A couple of weeks ago we took the boys out for a little "excursion" and to visit a park they hadn't been to before. There really wasn't much to the actual park, but there was a pond of sorts and lots of ducks! They really enjoyed feeding the ducks and chasing them too, of course! Heh.
The week following that we had a friend (who's blind) of a friend pay us a visit with his leading dog. The boys were overjoyed to have a huge dog in the house, ha! They thought it was great fun playing with him as if he were a big stuffy -- climbing on him, lying on him, poking and massaging him to name a couple few mellow ones, ha! Oh and the pics of the water fight is from a ways back,(notice Kenji's long stringy hair) just forgot to post them back then. Hope you enjoy the pics!
Oh, yes I almost forgot! We (Kenji and I) have been invited to join Esther and her family for their 1 month vacations! Yippee! The Lord gave us the "green light" so we will begin our first leg of travel, DV, Friday the 3rd. It looks like our first stop will be to some cabins in Cuauhtemoc, Chih. Sounds like fun - I love the mountains and all that comes with that scenery!
Then, DV, we'll make our way down South to Guanajuato while of course visiting any potential sight seeing towns or places. So if you're reminded of us do shoot up a prayer for our safety, protection, fun, and enjoyment. It will be a first of a lot of things for Kenji -- especially traveling in a car for long, long hours -- so pray that he can stay happy, well-behaved, healthy, etc.
I'll try to post during our trip, but I don't promise it will occur. So enjoy these "couple few". Heh. :D Cheers!
Monday, June 29, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Happy Father's Day!
I want to take a moment here to congratulate both Mig & Ez, my brothers, on this very special day because if I'm not mistaken this Father's Day is their first "official" one, no? Well then, 3 cheers to you both! :)
And here's a quote I came across a couple of days ago, that I think does the subject justice:
* To be a father is to fulfill a noble vocation. But fatherhood is not for everyone: it is not for cowards or for those who are unsure of themselves. Once you become a father, you remain a father until you die. A true father must be a leader – a captain who guides his family’s ship through perilous waters to safe shores, a general who rallies his troops to take on the daily battles.
On the other hand, a father should also model love and compassion. Jesus was not afraid to compare himself to a hen gathering her chicks. He also wept. These qualities belong to true manhood, and a true father will seek to embody them.
I know that you both have what it takes to be fantastic fathers (a true father) to your little boys in every way -- be the perfect balance between love and discipline while also partaking of the simple joys that these tender ones revel in. Yet most importantly, teach them through your own example of kindness, courage and faith! I love and admire the both of you!
And here are a few other quotes on Fatherhood that I found interesting. Enjoy!
* Any man can be a father. It takes someone special to be a dad. —Author unknown
* Until you have a son of your own, you will never know the joy, the love beyond feeling that resonates in the heart of a father as he looks upon his son. You will never know the sense of honor that makes a man want to be more than he is and to pass something good and hopeful into the hands of his son. —Kent Nerburn
* A father carries pictures where his money used to be. —Author unknown
* You have a lifetime to work, but children are only young once.
—Polish proverb
* Someday you're going to be thankful that you had a part in those children's care and training. You will have helped form another human being. That's thrilling! Are you equal to the task? No, but God is, and He will help you if you try! -David B.B.
* Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction. —John Crosby
Following are some videos of Kenji reviewing his math in a fun way and at last I'm able to catch his lovely little voice on camera (he gets camera shy sometimes) and also his words are a bit more decipherable now, heh. :) So, enjoy! Pics of today's happenings will be added later on today, DV!
And here's a quote I came across a couple of days ago, that I think does the subject justice:
* To be a father is to fulfill a noble vocation. But fatherhood is not for everyone: it is not for cowards or for those who are unsure of themselves. Once you become a father, you remain a father until you die. A true father must be a leader – a captain who guides his family’s ship through perilous waters to safe shores, a general who rallies his troops to take on the daily battles.
On the other hand, a father should also model love and compassion. Jesus was not afraid to compare himself to a hen gathering her chicks. He also wept. These qualities belong to true manhood, and a true father will seek to embody them.
I know that you both have what it takes to be fantastic fathers (a true father) to your little boys in every way -- be the perfect balance between love and discipline while also partaking of the simple joys that these tender ones revel in. Yet most importantly, teach them through your own example of kindness, courage and faith! I love and admire the both of you!
And here are a few other quotes on Fatherhood that I found interesting. Enjoy!
* Any man can be a father. It takes someone special to be a dad. —Author unknown
* Until you have a son of your own, you will never know the joy, the love beyond feeling that resonates in the heart of a father as he looks upon his son. You will never know the sense of honor that makes a man want to be more than he is and to pass something good and hopeful into the hands of his son. —Kent Nerburn
* A father carries pictures where his money used to be. —Author unknown
* You have a lifetime to work, but children are only young once.
—Polish proverb
* Someday you're going to be thankful that you had a part in those children's care and training. You will have helped form another human being. That's thrilling! Are you equal to the task? No, but God is, and He will help you if you try! -David B.B.
* Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction. —John Crosby
Following are some videos of Kenji reviewing his math in a fun way and at last I'm able to catch his lovely little voice on camera (he gets camera shy sometimes) and also his words are a bit more decipherable now, heh. :) So, enjoy! Pics of today's happenings will be added later on today, DV!
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Family Day fun!
Today for Family Day we opted to stay home, due to the weather being ridiculously hot. So me and mom did our best to make the boys have a good time. Here are a some pics (okay a lot of pics) of all the fun the boys had!
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Employ the Twin Sisters
Well, I thought I'd add something else to this blog -- quotes/paragraphs from the Word that speak the most to me presently. So here goes the first post of this kind, hopefully there will be plenty more coming. :)
Jesus:
"When something doesn't turn out the way you thought or hoped it would, it doesn't necessarily mean that your faith has not met the challenge or the occasion. One of the fundamentals in calling on Me and availing yourself of the power and weapon of prayer is in allowing Me the freedom to work as I please and as I know is best.
Remember, I see waaaayyy out in front of you, and with My great love for you and others involved in the equation, I always have the big picture in mind. But rest assured that when you put Me on the spot and your faith commands action and you are meeting the conditions, you can be guaranteed that the outcome will be for the best -- even if it's somewhat different than what you expected.
I delight in working contrary to natural expectations, while still holding true to My promises. You may have your goal or desires set on the supply of a certain need, and that's understandable. So while you may be visualizing that need supplied in a certain manner, My eyes are seeing way beyond the supply of just that need.
Remember that My main concern -- the reason for it all -- is to win the lost to Me. You are of such incomparable value to Me, because there are no others like you. That's why if there is ever any way I can use you to help in the chain of events of reaching or witnessing or winning others to Me, I will do so. I may take you on a roundabout path in answering your prayers, but you can know that that path is for a very special purpose and reason. I just work on a higher plane than you do.
Often you discover while taking those steps (of faith) that I had a higher plan, a greater answer, and the solution was not in your analyzing and picking apart your faith, but your part to play was in proceeding in faith in a spirit of trust. That's when faith's twin sister steps on the stage; trust. Faith and trust walk hand in hand, and very seldom do they walk alone.
So when you get one of those "unexpected" answers and you know you've prayed in faith and met the conditions I've shown you, you can almost always know that I have something bigger and better up My sleeve for you. -- One of those cool answers that you know only I and My helpers could have possibly engineered and brought to pass. And what do those type of answers do? -- They engender even more faith. So it's a win-win situation."
("Greater Faith Part 2," ML#3632:38-40,42,45,47)
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