I'm sitting here listening to my kids play "house". I never thought this day would come so quickly. I remember being so excited (as I got too old to play) for the day when I'd be able to play and pretend with my own kids. Ethan just informed Rachel that he's the Daddy and she's the Mommy and then he ran into the room where I'm sitting and said "You can be the Nana, okay Mommy?!" They loaded up the cart and stroller with their 8 baby dolls and are setting off to "Target", apparently.

A few minutes ago Ethan had gotten the step ladder out of the laundry room and was standing on it talking about Noah and Moses and baby Jesus. Apparently they were all in the desert and Noah wanted to build the ark, but Jesus said no because there was no rain. So Moses went and made the rain come and then Jesus said they could build an ark. He had Rachel sitting on the bean bag listening intently. I asked him what he was doing and he said "I pretending to be Papa Griffith at church." (Papa Griffith is what he calls our Pastor. )

I wish I could capture this all on video, but 1.) we don't have a camera that takes LONG videos and 2.) I don't want to be that mom. I'm just having so much fun watching them pretend and reenact life, as they know it. I'm so thankful to have the opportunity to stay home with my kids and enjoy all these wonderful moments. They're going to pass by faster than I'd like.

Hope you're all enjoying this beautiful winter weather! I love the rain... Ethan is convinced its going to flood the earth, so we've had some nice talks about that lately. We've been reading the account of Noah and the ark and discussing God's promise to never flood the earth again. He is constantly reassuring Rachel that everything is ok, but the problem of worrying about it lies with him.

Tomorrow the women's Bible study at church resumes for the new year! I'm excited. We're starting a new study and I think its the book of Philippians, though I'm not 100% sure. On Saturday I'm meeting several of my long time friends in San Jose for a reunion of sorts. Should be lots of fun! Some of us don't see each other unless there's a wedding, so this will be a time for us girls to visit (with no kids) and catch up on life, while relaxing... ahhhhh.... We've all known each other longer than 20+ years and are so thankful to be able to still be friends.

Anyway, cheers!