Little Singer...

With Jason and I both coming from musical backgrounds - he sang in highschool, as did I. I also played the piano and flute for a number of years, its really no surprise that our kids love music. Joshua is our drummer and guitarist while Jenna is his leading vocalist. Right now Julianna is a background dancer, but I am sure she will find her place as she grows.

When driving a long distance. By long, I mean an hour or more, we keep the kids entertained by letting them listen to "VeggieTales - Sunday Morning Songs". It's a collection of songs that the kids like and have learned to sing a long to. I snapped this video of Jenna singing to the last song. She was trying to avoid falling asleep, but it's just too cute to hear her always trying to figure out the words to songs, even in movies...

Welcome Summer!

With summer time here now, the kids are anxious to get outside. Especially Josh and Jenna. As they grow, we see more of a servant's heart in them. Joshua loves to help his daddy and do everything "the way daddy does it". Jenna sticks close to me. It really makes Jason and I aware though how we raise our kids. We want to intill values in them that will teach them life lessons, but at the same time not get them stuck in "traditional roles". We also try to show our kids that we don't do chores because "we have to", but because mommy and daddy love each other and love our kids. We do these things around the house to make everyone happy and do them as unto the Lord.

It's made a big difference. Joshua helps mow the lawn with Jason and Jenna helps me sweep the kitchen. Both kids also help unload "unbreakable" items from the dishwasher and hand them to me to put them away. They both help Jason pull weeds in the front yard. And when we're all done, they help mommy and daddy get them wet with the hose :)

Below are some pictures of Josh and his first time helping Jason mow the backyard. He was SO excited he couldn't wait to get out there! He commented, "Dad, I want you to help me mow the back yard."

And Jenna sweeping for me...
One of the other chores the kids have wanted to do is take on more responsibility with the puppies. Each morning the doggies get fed and the kids like counting the scoops of dog food and put each dog's bowl down for them before school. Here's Josh getting Pepper's food ready for him...

and Jenna getting Ginger's food ready for her...

Summer has a lot of fun things in store for our little family... Looks like a great time ahead!