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Capturing a Moment...

This blog post won't be much, but mostly a chance for this very forgetful 7 1/2 months pregnant mother of two to document a moment in time. A small conversation on the way to a ball game that touched me and brought tears to my eyes.

This past weekend, we camped in our yard...our new memorial day tradition. It was a great weekend and will likely get it's own blog post. On Sunday morning, Jenna offered to host "Sunday School" with the kiddos, since none of us made it to church. What a wonderful idea on her behalf. So...the kids rounded up, made paper airplanes that said "God loves me" and had a nice chat with Jenna. I love when the teacher comes out in her. She's truly a talented lady! Post-lesson, of course, there were funny stories to be shared.

Jenna - "Colton, how many brothers/sisters do you have?"
Colton - " Just a sister, her" (Pointing to Emmalyn)
Emmalyn - "Na-ugh bubby, mommy's baby in hers belly"
Colton - "Ya, and that"....

Jenna - "Sawyer, how many brothers/sisters do you have?"
Sawyer (2 yrs) - "Just that one..." pointing to Jenna's growing baby belly... :)

They talked about how God knows everything about you, even how many hairs you have on your head, etc.

Monday evening, as we were headed to Jacob's Sectional Game...Colton pipes up from the backseat.

"Mom, how many people are there in the world?"

"Gosh, bud, too many to count. Lots of people!"

"Does God know how many people there are?"

"He does. He knows everything. In fact, he knew you before Daddy & I even got to meet you. God made you, did you know that?"

"Ya. Did he make me?"

"I believe he did!"

"Mom, where does God live?"

"Well, God lives in Heaven."

"No he doesn't, he lives in my heart, Mom"..........

(as tears begin to form in my eyes...) "You are absolutely right buddy, God does live in our hearts"...

And that was it...the conversation quickly returned to "are we there yets" and "I don't see the baseball field yet".....................but for a brief moment, my sweet boy moved me to tears. Jenna, I don't even know if you read this blog, but THANK YOU for taking a few moments to help built my children's belief in God. Every little bit helps and I'm so thankful you and Seth are a part of their lives. Sometimes it comes better from someone other than mom & dad...

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