Spring Fun

We have been enjoying such great weather and fun lately! We had a visit with Lee's sister from Franklin, enjoying playing with Cousin Cade, my mom's birthday fun at our house, and a visit from some Montgomery friends for a weekend! In the midst of that we have learned our allergies are having a terrible adjustment to just a short distance south from where we used to live, and that has NOT been fun! I am fully supportive of the the Zyrtec movement and we are slowly starting to sleep again around here. Below are two of my favorite shots from the week!

When the Graydon's visited we had a jam pack weekend of fun. We hit the Oyster House, ran (or walked really fast) in the Azalea Trail Run, which I hate we got no pictures of, hit Fairhope Pier, and lastly toured the big bug exhibit at the Exploreum. All the kids really enjoyed cheesing it up with the bugs. Strange but true!

Here is my sweet family enjoying some time at the beach! Don't they look like they belong in a magazine or something? By the way, the girls' dresses are from my friends' clothing line, Sundae Afternoon. They are SOO cute and they loved wearing them!

Japan and God

Tonight as we were getting dinner the Nightly News was on behind us. Of course to us this was just background noise, but Sophie was really paying attention to the news on the Tsunami. As we sat down to eat she had LOTS of questions; where the people in the houses ended up, where were their toys, where were their pets, could they go outside yet, etc. Lee and I tried to answer as truthfully as we could but keep it on a level that wouldn't scare her.

For a four year old, her knowledge that God is in control and always around is pretty accurate. After we talked for a while and assured her that we lived far enough away from the beach to ever have that happen to our house, she started asking the whys. Why did it happen to Japan, did God make it or let it happen, and why would he do that. We just simply said we don't know everything God does or do we know why he lets some things that seem so bad to us happen.

She thought for a minute after we told her we didn't know why God let it happen, she told us she didn't know why he let it happen either. But, if we turned it to the Weather Channel, they would probably know why. Apparently she has heard them explain a lot, and they probably know why God does a lot of the things that he does.

Another Version of Miracles

Yesterday we went back to a church we previously tried and seemed to really enjoy it. So did Sophie. She got to do a really cute art project and was so proud of it. While we were waiting for our lunch at a local restaurant she told us about her picture. I will do my best to use her exact words when telling this story...

"Today at church I made that picture(the previously mention art project) and glued all those pieces of bread and those fishes in a basket. Did you know there was a boy that had his lunch and Jesus took it from him and fed as many people that go to a night Mardi Gras parade? Not a daytime Mardi Gras parade, because that wouldn't be that many people, but one of those night parades where there are so many people I have to sit in my wagon".