Oh, to be small

This was how I found Morgan the other morning. Chillin' in the sink, licking on Deaven's toothpaste. This is like a day at the spa for Morgan.

Seriously, this kid is crazy. I guess when you are small, it's fun to see all the places you can fit!

This concerns me.......Peyton's class had "freaky" day after working on the letter F, and the kids were encouraged to dress freaky. Peyton insisted on wearing her hair like this. Deaven is just playing along. My concern though.....we actually have family pictures this Sunday, and we have been taking a lot of these crazy ones lately. I'm might be in trouble. Wish me luck!

On another note, I learned something the other day in the scriptures that has been hanging around in my mind A LOT the last few days (which usually means I'm suppose to do something with it). So I thought I might as well share it here quickly. Matthew 5:8 "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God". I guess of all the verses in the Sermon on the Mount, this one I felt the least connection to in my day-to-day life. Heaven knows I get lots of opportunities to be a "peacemaker" or to be "merciful", but I guess I always looked at this one as being something long term. However, here is what I learned: When we are pure in heart, we can better "see" God, or the good, in others and in the world around us. Oh!!!! Now that has a TON of application to my life. Isn't that the trick? To recognize God's hand in our life, and to see everyone around us as a child of God as well?? So how do we become pure in heart? Well, I guess that would be just trying to focus our efforts, time and thoughts to things that uplift and really matter. Being slow to anger, judgement, envy and self-centeredness. Hmm....I got some work to do, but loved seeing better how this verse can make a difference in my life.