Resurrection

I could listen to this song twenty times a day...make us whole Lord!

A Weekend at Grandpa and Grandma's

These pictures are from our visit last month at Grandma and Grandpa Roops house.

Tristin flying his kite.
Natalie enjoying breakfast on the porch with Brutus

Our morning view...

Mommy taking three of the monkey's on a ride.

The waterfall on Grandpa and Grandma's property

Down the hill on a dirt road we found a bridge. Their neighbor's actually walk across this bridge to get to their house because it is on the other side of the creek.

I couldn't believe it! The kids thought it was pretty cool!!

We had a fantastic weekend...as always! =)

Who is that BIG NOSED boy?

In going through some pictures earlier in the week...I cracked up when I found this photo of Kolton! He was three months old and the kids received these disguise glasses from the summer reading program at the Library. I showed the older three and this was included in our conversation!

Mommy: "Wow...that's one big nose!"

Natalie: "Yeah, that would be a lot of boogers!"

Lola: "YEAH...AND A LOT OF NOSE HAIRS!!"

Tristin: "It had a lot of nose hair, but I pulled them off!"

Mommy: "Tristin...that wasn't nose hair, that was a mustache!"

=)

Photo Fun!

We have been busy here at the Thompson house...but not too busy for some photo fun!!

Fashion Friday!

Welcome to Fashion Friday!

We are dedicating this day to my Lola!

I speak of her sense of style quite often and I want to bless all of you as much as we are blessed! This was her Thursday attire. Yes, we let her go to school like this. I suggest matching tights and those cute black shoes from Easter, but nope! Lola puts much thought into what she wears and feels beautiful because she is beautiful!

Check back next Friday to see some more fun fashion and sparkle straight from the girl herself!

BIG thank you to Laura who keeps Lola well stocked in sparkle shoes!

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UPDATE: Okay...I must say that Carly is taking notes and she just LOVES all of Lola's ideas!

Check it out!

More Snow Fun!

Enjoy looking at some Thompson Snow Fun!

Stop back tomorrow for our new Fashion Friday feature....

*smile*

Who is Jesus?

Growing up I always believed there was a God. I prayed the sinner's prayer many times and knew of this Jesus that was the "only way". But yet my mind did not understand this Jesus and His role. I guess today though I pray that He would continue to reveal Himself to me, I still don't fully understand and will probably not be able to wrap my earthly bound mind around the complete truth of it until I'm standing there right next to Him. All my life I was a crisis prayer. I only depended on God when I was in a rough patch and wanted Him to bail me out. The crisis would pass and then I would go about my usual business. But the void was always there...the void that only this Jesus person could fill.

I'm reading the book, "The Jesus Style" by Gayle D. Erwin. It is an awesome book that helps bring our mind to understand Jesus and who He really was...not just what our mind has brought Him to be. So who is Jesus....

"Since Jesus is everything that God is but expressed bodily form ad since all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are in him, we can each say:

If I am to know God, I will know him through Jesus.

If I am to gain knowledge, it is deposited in Jesus.

If I am to have wisdom, i will find it in Jesus.

If God dwells in me, it is because Jesus dwells in me.

If I wish to study God, I must study Jesus.

If the Holy Spirit is active in my life, I will hear him speak of Jesus.

His personality, his life and his words are to be grasped and assimilated with all our energy. In everything he must have supremacy."

I just loved that! The only way to know God is to know Jesus. They only way to eternal life...is to know Jesus! Jesus is the bridge over our sin to our Father. He washes us clean! I've attached a link to He Chose the Nails by Max Lucado! It is awesome!!

My prayer is that if you don't know or understand this Jesus...that you will. That we may take one step closer everyday in our understanding Him and His will for this life He has given us.

http://hechosethenails.net/hctn.html

Enjoy!

~Tina