Here's our recap so far of 2010 HAPPY NEW YEAR

Happy New Year

Homeschooling....

Came across this blog and loved on the right side how they explain their journey to decide to homeschool.
Check it out it is encouraging!

http://familygregg.blogspot.com/

Buzz Lightyear to the rescue

Craig made the boys buzz lightyear wings!!! They were so excited..... Aaron was not so excited!!

BBB

Just went shoppin at Bashas for garbage bags, decided not to get them, so thought I would get bananas with the coupon from customer service!!!
THEN OH NO WHAT DO I SEE BANANAS in bags in the back of the store 4 lbs for 99 cents!!! WHAT put back my other bananas that weren't green.

GOT 12 POUNDS of BANANAS for FREE!!!! AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAH Still a little excited!!!! I left 6 bags there so go get them if you are in Payson by the cooler in the back of the store!!!!

Then went to Safeway to get the free biscuits 6 packs- 60 biscuits!!! FREE AND I got a 3 dollar catalina for next time!! Also got 2 packs of batteries 3 dollars off each BUT when I went to check out my total was too low for the in store coupon at Safeway, CRAZY I had to go back and get more food to get to 10 bucks!!!!

So all in all 12 lbs bananas, 6 rolls of biscuits FREE and 3 bucks for next time HOOOOOORAAAYYY!!!

Also forgot to tell you that I was asked to bring rolls to Thanksgiving and I thought hmmmm how will I get them for free or cheap, I even told my cousin today tell me early what I am bringing so I can find a good deal how about 60 biscuits for free!!!!!! (can you hear my excitement!!)

Share some of your stories!!!

Loving life at home...

The questions from kids this little are amazing…

What is sin? What a moment to explain the them death and then life in Christ

Why did Jesus die?

How do tree’s grow?

Reading a book and kids are bullying…..” They aren’t being kind and tendered hearted, I would let the kids play with me”

What is a false idol?

What could Daniel do? Interpret dreams

Sometimes I’m selfish and only think about myself God says to have no other gods before me, so its sin

Jacob and Eli playing in the dirt the best of buds

Jacob and Eli sliding down tube slides and laughing as they build the tightest of brother bonds. PRICELESS

Then this question out of the blue….

When will I go to school…..ummmmmm

My answer is what is BEST is for kids to be home with us so that we are the ones answering their questions. They don’t understand why they are staying home but We have made this decision for them because it is the best place to be discipled to love God and to teach them to love Him first…. If they weren’t home with me these questions would be lost in a sea of kids and the world at a public school. So excited and so thankful to be with them it is hard at times but amazing as well..wish I could remember all the questions they ask the list is endless and wonderful.. and some day we will let them go when they are saved, and ready to face the world with Christ dwelling in their hearts to take over and guide them!! Our job to some degree will be done.

Anyone else out there that homeschools, how do you answer this question over the years?

Not really looking for arguments for public school…

Show me your Happy HEART!

Happy Heart?

As Craig and I are growing in the Word. A thought has crossed my mind and then talking to a couple people the answer seems much clearer now!!

For a long time when we train our little ones we say “Show me your HAPPY HEART!” When we want to see them obeying “with a happy heart” or they have a pouty look on their faces... we say “show me your happy heart” they SMILE real big and we say good job!! It is great that they are complying but we think there is a better method now...

Well thinking through this more with lots of other mixed up thoughts that fly in and out of my brain throughout the day!!!!! I have been thinking a lot about something our discipleship counselor has taught us regarding our kids... He has asked us are we trying to make our kids sinless? Is our goal as we train them that they would sin no more? Well this really made me think because as their little minds and bodies continue at times to do the same stuff day in and day out that is sin... what is our goal... to get them to stop doing it, to just stop SINNING!!!! I have come to understand more clearly today and hopefully each day that NO my goal is not to have them stop sinning it is to teach them a few things:

God's will for us is that we be TRANSFORMED, HOW? By the renewing of our minds its that simple.......His desire is not that our children would stop sinning or look like a good Christian...to be fake on the outside with a happy heart, but that they would be transformed from the inside out. A transformed life because of HIM!!!

1. God loves them

2. And in return we LOVE him because He loved us

3. We obey God out of Love, out of reverence, awe for what He did in sending his son to die for us.

4. They obey Mommy and Daddy out of FEAR? No out of Love because they love us and desire to please us with their behavior, that hopefully will transfer to God some day.

What does this look like with a little one? Here's how it goes at my house.....

Jacob you sinned when you...........You need to confess that to God (teaching them to see their sin and turn from it)

“Sorry God I disobeyed you when I …....... (confession)

Jacob lets thank God that he has forgiven you.....

“God thank you that you died on the cross for me, thank you that you forgive me.........

Then walking in victory not defeat not shame, guilt or fear!!!! Teach them they are alive in Christ and no longer under the condemnation of SIN and DEATH!

The reason for this is to show him that he is not perfect and he needs JESUS to show him that the law brings death and he can never be right according to the law....but Jesus brings forgiveness and LIFE!!

Back to the original idea about a happy heart!! I believe that when I was telling my kids to have a happy heart its fonney, fake, Also I was teaching them to try to fix their sin in the flesh. Instead of pointing them back to Christ. I was teaching them to put on a happy face and not actually deal with the situation. So all that said now I will be teaching my children to have joy, whether they like the situation or the request they can choose to obey and have joy and also to be content with the situation. Super exciting for me when God shows me something I have been doing that was slightly off base.

Hope that was kinda clear... writing is not my gifting, talking instead HAHAHHA

Let me know your ideas and if you have more questions would be happy to talk!

more birthday pics

Craig taking down Uncle Eric!! Suckerrrrrr
Craig and Jacob playing football
Eli's birthday well wishes for Aaron
The birthday boy!

Birthday PARTY!!

The brothers enjoying the cake!
The bee hive cake!!! Thanks Aunty Tera for helping make it
Lots of playtime in the grass
Birthday boy and Mama!

We had a great celebration. On Aaron's birthday me and the brothers sang to him we had hats and it was great!!

Then on Saturday we have a party at the park and hours of FOOTBALL!! Gotta love boy birthdays!

Happy Birthday Aaron

You are so sweet and such a little miracle... God was so good to protect us and get us so far. We were living with the Ketter's in Flagstaff waiting for you to come. We were going to live with the Cutlips out of town but Craig thought that was too far away. Good thing, because an hour after Craig left for Payson from visiting for the weekend, I told my mom I didn't feel good and then at the Ketter's I started bleeding out.. We rushed the the hospital. I called Craig and told him to come back because I was bleeding. 20 minutes later Aaron was born healthy and BIG. Sara was so sweek to stay with me during the c-section since Craig couldn't make it. The recovery was long since i lost a lot of blood during the delivery, and Aaron spent 8 days in the NICU. BUT now he is CRAZY, HEALTHY, and tons of FUN
We love you so much and could never imagine life without you!!
Here is the rest of the story!
http://onlythewilsons.blogspot.com/2010/08/moment-by-moment.html
http://onlythewilsons.blogspot.com/2010/09/t-1-week.html
http://onlythewilsons.blogspot.com/2010/09/t-1-day-to-go.html

Aaron David Wilson
7 lbs. 7 oz
19 inches long
born at 36 weeks!

And here you are NOW!!
Happy BIRTHDAY!!!

T-1 day to go !!

Here are the boys before the big moment at the county fair and taking nice naps!


This weekend we were in Flagstaff passing the time while Craig had to work a ton. We went to the Flagstaff county Fair with the Cutlips. The memories roll on as I remember giving the boys to my mom for the day so that Craig and I could rest together one last time before Aaron was to be born in 5 days. My mom took the boys to the fair and we ended up going down a very bumpy road with the Ketter's to kinda hike and have lunch. I didn't move around very much that day.. wasn't feeling good.. Who know that Aaron would be born a few hours later.. Here is the last picture we have before he has born. and here is a link to the belly pics we had taken the day before he was born....

http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?pid=2953873&fbid=134912880754&op=2&o=global&view=global&subj=1410537213&id=82108055754





and here is the pic out in the forest in Flag about 2 hours before Aaron was born!!