Passionately Following Jesus
Its not John Rambo…Its Gavin Rambo!!!
You don’t want to break into my house 🙂
**Disclaimer: To ease anyone’s concerns and to prevent child services from being called…Gavin did not want to hold a real knife, therefore he is holding a large icing thingy!**
This is my daughter Hailey.
She is already the second most beautiful girl in the world (slightly trailing Nicki) and she is already making my opinion that girls cost more money true. Fortunately she is responsible for helping me see that we have not been as responsible financially in our first 7 years of marriage that we could have been (all my fault), so we are now making adjustments to overcome those areas and pay off some non-essential debts.
Nick Mart Item #2 The Sunvision Tanning Bed has been sold!
This is a huge blessing because it not only makes room for Hailey’s nursery but it allows us to pay that much debt off.
Nick Mart Item #1 The Nissan X-Terra is still for sale. $15,500
See Details and Photos HERE.
This is another huge deal for us because we cannot all safely fit in one vehicle right now, so this is not a “want” to sell but a “have” to sell. Want to buy? Know of someone who does? Email me: info@nickcarnes.com
God is Awesome!
I’ve got the two greatest boys in the whole world.
Here they are getting ready for Grammy’s College Graduation.
My wife’s hot, even when she is solarized!
I was bored at Grammy’s graduation 🙂
Hailey…just hanging out.
The second hottest girl on this blog!
Nicki was reading the Bible story of Jesus’ first miracle to Gavin out of his Bible story book. It got to the part where Mary told the disciples to do whatever her son told them to do. So I was trying to convey to Gavin that he could be a disciple of Jesus and part of that was doing whatever Jesus tells him to do…
Gavin: “I asked Jesus to come live in my heart, but I don’t know what he’s doing in there. I don’t know what he says, I won’t know what he says until I get to Heaven!”
I love the innocents of children. Everything is pure and simple to them. I was so excited that he was talking about asking Jesus into his heart…this was news to Nicki and me. Nicki talked about it with him about 6 months ago, but she did not know he asked Jesus in his heart or even remembered the conversation. We are continuing to talk to him about “asking Jesus into his heart,” as he had trouble remembering ‘why’ he did it.
We finished the night by talking about miracles. I told Gavin that a miracle would be like Jesus turning a cup of water into a cup of chocolate Milk (His favorite beverage of choice).
Gavin: “If I went to the store and bought a watch and prayed that Jesus turned it into an Omnitrix watch, that would be a miracle!” – [Yes! He understands miracles…]
Me: “Yes, that would be a miracle!”
Gavin: “Well at night and in the morning I prayed that Jesus would give me an Omnitrix watch, but I never got one!”
Me: “Well, Jesus doesn’t always give us what we want, but he promises to give us what we need. You can pray and ask Jesus for extra money so you can buy food and mosquito nets for children in Africa…” (We are trying to teach Gavin to help other people less fortunate than himself) “That would be a miracle for those little kids.”
Gavin: “Well I ‘need’ an Omnitrix watch because when mommy goes into the hospital to have Hailey, when someone comes here to watch us, I will need an Omnitrix watch to turn into an alien to beat up the bad guys if they break into the house.”
We still have a long way to go, but Gavin did agree to start sorting through his toys to give to less fortunate kids. We discussed him living outside and having to sleep in the grass. He didn’t like that, because bugs would bite him, so since he has been taught that bugs bite little boys and girls all the time who do not have a house to protect them from such things, he is going to bless them with his excess. Little by little, I hope we instill healthy lessons in our boys. It is tough!
Here’s a recap from this weekend: