Nicknames

Around here, nicknames just seem to fall out of my mouth once, then another time, and before I know it,  they are used everyday.

Here are the latest nicknames for my kids:

Rebekah:  I love her full name, but in reality, we usually don't call her by it.  We usually call her (and she calls her self) Bekah.  Hannah calls her Bekah as well.  We also will say Bekah-boo, Boo, The Boo, Beck, or Rebek-cute (this one is an oldy but goody).

Hannah:  The progression started like this - Baby-kins, Hannah-kins, and now it is Kins, The Kins, Kinsie, or we even use it as a adjective, i.e., "That's a Kinsie-like thing to do."  (like throwing/dipping things in the toilet...Kinsie-like.)  :)

Daniel:  The newest member of our family has some too.  The girls call him Dan-o, and so now we do too.  We also like Daniel-buddy, Danny Boy, Little Buddy, but Dan-o is my favorite. 

I call Chad "the Honey", and he sometimes calls me "the Cute".  So then, the girls were "the Little Cutes".

My dad still will remind me that he used to call me Cookie.  (I don't remember the story on why, but I do remember being called Cookie).

The girls call my Mom "Grammonica" - a blending of Grandma and Monica (her name).  Its cute.  

Family nicknames are so much fun, and a small everyday way of showing our kids and each other love.

Eternal Life and Phoenix

Things you must know before you read this story.

1) Growing up, my family had a sheltie (shetland sheepdog/mini-collie/mini Lassie) named Bob that we loved.
2) My brother Matt, who lives in Phoenix now, has a stuffed animal sheltie - a stuffed "Bob". When Matt was here we were talked about how he had a Bob at his house.
3) Bob died a few years ago, and Rebekah knows about it and we talk about it every once in awhile.

Today over breakfast, I had my Bible out, and Bekah and I were talking about Easter - what its about, why we celebrate, what happened and what that means for us. We were having a good conversation about Jesus and Him dying for our sins, and rising from the dead. (As a side note, she always says "He's ALIVE!" with her most excited face!) We kept talking about how if you believe in Him, you have eternal life and go to heaven when you die.


After this, Rebekah said, "And then you go to Phoenix." She was humble, but matter-of-fact.

I ask her, "Phoenix?" (I'm thinking....what?!)

She says, "Yes, like Bob."


So, as she was processing all of this...she knew that Bob had died, but that Matt had "Bob" too, so after you die, you have eternal life, and then you go to Phoenix.

I had to laugh and then we called Mom and Matt to tell them. We'll have to have more conversations about this so she knows the truth, but logically it made sense to her.

Phoenix is nice, but Heaven and eternity with Jesus will be way nicer than Phoenix. Infinitely nicer.

Hilarious... I love my kids. :)

hello blog world

How do you start?!

I want to have a fun place to share my heart - the ups and downs, the joys and trials of real life.

I want to quietly remember funny and cute things my kids do, as well as thoughts from God's Word and others.

I want to praise God for the things He is teaching me during this special season of being a wife and mothering young children.

For as much blog reading that I do, maybe I should spend some time recording (and sharing) the memories of my own family.

So, here goes.