Devotionals and Doritos--Days 58 and 59

On Monday I had to leave almost as soon as I got home. I had to take Gabrielle to my sister's for the night and I had to take Colton to practice and then to his friend Adam's for the night. The Adam I work with had mentioned much of the emotions he mentions in his first blog (see bloglist) this morning, but it seemed like a lot more anger than the sadness in his writing. Understandably, the two emotions are going hand-in-hand right now. He had mentioned doing devotionals with his wife in the past and today had mentioned finding a couples devotional. When I got home, I got on the internet and tried to find one. I managed to find one at http://www.crosswalk.com/devotionals/momentstogether/ . When I got home, Kim and I read it over, and while the discussion started off slowly, we ended up talking for well over an hour. We got off topic once in a while and once we were done saying what we needed to say, we'd try to rein it back in. Near the end, I asked Kim what we needed to do for each other. She said "More of this." I was incredibly pleased to hear that.

Tuesday we did the same. The kids were still up and it was pretty hot inside the house, so we did not talk quite as long, but the discussion was still fruitful. Noah made his presence known while we were talking. He had gotten in the pantry and grabbed the Doritos. Then he dumped them all over the floor. He apparently thought it was pretty funny. I grabbed the camera and took a couple pictures. He had no problem continuing to shake all the rest of the crumbs out and then dropping the bag on the floor. Earlier I had read him his new book. It's great that a book can keep a baby's short attention for so long. Praise God for our healthy, intelligent kids.