For my birthday, James bought me a long desired for vegetarian cookbook. I want my kids to have home cooked meals, which they already do, but I'm needing more variety. This was the first meal I made for lunch. It is Italian sauce with veggies and ricotta cheese, veggie crumble, and a Italian biscuit topping with mozzarella and olives. It was a good one, but their all time favorite is tortellini soup with blue cheese biscuits, which I didn't get a picture of.
The weather has been incredible down here. We decided to spend the Sabbath day on the river by where James grew up on the farm. We had lots of fun exploring. The boys climbed "mountains" attempting to catch wild beasts, "lizards", and see who could make the biggest splash in the water. Weston told me he wishes he could live there so he could do that everyday. I know that stung a chord in James' heart as he wish to give his boys a similar situation comparable to his upbringing. I got to walk alone with Timmy as James, Alli, and Wes explored the hill tops. Timmy likes adventure, but sometimes leans towards the low key side of exploration. In our walk he tells me, "Mom, I want to be a missionary when I grow-up." I reply, "When you grow-up?! Timmy, Jesus wants you to be one now." It was an awesome conversation as I told him how being a missionary didn't mean you had to travel to Africa. He also inquired in to the idea of being baptized. I love it! Oh, Lord I pray that as he grows the bad influences of this world don't keep him from having a heart pure for God, and that the desires of his heart will not be moved.
