thorns...

the other day braidyn and i were in the drive-thru at sonic...waiting patiently in line...and the song "big house" by audio adrenaline came on the radio. this is one of b's favorite songs...she knows every word. anyway, this was our conversation as the song came on...

me: you know b, when it says "Father's house" it means God's house.

b: no, it means our house...

me: no, it's talking about when we die and go to Heaven, that we get to go to God's house...our Father's house.

b: well, i'm scared to die.

me: why baby??

b: because of the thorns.

me: what thorns baby?

b: well, Jesus got thorns when he died.

me: that's right, but Jesus took our thorns for us so that when we die, we don't have to have the thorns.

b: well, what happened to the thorns?

me: when Jesus died, they took the crown of thorns off of him and threw them away...they are gone, i promise.

b: oh.

me: so, when we die, if we have Jesus in our hearts, we get to go to Heaven...NO THORNS...and we get to have fun in God's house!

b: well, i don't have Jesus in my heart.

me: why not?

b: because i forgot to ask Him.

me: well, do you want to ask Him right now?

b: yeah!

me: okay, well then repeat after me...

b: no momma, i can do it.

me: are you sure? you should say something like...."Jesus, thank you for dying on the cross for me and for taking the thorns for me so that i don't have to. i know that i am a sinner, please forgive me and help me to make better decisions and be a servant to others. please come into my heart and help me to live for you every day of my life. i love you so much. amen."

b: oh, well, maybe i will repeat after you!

and then precious little b asked Jesus Christ to come into her heart right there in the sonic drive-thru at the age of 5. i was fighting back the tears as i had her call her daddy to tell him what we just did....one of the best days of my life!

disney world 09!

thanks to a bunch of southwest and american express points (that chris accumulated by purchasing merchandise for pro image) we were able to take a trip to disney world for spring break. with so much already being paid for by points, we were able to go and have a fabulous time and not worry about how expensive it was going to be! here is a little slide show of SOME of the pics that we took...there were only so many we could upload :) enjoy!!

another little byrdie on it's way??

we were going to wait to post our news but so many people have been checking for an update so i thought i might as well go ahead. we are expecting again!! and it happened much faster than we had anticipated...isn't God's timing awesome?! this time around, my numbers are looking much better than the time before. we won't get our first ultrasound to detect a heartbeat until the 16th of march so i will give an update then. but for now, i am pregnant, and sicker than ever before...which is a good thing!

thank you all for your prayers. we have truly felt them. we love you all!!