It IS who you know.

There's a song that's been playing on the radio quite a bit lately, and every time I hear it, I find myself more annoyed than inspired. The point of it is to live life to the fullest....which I'm obviously all for. Jesus came that we might have life abundantly. But, the song says that "it's not who you know, it's how you lived...." and I think that is, at the very least, pretty misleading. Knowing Jesus is the ONLY way to Heaven and the key to real, true JOY here on earth. So, while I acknowledge some of the fun ideas here....I kiss my kids every day and would LOVE it if my husband would dance with me....I am still annoyed by their message.

So...I'd love to hear your thoughts! Am I being overly-analytical? Am I just plain wrong?

Point Of Grace - How You Live (Turn Up the Music)

Wake up to the sunlight with your windows open
Don't hold in your anger or leave things unspoken
Wear your red dress
Use your good dishes
Make a big mess and make lots of wishes
Have what you want but want what you have
Hmmmmm
And don't spend your life lookin' back

[Chorus:]
Turn up the music
Turn it up loud
Take a few chances
And let it all out
Cause you won't regret it
Lookin' back from where you have been
Cause it's not who you knew
And it's not what you did
It's how you lived

So go to the ball games
And go to the ballet
Go see your folks more than just on the holidays
Kiss all your children
Dance with your wife
Tell your husband you love him every night
Don't run from the truth cause you can't get away
Oh No...
Just face it and you'll be okay

[Chorus]

[Bridge:]
Ohhhhh
Wherever you are and wherever you been
Now is the time to begin

So give to the needy
And pray for the grieving
Even when you don't think that you can
Cause all that you do is bound to come back to you
So think of your fellow men
Make peace with God but make peace with yourself
Oh yes
Cause in the end there's nobody else

[Chorus]

Cause it's not who you knew and it's not what
You did
It's how you lived

SO Thankful!

Miss Amanda is thankful for flowers, thankful to be vertical, thankful to be home, and thankful for many things today that she completely took for granted until now. She was rock climbing at the Y on Monday afternoon when her rope came untied and she fell 20 feet. She was unconscious for a time and was taken by ambulance to the hospital where they x-rayed and scanned and poked and tested nearly every part of her little body. Thanks to God, she was not seriously hurt at all - today she is only stiff and sore and is moving very slowly.

It is amazing how quickly these things can happen and almost scary how fast life can change. We are thankful for a God who is in control of all things, who knows our names, and hears us when we call on Him.

Celebrating Easter

We had a wonderful day celebrating Christ's Resurrection! Bruce's folks were here for the week-end and went to church with us, then we had lots of friends join us for lunch and an Easter Egg Hunt. Thanks to Beth and Sherri for stuffing all those eggs!! We are thankful for our "New Lincoln Friends" even though we still miss our "Old Beatrice Friends".

I remember being at Girl Scout camp and singing "Make new friends, but keep the old, one is silver and the other's gold" and although I thought it was catchy, I never really understood it....now I do. :-)

Afternoon Snooze

Alex (and Molly), Grandpa Bond (and Max) enjoy a nice Saturday snooze! Life is good!!

Great Friends!

Amanda and her dear friends Sarah and Elisa had a great time celebrating Amanda's birthday! We are thankful for such truly wonderful friends!!

A day at the ballpark

Bruce and Alex spent the afternoon at a Husker Baseball game - in the Ameritas Skybox, no less. Huskers won on a 2-run homer in the bottom of the 9th. What a great way to spend the day!!

Andrew's Easter Story

Today at lunch, we were telling Daddy all that we had learned when we played with the Resurrection Eggs this morning. When we got to Andrew's egg, the last one which was empty, he had a fun version of the story. He says that "Mary, Jesus' Mom, and two other ladies went to the tomb to take some food, but when they got there all they found was an angel who said 'There's nobody here - not even a dead guy'"

Matthew 28:6 "He is not here, He is risen, just as He said."

Happy Easter!!

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Best Brothers

Alex and Andrew and I have had some fun talks lately about how lucky they are to have each other. We talked about how cool it is that they can have their BEST friend over for a sleep-over every single night! They decided that they are even better than just "best friends" because they are "Best Brothers." I pray all the time that all 3 of them are always as close as they are now.

Check the DNA!

Amanda has been learning about molecular genetics in Science and recieving dominant and recessive genes from your parents. This baking gene she has is CERTAINLY not from me....so it must be one of her grandparents!! This recipe is "Laura's Golden Wheat Sheaf Bread" from the Little House on the Prairie CookBook. It is supposed to look like a sheaf of wheat - and it turned out great! Tasted even better than it looks, too!!

SAC Museum Field Trip

Andrew working with the anti-gravity toy...serious business!
Amanda and her friend Elisa in the sleeping quarters.
Alex, my future pilot, and Andrew learning the controls.
Amanda TRYING to talk Elisa into the flight simulator!
And she DID it - and DIDN'T throw up inside of it!!

Rock Climbing

Bruce and the kids went to the Cooper Y the other night to go swimming and instead discovered the wonderful world of rock climbing! So, we went back last night so they could all take the

class - learning how to put on the gear, tie the knots and all the commands for the climber and the belayer (the person who stays on the ground holding the rope) They had a great time, can't wait to go back, and are REALLY sore today!

Homeschool fun!

One of our favorite homeschool activities each year is Heritage School. Kids get dressed up in their "old time" clothes and get to spend the morning in a real one-room schoolhouse. They do math on a slate board, bring in water from the outside pump, do recitations for each other, play old fashioned school yard games, and pack their beef jerky and corn bread lunches into tin cans.

Growing up

Wow, you guys have grown up so quickly!! Mr. Alex turned 9 last week and Miss Amanda is turning 11 today! You are both growing into wonderful people and I am so proud of both of you! I am so thankful that God chose me to be your Mom. :-)