power in prayer!

Caeden and Caleb have been fighting a lot and I have been so frusturated on how to help. I want them to walk in God's love and know how important their brotherly relationship can be even at a young age. Caeden has also really been challenging the obedience thing with mom and dad. So I have started to re read an awesome book on praying God's will for your children's lives. At the end of the chapters are great Bible verses that you can pray while inserting your child's name. I have 6 that I decided to write out and put on the fridge. I have been praying them through out the day. Yesterday I thought I heard Caeden praying while he was in the bathroom. He came out and just as I suspected said, "mommy, I was praying in the bathroom. I was praying that I would be obedient to you and Daddy and that I would be kind and loving to Caleb." I could hear the angels rejoicing in the heavens with me. Thank you Lord. The last 2 days have been wonderful!! Thank you God for the power of prayer and for a son who has a heart to seek you at 4 years old!

Oh my!

Jay has had a full day today. He lead worship at our church for two services, came home for a quick bite to eat and was off to the West Valley to lead worship at another church tonight. So pretty much mama and the boys for the last 14 hours. Caleb is a MONKEY and in to everything these days. I found toothpaste in his farm, the remote minus the battery, cards all over the house, blocks inside of bags, a green bean inside of a bbq bag that had been in the trash can. He was eating the pineapple rihnd that was also in the trash can. The list goes on. So as if following him around and picking up after our belongins wasn't enough. Caleb pooped 3 times and I mean loaded his diaper and his clothes. Apparently he also left a huge pile at the carport that none of us saw and until I spotted it with a foot print in it. So naturally I looked inside and sure enough Caeden's flip flop was now making tracks through the house. So step one clean floor, step two clothes in the washing machine. Forward to tonight while I was getting the tub ready I took off Caleb's diaper and he peed all over the rug. Since he wasn't in the tub yet I decided to take it outside real quick and hose it down. I came back in and found that in those few moments he had dumped his humidifier (full of menthol liquid) all over the rug in his room. So both boys to the bath and then mommy needed to pull up that rug and get it out to also hose down before laying him down. The suds keep coming from all the menthol liquid, maybe I can make it to a coin laundry tomorrow. Oh and on a Caeden note for those of you that don't know. He broke his colar bone 2 weeks ago on Tuesday and is doing much better! We will see the Dr. tomorrow. :) Wow! What a day. I am exhausted!
I will blog about Kelsey's awesome wedding once I get pictures on my computer. I just put away my dress and curling iron today folks. It is a crazy season for team Murphy and we so appreciate all the prayers. Thank you!!!!

What a splerge!

Today is Daddy's birthday. We had plans of going out to eat tonight but Caeden has been home with a fever today. :( So, instead daddy grabbed Oregano's (his favorite) on his way home from work. Most of you would say I am pretty disciplined in my eating and drinking. And because I am in the middle of a week long colon cleanse (where you eliminate wheat, meat and all other things fun) I had intentions of eating a big salad tonight. Well, I ate almost half of an extra large pizza, 6 gold hot wings, artichoke dipped in lemon butter and then topped it off with 3 amazing homemade chocolate chip cookies and not one bite of salad. Oh my goodness!! Happy Birthday Daddy! We love you and are so grateful that you come home to the 3 of us every night! You are the best!

Walking Caleb

We spent a day at the zoo last weekend and both of our boys are animal lovers!! Caleb would point and grunt at every animal and then get a huge smile on his face. Can you believe it? He is really old enough to walk. Man!