God is a circle!

(Andi, Darbi)

Tonight after we returned from AWANA the kids and I decided it was time to go through the closet and get all of the clothes out that are too small and hang up the ones that require ironing...in-other-words ORGANIZE!

While working the conversation about God came up. How old is He? Why did He make the earth and Adam and Eve and THAT TREE if He knew already that they were going to sin...?

After about 10 minutes of talking about there being no beginning and there being no end to God. No one gave birth to Him. No one created Him. He didn't start and will not end...

Nate pipes up to help my blundering tries to answer a question I can't wrap my mind around either, and said, "Guys, God is a circle!"

Dead silence, I was sure there were just going to pipe right back in to the same old questions and we'd then go around and around and around with the same answers and get no where.

(Vance)

But no, I looked around at all the faces and they seemed to all grasp that concept fully and were satisfied with the word picture.

Of course Todd had to add a little footnote, "except there is a beginning to a circle because you have to put your pencil down somewhere and start, even a square could work except there are corners........" Yeah, he sort of took the analogy on a rabbit trail.

I LOVE these little minds. They are fresh and so eager to learn and scoop up all that is around them.

(Vance)

This summer we were able to put blacktop on our driveway and the kids had to wait several days before they could step on it. SOOO EXCITING!!

 Poor Vance didn't get the memo to jump!!!

 Dad and the kids built a fort out back out of an old church that was taken down 15 years ago.

This summer we all camped out inside. There is enough room for two per loft (so 4 total) and then the littles and Dad and I slept on the floor below. It was some of the best camping.

(Nate, Vance, Trae, Darbi, Andi, Todd, Halley, Nate) In order of birth.