Kyles prayer

Kyles bed time routine holds much of kyles sensory diet and bc of that our 30 minutes before bed is always the same! So part of this is praying. I pray and then he prays. And it is so amazing to me how even Kyle at 2 picks up on how we pray. I don't do cutsie prayers with my kids at bed time... I pray over them... I speak to God from my heart and let them listen in. And even still my Kyle has picked up on how I usual begin by thanking god. Then I give him my todo list, then always close by recapping the most important...

So this was kyles prayer last night.

"dear god thank you healing my brain, thank you go to mcDonalds tomorrow for breakfast, don't let my dreams get me"

.... We did go to mcdonalds this am! Who could resist that!

Peter

Was it ever really about the disciples being used by Jesus? Or was it about them being intimate, following him, loving him...

I heard last night about someone hearing God say.. " you know you don't help me right?"

The way my 2 year old unloading the dishes doesn't really "help me!" but what qualifies me to follow him is that I want to help.

Been reading Peter's story... And heard the ending last night. I know... Preachers wife and I don't know peters story... ( funny how easy it is to seem like you know a lot in today's Christianity..) anyway the part where christ returns... And Peter thinking he is out of chances realizes it is him and doesn't try again to walk on water but jumps in and swims to him!

Oh my heart!!!! It's not about the chance but about his great mercy and how much I can see he loved Peter.

That is my heart lord.

Kings candy Galveston TX

Jadon and his wax lips! These children have never seen so much candy!

Summer Vacation

Probably one of the things I look forward to most all year! This year was 1/2 Galveston and 1/2 San Antonio!

So far one down and we are on out way to part 2.

This was the boys first time at the beach... And they were so pumped! On the other hand... After seeing Mexico and Florida... It is just hard to enjoy the dirty water and dead fish at your feet. The first time in the water Jadon was concerned about the "oil" getting on him... Jack woke up the second morning and wanted to know if we were going back to the muddy water..... Kyle was fascinated by stairs at the beach house.

We played put put, found shells, went swimming each day, ate junk food, played games and of course had our fill of the wii. Great couple of days.

San Antonio here we come!

March of Dimes Photos & Update

Our grand total for fundraising for March of Dimes was $4013! Can you believe that! There we just over 100 people involved and over 60 that walked that day! What a success!

Here is a link to some amazing photos of the day...

2010 CMHH - Team Kyle at March of Dimes

March of Dimes Recap 1

So it took me a week - so what! hahahaha! really I did mean to update sooner! But for all of those that have been waiting to hear about March of Dimes - let this be a lesson to you - next year you must particiapte! Except you Natalie - I owe you an apology! You were an AMAZING team member and I should have emailed you sooner! But I have things to send you so don't worry!

first I must say I LOVE YOU ALL! Thank you for all you did for MARCH OF DIMES! are you ready for this?

Just under 100 TEAM MEMBERS on Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital TEAM KYLE! some of you walked, some of you fund raised, and some of you did both! Thank you Thank you Thank you! and are you ready for MORE....

We raised almost $4000 for March of Dimes. and this is just year one guys! Do you know that March of Dimes funded the researcher in the 1980s that came up with artificial surfactant? That is what they put in kyle's lungs that worked to get them to pop open! Thank you Thank you Thank you for helping us help them to keep the research going!

Here is a pic of almost all of our walkers and I will post more soon! This was at the beginning so not quite all of us where there yet!

TEAM KYLE T-Shirts

Here they are! Our team shirts for our first year at March Of Dimes - Team Kyle. This year we are honored to be a part of Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital - Team Kyle. So awesome that this year we could support them as well!

For those of you that are local you can come pick up your shirt! Otherwise I will bring your shirt to the walk. The shirts are $10 each so please click the button over to the side of the site and that will allow you to pay for your shirt. If you have more than one shirt to pay for please just go through the process more than once.

As an additional fund raiser for March of Dimes I wanted to offer this T-shirt to those even if they are not walking! So many out there have been on Kyle's Team even if you can not come and walk this weekend! So order away - they are $10 and after we pay the cost per shirt we will donate the rest to March of Dimes! Just use the link on the side of the site and I'll get them mailed out asap!

Thanks everyone for all you are doing to support the AMAZING cause of March of Dimes!

going to bed...

After the adorable pics of kyle I posted the other day I figured I should put up an audio of the 2 hour ordeal of going to bed... OMG I am so over this "not obeying at bedtime" stuff! :) and just kidding about the upload. I didn't record it.

Happy Happy Boy!

It doesn't get much better than this! pure dirt and pure joy!

Even with an injured nose! he is still happy.

"E IDES EGGS IN MY ARD"

This is what my 4 year old (Jack) said tonight when I asked him what easter was all about. Now you might be wondering why he was missing so many consonants... his mouth was stuffed with more candy than I have ever seen and as he spoke drool was spilling out every corner and if you know jack - he would not want any of the candy juice to spill out!

my 7 year old just walked up to me and said.. "the sherrill story!!" (that's the name of this blog). and looks at me and says "your ruining my life!" I thought he meant that I was embarrassing him... but no.. he informed me that if I put his name all over facebook someone would steal him! He is so black and white, HONEST and rules oriented! Amazing kid! in fact he won the HONESTY award at his elementary school - the do a pillar of character a month. I was so proud of his integrity and character that was shining through!

so back to tonight..... so i'm a bit dis heartened that the 4 year old believes the true meaning of easter is the bunny and the candy.... but then at bedtime Jack tells jadon there is a shadow in his room and he wanted him to come take care of it. so by the time I get in there Jadon has his arm around jack and is praying with him and "dismissing" the darkness and "inviting the glory of God" into the room. and letting jack know that the power that "conquered the grave - lives in him" when I walked in Jadon looked up at me and says - "mom, i'm going to cry - this is just so powerful!"

WOW! jadon's name mean's God has heard - God is so evident in his life.

and ANOTHER jadon story - there is a sign in my office right now that just showed up one night in jadon's hand writing and it says...

"Family: for His name: You have a plan for me and my family!"

this kid is amazing. and to all of those that are worried about jack... he knows 8 bible verses by heart and is fascinated by God - "the good guy" and Satan "God's bad guy." it is all just still over shadowed by candy.. :)