(sunday morning line-up.)
yesterday i was feeding the kids before church and i wanted to take a snap shot of time and make it stop for a minute.
these kids keep growing up.
so here is a little glimpse of these cute kids on our sunday...
abe- got ready and left for a meeting. he looked sharp in his new suit and i love watching him pass the sacrament. he made faces at a baby sitting behind us in church. even though i told him to stop because everyone except the baby noticed, it made my heart happy to see him interact with her. dave said that they had the general young men's president in priesthood. abe was assigned to lead the music. i have had people tell me about his leading before. he gets really into it. abe told me he started to lead and then caught dave's eye, and dave gave abe the sign to keep it calm:) abe said he did, but at the end just had to end with throwing both hands into the air, kind of grand finale-ish. just picturing it made me laugh! he also told me, as we were driving home, that he noticed the general young men's president had a light about him. looking in his eyes, abe could tell he was a good, happy person. i'm grateful that my fourteen year old noticed this man's countenance and that it had an effect on him.
kai- woke up exhausted from the late family party the night before. he got ready so responsibly. he does every week. i can always count on kai to quietly go about doing what he should be doing. he is always watching out for vivian too. buckling her in her seat, helping her with shoes. i can hear his cute voice in my mind, saying, "vivi...vivi...." and i know he is helping her with something. he sits on the back row in primary. today i watched him and noticed how old he is getting. he looks more grown up lately. his warts on his knee were itching at church. he doesn't complain. his teacher at school said, "what is there not to like about kai. i wish they were all kai's!"
max- woke up early and headed for the tv. he has figured out that he can get a few episodes of pokemon in before i notice or get ready for the day and lately, he is taking full advantage of it. he got himself completely ready for church yesterday and even likes to comb his hair just right. yesterday was the first day i felt like i have "big kids". they got ready and i didn't do much. i have always had a baby or little kids that need lots of help on sunday mornings. it was so calm. max fell asleep on dave's lap during sacrament meeting, but woke up for primary. today in primary we talked about following Christ. a lot of his miracles were shared. i told the primary that they probably wouldn't heal anyone this week or raise anyone from the dead. then, i told them about the picture i have hanging in our mudroom of max tying vivian's shoe. it says "leave it better than you found it" and asked if they could leave someone better than they found them. i really love the little, humble smile that max gets when people say something good about him. it is my favorite.
vivian- is truly a delight. at dinner, sadie asked if we could imagine what our family would be like without vivian. everyone thought that was a sad thought but laughed that it would be so calm:)
vivian talks and sings and dances and tells stories. she is very imaginative and expressive. she loves nursery! actually, she loves any interaction with other kids. she will make friends wherever we go. lately, i will tell her to go get dressed or get your shoes and it's strange because she does, all big kid-like. yesterday, she picked these blue shoes with a huge heart on the toe for church. she was so proud to show me that she got them on, that i said they were perfect and we left. we have been talking a lot about choosing good choices and she will tell me that she is making good choices. usually, she will run up to me after she has been somewhere and with a huge smile, she will say, "i didn't hit mom!" my favorite though, was when i picked her up from a cute little princess camp run by some tween girls in the neighborhood. "i didn't hit at princess camp!"
sadie- she wasn't around yesterday morning because she had four missionary farewells to attend. a lot of her friends are leaving for missions and it's hitting her that they are leaving. it was a good and sad day for her. she sat with her friends during our sacramament meeting because so many of them came to hear their good friend speak. i watched her and once again, was so grateful for her desire to be happy and good. also, so glad that we moved here. it has been a good place for sadie. i loved seeing her sitting there with really good friends. good kids. what a blessing!
anyway, that's a little snapshot of our sunday line-up. love them so much!!
