http://mindy.firstimportance.com Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:24:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Passion of Jesus Christ:  Fifty Reasons Why He Came to Die Some of us are starting today reading one of the fifty reasons each day.  Number 50 falls on Good Friday.  If you don't have a copy you can find it online at the following link:  http://www.desiringgod.org/media/pdf/books_pojc/bpojc_all.pdf Posted ... http://mindy.firstimportance.com/2010/02/12/the-passion-of-jesus-christ/ Today our precious C.J. turned 5! We had big plans to celebrate this milestone year, but God had other things in mind! Instead of our yearly family indoor swimming celebration, we were snowed in with 30 inches of snow. So, the older siblings promised C.J. they'd build him a snowfort. ... http://mindy.firstimportance.com/2010/02/11/cjs-birthday/ SNOWMAGEDDON 2010: The beginning half of February has been full of snow. This is the front yard. The door is to the right. This is our view out the backdoor into the yard. This is the bush that has been broken and ripped apart in our front flowerbed. This is ... http://mindy.firstimportance.com/2010/02/11/snowmageddon-2010/ Here we have the kids at Pop's! This is before JeJe went to pick up the Trout kids. You can see Justin, Lela and Nate in the background on the couch all facing the same direction. GUESS WHAT THEY ARE DOING!? You guessed it, watching TV!! Brianna is too busy ... http://mindy.firstimportance.com/2009/08/18/mt-pleasant/ After my week in Dallas visiting friends me and Karis met Mama, Kirby and the rest of the kids in Mt. Pleasant to visit Pop for the day. The Trout kids came over, too, so the cousins had a blast playing together. For lunch Pop treated us to some real ... http://mindy.firstimportance.com/2009/08/18/karis-meets-pop/ On Thursday, August 6th Karis and Mommy set out to spend the night with Uncle T.J., Aunt Sonya and Cousin Samuel. Samuel was scooting all over the floor, dragging himself anywhere he wanted to go. He actually had his first taste of dogfood while we were there. Thankfully his daddy ... http://mindy.firstimportance.com/2009/08/15/karis-and-cousin-samuel/ A few weeks ago at Lela's Gems Retreat a sweet young girl was asking if she could hold Karis. The whole afternoon she pretty much held Karis. She eventually asked if she could be my mother's helper this summer. During the weeks that followed I kept seeing her at church ... http://mindy.firstimportance.com/2009/06/29/gods-amazing-care/ Just had to share some pictures of our sweet Karis Elane.  She went with us to the Spy Museum, because, well she goes everywhere with me...she is such a joy!  They don't allow strollers in the museum, so I carried her in my Ergo carrier and she was wonderful.  She ... http://mindy.firstimportance.com/2009/06/01/karis-on-the-spy-museum-trip-may-27th/ This past Wednesday we took a trip with some friends to the International Spy Museum in D.C.  We met up at the metro and rode down.  Lela enjoyed her Little House on the Prairie book, Nate kept his eye on the map to make sure we were staying on track ... http://mindy.firstimportance.com/2009/06/01/international-spy-museum/ On Memorial Day the kids had a blast playing with their friends, riding the carousel and the train around the park.  Here are a few pictures for you to see the activity.First is Daddy comforting Brianna on the train ride.  Next we have Justin, Nate and their friend, Jaxson, riding ... http://mindy.firstimportance.com/2009/06/01/more-memorial-day-picnic-fun/