So Many Happenings

The last month or so has been a busy one!  That's really nothing new these days but sometimes there are those months where you seem to have the schedule filled up from week to week, and unexpected things get added to it as well.  Even in all of this there is strength and joy along the way because our busyness of life revolves around family and church happenings! 

Breann had a school play, The Mighty Minds, at the beginning of October and it was a really cute play.  She was so excited about having a main speaking part and she truly did AWESOME!  She was the Music Mighty Mind.  The play was an encouragement to third graders not to worry about the state test they will have to take this year.

                                                                                       

With her friends afterwards

The very next day after Breanns' play we made a fast trip to Colorado for the weekend due to my grandmother having a stroke earlier that week while asleep the night before they were going to head back home.  I know without a doubt my Nanny had a wonderful time as she has always loved nature and beautiful scenery!  The doctors were not giving much hope at all for her to even make it or be able to do anything if she did make it, but it is AMAZING what God has done.  My grandmother has done many things and even in a time sooner than the doctors said she might could do these things.  We are still praying and believing for a miracle of complete healing in her body, and I know God is with her through this all!  Even in this fast little trip we enjoyed the scenery ourselves and made a couple little stops along the way.

My dad wanted to take the kids to a park, the trees were so pretty

Colten made me so nervous on this cliff

His hands were so cold, lol

The following weekend I went to a ladies retreat and had a wonderful time!  While I was gone Chris and the kids did quiet a bit of Bible reading that Saturday to get caught up on the 40 days of fire reading plan.  On Sunday morning Chris had went in the kids room and Colten was on his bed reading the Bible all on his own.  That very Sunday night, October 27th, Colten was filled with the Holy Ghost, whoohoo!

Oh what JOY so see a child receive the Holy Ghost

Then Thursday, October 31st we had our Fall Blast event in our church parking lot.  The kids always get so excited about dressing up!  I have to admit I do not, lol.  Costumes can be so expensive and when you have 4 kids it adds up to cost more money than I care to spend!

The day after the Fall Blast we had family pictures taken by Kassie and Priscilla.  It was kind of spur of the moment deal even though I have talked to them for years about doing family pictures for us.  I just never made it happen!  One day I was actually relaxing on my couch, looking at the kids pictures on the wall made me say within myself we have got to get some new pictures.  Haiden was 8 in the picture hung on the wall so that is 6 years ago.  Way too long!  So in a matter of 3 weeks I managed to figure out what we would wear and felt like I went everywhere to make it all come together.  All a bit stressful in my opinion!  Here is one picture for now, I'll do another post with more pics later, but I was very pleased with our pictures and of course expected nothing less from my friends as I have always loved photos they've taken!

A little over a week ago Breann had her 9th birthday!  I really just can't believe my "little girl" is growing up.  I feel like inside my heart she will always be our little girl since she is our only daughter.  We don't have parties for the kids every year and this was one of those years, thankfully, lol!  The kids pick what dinner and dessert they want me to make and we celebrate as family when there is no party.  This year we had Mark and Kelli join us since they are close by and we just consider them a third set of grandparents to the kids now!  It ended up being a fun night with lots of laughs!

Dad had to be out of town so we did FaceTime

These two got to put together  her stroller, it was hilarious!

My last thing to share is Breann getting baptized last night, November 17th, in the name of Jesus!  I'm so glad she decided to take this step.  For whatever reason she has been hesitant for so long, and I just left it alone knowing that when God dealt with her she would make the decision.  No doubt God was speaking to her little heart yesterday and last night.  During service last night she needed to go out twice, which my kids know our goal is to never go out during service, and I really thought she may be getting sick, but she told me she felt fine.  We had already made plans to leave as soon as service was over due to me feeling like she may have a bug.  Then Angel started talking to her about getting baptized and she said she wanted to and told us it was to have all her sins washed away.  While she was changing she let me know she had been thinking about it throughout the day.  I realized then all her needing to go out during church was because she was nervous and God was dealing with her.   God draws each and every one of us and it is our choice how we respond!

God is good and life is good when you live it for the Lord!

OLD.... I MISS THESE TIMES

BREANN & COLTEN PICS

JUST PICS

KIDS WILL BE KIDS

There have been post about the election and I'm sure numerous emotions and thoughts, so I figured I go a different route with my post. I will say though, God is in control and he is still on the throne, and when you think about that it is really just enough to make you want to shout in the midst of where America may stand or may not stand. We must keep our eyes on who really matters, God!

Okay, so now the small "kids will be kids" story! Tuesday I had bathed Breann and got her out. Then Ryan and Colten were next in the tub. So I left them in there a while, then went and got Colten out. Put the lotion on, the diaper, then the jamas! I put him down from my bed and he takes off. I get the things together and head down the hall to find Colten practically jumping in the tub with water still in the tub and his pajamas still on! It is like he already knew what he was going to do before I ever put him down from my bed. I was not very happy this time seeing how he did this a few weeks ago and I told him it was a no no. The problem that time was that I thought it was so funny I got a picture of him in the tub with his clothes on and laughed about it. So here he was doing it again. I did not laugh at the moment it happened this time, but I laugh now! Kids will be kids, and you never know what they are going to do or say!

THINGS THE KIDS HAVE SAID

Last Tuesday night on the way to clean church, Breann asked, "whats that place?" Told her it's the John Deer Place. We pass this every time we head into Wichita and it is the first time she ever mentioned it. Well nothing else was said until on the way home! Which we are now on the other side of the highway and she states, "that place is silly." I ask why? She proceeds to tell me, "cause they don't got no windows and doors on those cars." I just started laughing and told her they were tractors not cars. So then she tells me, "that place is gonna close cause we don't go there." I was laughing! Then on down the road she ask me, "why did the police put you and daddy in chains." I'm like what are you talking about. She tells me again, those police had you and daddy in chains. I'm asking her about this one and she could tell me no more just ask me the question. I don't know where that one came from, LOL!

Last Wednesday night I ask Haiden if he had asked Brother Andrew & Mandy for a donation for his quiz trip and he tells me no. So I'm like why not, and he tells me, well let me say he looks at me crazy "like mom" don't you know, "because they have been gone so long and I just figure they probably don't have any money, plus they are going to Sea World in a few weeks." He may have said, "if they have any money they probably need it for Sea World." Can't really remember what else he said for sure but something like that.

Last night after church we went to Walmart to buy water and snacks for the Branson trip. Before we ever went in Walmart the kids were saying they were hungry and "starving to death" as Ryan always says. So we told them they could have some of the snack stuff we get for the trip when we get home. We let them pick out stuff and my husband and I picked out stuff. Just want to say that we don't usually buy much snacking food much less keep it in the pantry. I just figure if I buy it I'm gonna eat it and I don't need to eat it, LOL! So we get home we are all having a little of this and a little of that and the phone rings. It is Austins mother, and he says, "guess what we are doing, we are gluttoning." He continues on to tell her Pastor Holley preached about gluttoning and how it is like sin and we should be holy and modest in everything we do. My husband and I just look at each other and laugh! We told him it was a good thing we didn't do this kind of stuff in our house all the time or we really would be indulging ourselves.

Tonight I was sitting in bed talking with Ryan. He likes to talk a lot! He tells me that Chad and Cameron pick out there on clothes. I'm like, okay! I still pick out his clothes so I know what he is thinking. Then he says, jeans and black shoes look tacky. I said, "you think so." He tells me yeah! He then says Cameron just wears black shoes and jeans and it looks tacky. I just laugh! Then he tells me if I could wear black dress shoes and jeans I would. I ask him why you just told me you thought it looks tacky. He says, "I know but I would just do it if I could pick out my clothes like Chad and Cameron." Talk about being influenced! No offense to Chad and Cameron for their style clothing, this is all from a 4 year old, who obviously has two new role models in mind, LOL!

COLTEN THE COPY CAT

1ST HAIRCUT

Well I know everyone here has seen Colten's haircut but I had to post some pictures for family far away to see.

VIDEO

Here is the video that goes with the picture I previously posted of Breann & Colten. There Dad told them to try and pick Colten up like this. I was having trouble with youtube so I could not post this when I wanted to but here it is now!

Old Pic

I found two cds today of pics before I got my digital camera. I have not had any pics of Haiden, Ryan and Breann on the blog of when they were little cause I didn't have any on my computer. So since I found these I thought I'd share!

Pics

Missed Prayer

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Well for anyone who noticed the Isoms were not at prayer last night I will let you know why. We were on our way and about 10 minutes from the church Haiden bust out crying, of course we are like what is it. He says, "I just think I'm sick." He thought he was gonna do what most of us can't stand to do. So I get him a bag just in case. I told him he was not sick and to tell himself he is not sick. Thinking about that positive speaking stuff! The whole way home he was repeating "I'm not sick, I'm not sick." So we get home and he feels fine and they all want to go the church for prayer now but it would have been over by the time we got there! He started crying saying he felt guilty, I told him he didn't know what it was. So he is fine along with the rest of us and we just had prayer at home. See everyone Wednesday!

More Video

Songs from the Isom Children

Short One...

Okay nothing great but here is a picture of Breann the first night she slept in the toddler bed. No she did not fall out she just got on the floor at some point. She had been in the baby bed just up until a month ago.

Random Pictures

Haiden's Experience

Well Friday night June 8th was an awesome night for many people including Haiden. Family Camp was great all the way around with Friday night being the hit. On this special night Haiden received the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in other tongues just like in Acts 2:4. You may think well he is just a child, or ask how does he know he got the Holy Ghost? Well the bible says in Acts 2:38,39 "Then Peter said unto them , Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the Promise is unto you, and to your children, and all that are afar off even as many as the Lord our God shall call." When Haiden was six years old we felt so strongly that he had received the Holy Ghost, but he told us he did not know if he did or not. So we left it at that and have just been praying that God would remove any doubt that was there and that is exactly what God has done now. I asked Haiden Friday night, "Do you know you have the Holy Ghost now," and his response was "YES". We asked him if it felt good and he said, "Well of course if felt good." Chris asked him to tell us about it and Haiden said, "I just can't explain it." We asked do you know what you said and he said it was kinda like la la la, and he immediately added I don't know what I was saying. He told us he just felt like he couldn't get his breath. Then the next morning while he was playing with his brother he told us, "you can kinda tell I've gotten the Holy Ghost cause I'm letting Ryan be the good guy." Oh thank you Jesus! Anyone who has received the Holy Ghost knows that the response to these answers are the same way most adults say they feel after getting the Holy Ghost. Well please forgive me if this post was too lengthy but I wanted to put all the details in here. Thank you Jesus for pouring your Spirit out on children also. I will add a slide show as soon as rock you stops giving me errors. Thank you Sis. Elms and Sis. Mandy for having your cameras handy.

Colten Laughing

What a sweet sleeping baby!

Just a Pic