Update

Things have been going full speed around our house! We just finished our youth conference and it was amazing!!!! The hunger and desire for the things of God in our teens and young adults is indescribable. After one of the evening services, the presence of God was so thick that all you could do was lay there and weep. So many weeped with joy and with heartache. Issues and walls built over time just crumbled in their lives. I get teary eyed just thinking about how awesome our God truly is. Jeremy taught one of the morning sessions, which was so good it just blew your mind! My wifely loyalty only requires that I tell Jeremy his teaching was fine. But this message was INCREDIBLE!!! I can't wait to get the CDs! Over the past few years Jeremy has really become an amazing communicator. I love listening to him, not just as my husband but as a teacher and preacher of the Word. I don't think I've ever spaced out or fallen asleep while listening to him :) There is such a depth to his messages without being heavy. And of course his stories are so relevant and entertaining :)

Logan turns 5 months this Friday. He went in for shots last week- the boy is huge! He is in the 55% for weight and 95% for height!!!!! I'm guessing that my Grandpa Lear's genes kicked in on Logan. I know he didn't get the height from me, in all my 5'1" glory. He really enjoys his rice cereal and now that our schedule has slowed some, we are starting him on some baby food. I really thought I might get a longer "baby" period with him, but I don't think so anymore. For the longest time, he showed no interest in becoming mobile, perfectly content to just lay in one place and stare at you. Chloe was toddling around at 8 1/2 months, so I was praying Logan would wait until he was one. But, he's already scooting and trying to figure out crawling. One day he finally figured out how to roll and for 2 weeks rolled all over the house. Now he's no longer content to just roll places so he's trying to get onto all four. Looks like I might have another early walker. It's cute, exciting and sad all at the same time. I'm excited to watch him learn and sad because he won't really be a baby much longer.

Chloe keeps us smiling. She has such an opinion!!! She still prefers to wear dresses ALL THE TIME! She just got a new pair of rain boots that she is so in love with. Her usual attire right now is a sundress, ponytail, sweater and rainboots. She got so excited about them that she wore them to bed the first night. Last night after she was put to bed, I could hear her up moving around. I went to the door to see what was going on and I found her rocking a doll, praying. She prayed for EVERYONE she could think of, all of her dolls, she asked God to bless Mommy and Daddy because they have been good and deserve it, she prayed for healing for anyone she knew of that ever had an injury of any sort, she prayed that the airplane to Missouri would have happy people that would talk to her. She prayed at least for 10 minutes. At this point, my heart was about to burst and I had happy tears running down my face. And then she ended with, "Thank you, God, for giving me so many toys to play with. I am grateful and happy. I know some kids don't have this many. But, if I give them my old ones, will you bless me with even more toys?"

She definately has personality!

Now if she could just find her fashion sense!

Nothing like an apron over your dress with

houseshoes for a glamorous photo!!!

Logan already likes talking on the phone!!

Yes, he is already eating rice cereal! He lunges at people's food,

so we thought we would see how he does. HE LOVES IT!

We can't get it into his mouth fast enough.

Sissy

So, we finally got a pet that hasn't gone crazy or attacked a kid! She has made a great addition to our family. She is starting to use the bathroom outside (but not always) and we have begun training her in other things. But, since we don't do things normal, we have changed some things. Most people teach their dogs to "sit." Sissy does the motions, but instead of "sit" we taught her "booty down." And instead of "no biting" she knows "no chomp chomp." For "lay down" we are going to teach her "relax." I know, we're weird :)

Birthday Cakes

This weekend I made a couple of birthday cakes for a friend of mine. One of her girls wanted a princess cake and the other wanted CandyLand. What a challenge!!! But I think it turned out great. On the Princess cake, I had it finished and then went to add the writing. But when I opened the package, the writing was smaller than I had planned. So, Happy Birthday is MUCH smaller than I had planned.

The CandyLand cake was fun! It took more work than I thought, but I enjoyed it.

So, the two girls each had their own cake and it was a great party. However, each cake could feed at least 20 people. There were only about 15 people total- kids and adults!!! I think Elaine will be eating cake for a while :)

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We finally put together Logan's Jumparoo! He played in it all day and absolutely loves it! It cracks me up, though, because his little toes barely touch the floor and it is on the lowest setting. He has also moved up to the walker. We tried it a few weeks ago but he was just a little too lazy for it. When he gets tired of something, he has a tendency to just go limp. So, after he would get tired of holding his head up, he would just let it drop forward. Not so fun on the ol' noggin.

Jeremy finally got a haircut!!!! It just got too long and had become unmanageable. I figured since I rarely put anything about Jeremy on here, I should at least post his new hair.

Also, tomorrow is the 12 Hour Sale. I just got back from a luncheon with my National Director and have a new challenge to sell 50 sets by June 24th. The sets include the Timewise Basic, Miracle Set, Ultimate Miracle Set, Satin Hands Set, Satin Lips Set, Simple Solutions, Eye Set, Finishing Set, and the Custom Compact Set. These sets can be ordered during the sale for the % off the order but does not count as the 50% item. You can get these great sets for up to 20% off and you can help me as I achieve my goals!