• Family Time With the Peeps •

After we finished off the last bit of chili- we made 20 quarts, or something like that, for the meeting my dad hosted for the home school group dads last night- we were surprised with a yummy, and cute dessert from my momma. On her way home today she went by CVS and picked up: hot chocolate, those gold chocolate coins that are more fun to open than to eat, and peeps. 

Anyway, Kimmi boiled the water, dad stuck the marshmallows (peeps...the snowman kind;) in the hot chocolate, the little kids stood around Cason helped by... by being the hero and I took the pictures. It  was fun how it really did become a family deal. I love it when it gets to be hot chocolate weather! It's been raining and in the very low 50's and we were definitely in need of hot chocolate! GO MOMMA!!!

The box of hot chocolate said it contained 10 packets but really there were only 9 so we were going to be one person short of a delicious chocolaty drink, but Cason, the hero, went and dug around in the pantry and found one, and so dad got one as well.

I love our family time we have together! We got the game Guesstures and every few nights-but always on Sunday nights- we play, and it's so much fun because we play on teams and each kid, and parent have their own strategy to the game. 

I would say that if they had Guesstures in the Olympics Cason and I would definitely win gold!

So, while we drank chocolatey deliciousness we listened to my daddy preach verse by verse from Romans chapter 5. He was in a stand-up-and-preach instead of sit-down-on-the-sofa type of mood. GO DADDY!!!

These all seem like small things, gold coins and marshmallow peeps and sitting around with my family, but they all remind me of how blessed I am. It also makes me realize how happy I am being in a big fam. =) 

Kimmi didn't want her picture taken today, and Jessie obviously didn't either...

• Jessie Worshiping •

  For as long as I can remember, we have been singing the song Crown Him With Many Crowns during our family worship, and once Max, 3 1/2, came along he started thrusting his fists into the air about every 30 seconds with the tempo of the song.  For example: Crown Him wih many crowns (He woud throw his hands up after this line.) And then: the Lamb upon the throne (He'd do it here too.) Hark how the heavenly anthem drowns all music but it's own. (You get what I'm saying? ) It's very cute and contagious but has become more of a sporting event in the Brown household. We all do it now. Even Jessie. It's so cute, and it makes her look like a big girl. We're really not charasmatic, but maybe Jessie's trying to push us in that direction. heehee

The first little Brown kid that really really loved this song was Kamryn, 7 1/2. When  the babies are young they always just walk around while we read the bible and talk, but if we ever want that little one to come sit with us we just break out in Crown Him With Many Crowns. We know if we do that whatever baby is walking around will come running to find a lap to sit and sing along.

Jessies's mouth is wide open because she's singing with passion! Or at least she's attemptig to sing. It's more like a loud yell, but as you can very well see Jessie gets into it what she's doing.

Last night was the first time she started doing it, so this is definitely "blog" worthy! ;)