You've gotta see my little elves!!!

Click on the attached link and get ready to LAUGH!! A girl from our church did this and we were all cracking up! Be patient...it takes a minute to load the page. But it is well worth the wait.

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=9626545686

That's what big sisters are for...

These two cracked us up playing together. They invented this game all on their own one day and I finally got it on video. He has ridden for several minutes before, but, of course, the time I'm taping it is the time he falls off quicker.
I'm so sorry I forgot to update you guys on Shawn. He came home on Tuesday last week. He is feeling a lot better now, and is moving a little faster. He is still not able to lift more than 10 lbs. or drive, which annoys him, but his recovery is going well. Thanks for all your prayers!

Back again...

Hey friends! I just wanted to send an update on Shawn's surgery. He went in Wednesday to have the colostomy reversed. The surgery went a little longer than expected with a couple minor complications. The surgeon said he was doing well. I am at the hospital right now with my honey and he is still in pain. They are giving him pain meds, but it's really just taking off the edge. We will be here anywhere from 3-6 days. We are hoping to be home Sunday. Please pray that all goes well for him as he recovers and that he can be released soon. I'll update again as soon as I can. Thanks for your prayers!
Michelle

Family Night

I have really been slacking keeping our blog updated. I am ashamed. Things are going well here at the Peoples' home. We are waiting for the surgeon to call and let us know if Shawn's surgery will be next week or not. In the mean time, we have really been intentional recently with our family nights. We have been playing games with the kids, having movie night, playing the Wii and having family worship time together. A few nights ago, I brought my camera along. We all played the Wii together and then Shawn got out the electric guitar and played some of our favorite worship songs. The kids danced and sang...it was so innocent and pure. I love watching them sing to the LORD.

Another first

This was one of Joshua's firsts. Haleigh and Caleb were using finger paints to make fall leaves on trees, Joshua started having a fit because he wanted some too. Of course, I am always encouraging new experiences, but baby finger painting was not one of them. So, I thought I would get a zippy bag and add a couple of blobs of paint and he could just mush it around and blend the colors. Fun, yet not as messy, right, nah! He wanted the paint on his hands. So, I thought, Ok, why fight it...he needed a bath anyway. So, I got out the paper, and stripped him down, put him into the high chair and put a couple of small blobs on his paper. What fun! Here is what he looked like!Of course, I can't leave out Haleigh and Caleb and their trees. They didn't get nearly as messy!

My first award!!

Thanks, Stacey, for my fabulous award! I certainly appreciate a little happy today. Just coming off of the first weekend of Judgement House, I've put little ones in time out today more times than I normally do in a week. One more weekend to go. I have seen many come to Christ this weekend and many come back to Him as well. Please pray for our church and all of the ones coming to J-House that they may respond to the call of Christ.

This time last year