LENT!!!!!!!

Lent is by far our favorite season of the church! We are so excited for the Lent this year to begin new traditions with Milo!!

We already read "Jesus" with Milo before bed... we basically just read through the kids bible so that he learns the stories although for Lent we will be adding saints in there as well!  What better than learning about the heroes that have gone before us!!!  We will be adding a Hail Mary, Our Father and Glory Be as well!

We also are beginning a new tradition this year with praying for our kids.  Obviously we pray for our kids each and every day but for Lent we will be praying for a specific part of their life each day... we came up with our own list and wanted to share it here...

1.     Their faith life

2.     Their purity of heart, mind, body and soul

3.     Our relationship as parents with them

4.     Desire to learn their faith

5.     Their relationship with each other

6.     That they value family (immediate and extended)

7.     That they have good role models in their life

8.     For the relationship with their godparents (for Blakesley to get some)

9.     Their friends (that they find holy friends who make them better people and build them up)

10.  Their vocation

11.  Their sexuality

12.  That they discover their God given talents and use them to give back honor to God

13.  For their education

14.  For their spouse

15.  That they avoid addictions in their life

16.  The they can find their identity as a woman/man in Christ

17.  Their ability to find joy in their life

18.  For their safety

19.  Receive the gift of understanding

20.  Receive the gift of wisdom

21.  Receive the gift of knowledge

22.  Receive the gift of courage

23.  Receive the gift of right judgment

24.  Receive the gift of wonder and awe

25.  Receive the gift of reverence

26.  Learn how to discern and actually do it!

27.  After school activities

28.  Not materialistic but appreciate what they have

29.  Good influence on others

30.  Not afraid to be who God has called them to be

31.  Are healthy

32.  Have a love of scripture

33.  Be able to defend their faith

34.  Ability to unplug from the world

35.  Find a small group of faith filled people

36.  Foster a love of Tradition (saints, rosary, Mary, Sacraments etc)

37.  Their kids

38.  Their self esteem

39.  Their ceremonies

40.  Their own quiet time and devotions

May we all pray for our children always... for they are the future of the Church <3

and because what is a post without a picture here is our crazy wild man <3 and my quickly growing belly!!! I cannot believe we are only 3 months away!