My Baby's a Thug

The BIG event of winter holidays for our boys was the Paintball game on Saturday!  I want to post a bunch of pictures for the moms of the other boys, but am now tired of wrestling with this uploading thing and we shall have to be content with just these 4.

It's hard to tell who's who with the masks.  I sent the one above to one mom, and then the boys told me that is Jonathan, not Daniel.  Oops. 

But I do recognize these 3 hooligans, Tim, Oliver, and Josh.  Oliver wore a real army uniform!  There's a screen between me and them, that is NOT bad photography on my part-just so you know. 

 This is the top picture, but I can't get these pictures to obey my wishes.  Evangel bailed me out twice to get this far, but she's in the middle of huge, urgent project, so I must not be so pestery. 

Loading up on cool supplies is part of the fun. 

"We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."

Ephesians 6:12

My theory is a good paintball battle will help the boys visualize the unseen battle, and the courage needed for one, is a lot like the courage needed for the other. 

Little Dreams Fulfilled

Go get 'em, Tiger! 

A mall near us has these cool animals with wheels that you can ride, so we went to give it a whirl.  My grand-nephew Daniel is the only one actually brave enough to do it.  He rode the horse, the zebra, and a giraffe as well as the tiger.  Connie wasn't interested.  Those animals are scary when you're only 1. 

My Joshua John, or Mr. J.J.Y. for short, in front of a store with his friend Jesse.  I have long wanted to get Josh and this store together, and having another J. in the picture was just the icing on the cake.

Touche!  The man in black (My Tim) dreams of swordfights. 

And the grand finale: my quilt.  I have had a quilt on my bucket list for many years.  I ran across a library book that made this style look do-able and I started a couple of years ago.  Then I didn't like the shape it was coming out to be, so I stopped and wondered what to do.  Then last weekend, I was seized with determination, and decided to quit fearing mistakes, and just do it.   

"The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul..."

Proverbs 13:19

"Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life."

Proverbs 13:12