Some Serious Silliness

Rocky loves to put his pacifier in the wrong way. In this picture, he looks like he's trying to be scary...rrrraaaaarrr!!!!

Gracie decided to join in on the fun!

Here the pacifier is upside down (it's kind of hard to tell)

And here's just a cute one of Daddy and Rocky! Praise the Lord! He has sustained us through another week, and we are all doing well. We're looking forward to going on vacation soon. We'll be heading up to New Hampshire where we've gone before. Our friends Craig and Tiffany Johnson are at a church there, and there's a couple in their church who have a cottage they let us stay in. It's wonderful; the cottage is on a lake, and it's just time to relax and hang out as a family.
This week the Lord has been reminding me that I need to trust Him and not hold on too tightly to my schedule/routine. It seems like something has come up each day this week that disrupts our normal flow of life. Thankfully, none of the disruptions have been bad; some have even been fun (we went into Boston on Monday and got pizza in the North End--the Italian district--that was yummy!). I guess I'm one of those people who likes to feel like they have things under control, but the Lord has His way of reminding me that although I might make my plans, the Lord will direct my steps. Praise the Lord that He loves me enough to help me learn these lessons!
The kids are doing well. Rocky is teething but handling it well. Gracie is singing more and more. She can sing the ABC song well enough for us to understand 95% of the letters, and she's working on "Jesus Loves Me". It's really cute; she'll sing the "Yes" in the chorus and "Bible". The rest is unintelligible. She also shocked us the other day by counting to ten! We've been over the numbers lots of times, but I didn't realize that she'd learned them. We really have to try to figure out youtube so we can post some of these little milestones. She's also starting to get more protective of her toys and not always wanting to share with Rocky, so we're working on that one. Any ideas???
Lou is keeping busy as ever. He's been busy studying Judges in addition to his regular studies as he's hoping to begin going through it after we return from vacation. He's been preaching through the gospel of John on Sunday mornings for a few months now, and that's been a blessing. Other than that, not too much news to report! I can't believe summer is almost over!