My boys are growing up! Especially Isaiah... It makes my heart both sad and proud to watch him grow into a young man. Sometimes, I wish they could all stay young so that perhaps I might be able to protect them better from all the bad things in the world (and from themselves!). But, I know there is a beauty in life to be achieved when we listen and follow HIS direction, by choice. My prayer for my boys (and my beautiful daughter) is that they will choose to follow the Righteous Path to LIFE. But, God knows I didn't always follow, and when I didn't--OMG I was AWFUL!! So, I suppose it should give me HOPE that all is not LOST even when it looks really BAD! I'm sorry, watching the boys get older causes me to project my past onto their future... Don't worry, I keep it to myself! ...I know that the time is coming when Joshua and I have to loosen the reigns and give them space to try flying solo.
If only I had a way with words, like my husband does. I would try to describe how this picture of the boys captures a moment in time when all things were innocent and all things were perfect, and how regardless of what the future holds for these young ones, there IS HOPE!!

Oh how I love them!



































































