos courtesy of Danae.

Blessed

We are so blessed as a family. Thank you Lord for two beautiful children and all that you have given us. Here are a few updates...Owen will be 2 months old this week and is smiling and cooing. It is so cute and we will make a fool of ourselves just to get him to smile and coo back at us. He has been a fussy baby in the evenings mostly like Rayna was, but I know that it is just a season and he will grow out of that. Rayna started preschool a few weeks ago and has two afternoons a week in the preschool at the church. Last Thursday was "pajama" day and she got to bring her "pretty pillow" and wear her pj's. She has also been playing more with her friend Gracie in one of these pictures. In this season of lack of sleep and adjusting, the Lord keeps reminding me of the scriptures that His grace is sufficient for me...and that His mercies are new every morning. We are holding to Him because He is our portion and strength and our hiding place. What would we do without all that Jesus does for us! We pray all is well with you and hope to hear from you soon!