blogs are liars

do you know what i mean by this title? 

every once in a while i will go to random blogs, and read about the lives of unknown.people. 

i see the pictures that supposedly describe the life of this unknown person.

sometimes, after i read them...i can get discouraged. i see the beautiful and clean homes. the perfectly decorated little boys and girls rooms. the smiling family playing quietly by the fire, and can almost smell the apple pie baking in the oven.

all i'm saying is, no one is posting pictures of a messy bedroom, the dirty dishes in the sink and the kids fighting like cats and dogs while the mom is burning dinner.

these are pictures. they are words. 

so when you read my blog, understand something.

yes, this is somewhat a description of my life, and of what is going on today. but it is not necessarily picture perfect the way that the pictures portray. just wanted to put that out there.

in the last week, i had the amazing privilege of seeing a brand new baby nephew. 

this is not just any nephew. this is the baby boy that i would sit outside every morning and pray would be conceived. 

this is God's answer to the prayers of a beautiful, godly woman who happens to be my little sister.

he is perfect. just perfect.

today was another soccer day. they were tough games, but my boys did great. we are big into sports, but adam and i decided when we had kids that we would not put the importance of soccer or basketball, or any other thing above God. our goal is to please Him. and in doing that, we encourage our boys to play as hard as they can. to be doing everything they can heartily as unto the Lord. so they play hard. and adam coaches hard. and i cheer hard :)

aj had 6 goals today and one amazing save as goalie. but most importantly, he had a sweet spirit that honored Christ.

riley had 5 goals to win by one! and he was also a great testimony of obedience and respect.

it was a good day.