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This post is my dear sons request:

M is 10!!

So my son M. is 10!!. It is amazing to think that not long ago he was a baby. His favorite color since he can talk has been yellow, his smile has always been on his face, he has always been a happy and easy going boy, polite, respectful to his parents, wise, loving.... I would like to think that our parenting has helped him to be the boy he is today, but the truth is, M is a boy with an amazing personality. It has been the grace of God that gave us a boy that is easy to train and that his heart desires what is pleasing to Him. God has given him wisdom and understanding of the things that are good and he has taught me many lessons.

There are many things I could say about M, and none of them will express how proud I am to be his mom. You would just need to meet him to understand. He is less than one head shorter than me, and when he comes and still calls me mommy and gives me a hug no matter who is in front, and his prayers goes to the Lord saying: "please help me not to sin against you, and help me to please You in all I do", my heart wants to cry in gratitude to the Lord for giving me the honor to have a son like him.

I find no better joy than this: knowing that my kids walk in the truth... praise the Lord for His work in M's life. My prayer for him is the same since he was a little boy, that he will grow up to be a God fearing man.

With a very thankful heart for the gift of his life,

M...We love you!!!!

Ps. 27:4

One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple. Ps. 27: 4

As I am reading through some psalms, God reveals in His word as a mirror more and more of His holiness, more and more of my inability and more and more of His beauty. Often when I pray, I pray in a very self centered way. I pray for my needs, for my selfish desires, for the things that concern me at the time, and spend not as much time praying to dwell in the house of the Lord ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE. To GAZE upon the beauty of the Lord and seek him in his temple. My own repentance needs repentance... since I fear the consequences more than the fact that I offended my Saviour.

I love the Lord, and I love Him with all my heart, or at least that is what I think sometimes.. until I read something like this which puts me to shame, which fills me with humility and makes me see how selfish I am, how much I love myself and how little I have died to myself.

To be able to say that all I ask of the Lord is to dwell in His house all the days of the Lord, if that is all I really want... If everything can be taken away from me and yet still be able to say "that is all I ask of you", then I have died to myself. If my cries to the Lord says that all I ask of him is to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and seek him in his temple, then I cannot possibly need anything else. Once you have seen the beauty of the Lord and really see it, I do not think it is possible to love yourself higher than you ought to. Any beauty or desires or rights or goodness, does not even touch the goodness and beauty and holiness and righteousness and perfection of the holy God. So all is left to do is prostrate yourself before him and dwell in His place for ever and seek him.

So in the process of mortifying the sin in me and searching for my desires to be towards Him alone, looking not my own benefit or comfort, but his holiness in my life that one day I can stand before him and say: One thing I ask of you Lord, that I may dwell in your house for ever, and that I may gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and seek you in your temple.

The size of our world

My good friend H. posted this on her blog. I thought it was really nice.
http://www.rense.com/general72/size.htm

A glimpse into the future....

ARE THESE THE FUTURE MEN???!!!!









I LOVE IT !!!!!

Fun memories!

The roller coaster behind is the one younger son S. went on, while M. is enjoying the water park with his cousin N. They spent a lot of time together in just two days , it is very nice to see how much they love each other and how close they are considering the distance.

Here, a fun ride with aunt B.... great time to create memories.

They all enjoyed it. We did not know that the ride was with water, neither of us wanted to get wet, and when she went on the ride, she motioned to me that there was water and she was most likely to get splashed!. After was my turn to go on it, since the kids wanted to go on it again....

Olive Garden, any one?.. yes we ate in our favorite restaurant... Olive Garden... lots of salad and bread sticks..... !!!!!!. Of course a nice dessert to go with it.

There is something about family, that even though we are far away, time does not seem to pass by ... we see each other as if we saw each other last week.

Dear niece A always is condescending with S. The love they share is very special.

Roller coaster first row, with older cousin S, how can it get any better!

And this was a very memorable ride... M's favorite, and some of them even got their clothes wet... no, not wet, SOAKING!!!. Forget the bathing suit!...enjoy the time!.

We had a wonderful time eating, shopping, riding roller coasters (them, not me), kissing, hugging, laughing... and creating memories in our hearts until next time.....

Caverns

On our way back from our trip to Pennsylvania, we visited the caverns. It was a lot of fun. A 45 min. tour which takes you through small spaces.. I thought I was going to get a bit anxious , but it was so beautiful, that I forgot we were that deep!




The kids really enjoyed the view, they said they felt like bears. We did not see any bats, but we did see some salamanders. At one point, they turned all the lights off so we could experience what the first explores went through... only a small lantern was on... it was pitch black.



My favorite part without a doubt, was the part where there was a little "lake" the water was crystal clear, and the noise of the drops of water falling was very soothing. There was a man that at one point lived in this caverns for 20 years!!!. I can see how he liked it so much... It would not have work for me though, because I need neighbours!!


I need to study on how the stalagmites and stalactites did not need millions of years to form... but for now, I can just marvel at God's handiwork and be amazed at the detail and beauty of His creation.