Who's in charge?

Sam: Talking about a stink bug: I touched it and got stinked, but then I got back to normal.

Dan: Sam, are you in charge? Sam: No, but I like to be.

Sam: I'm not going to say a thing. Tyler: You need to say something if someone asks you something. Sam: I won't if it's not an appropriate question.


Sam: My glider bike and mom and dad and my new flip flops and God are my favorites. And I love Amos too. And I like my brothers too.

Walking on water

Sam in the bath: Only basilisk lizards and God can walk on water!

At the doctor

Yesterday we were seeing Corrie's doc. The nurse asked Sam what his favorite food was for Thanksgiving. With not much of a response, she went on to name Thanksgiving foods and ask if he liked each one. She said her favorite was rolls and biscuits. She asked Sam if he liked biscuits and he said he didn't like 'dog biscuits', but he did like 'women biscuits'.

We've uploaded a picture of Doctor Sam and two videos (one filmed by Tyler and one by Josh) of Bible verses Sam has learned at church. Enjoy!

Fifteen Minutes With Sam

We thought Sam was playing a game on the iPhone Wednesday. Here's what he was doing...

God and baby boy

Yesterday, we were at the doctor's office and the nurse was measuring all of baby's limbs and everything via ultrasound. She measured the baby's femur. Sam looked at me very concerned and said, "The baby's not feeling well." I asked him why he thought that. He said, "He has a fever." (femur)

Then on the way home, we saw some big houses and Sam said, "Maybe someday I can climb up one of those houses and God can reach down His hand from heaven and pull me up."

Happy Birthday Sam!

Samuel turned 4 yesterday. When he woke up, we asked if he was 4 now. And he said not yet, not until I eat my cupcake.

Sam has had some funny sayings lately so we'll share them now...

The other day Sam got hit in the mouth and had a fat lip. He told us that he needed Pedialyte!

On the 4th of July, we were at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Sam: Grandma, my bottom hurts, so I need whip crean(cream).

In preparing for and on our way to Disney World recently, we watched and thought about disney movies. We watched 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. Sam later talked about '100 Years Under The Sea' and he also brought up Nemo. Sam: You know in Nemo, the annoying doctor throws Nemo away. It's so annoying!

And now to my favorite 2...

Our good friend and Thursday night babysitting swapper, Carmen Imes asked Sam if he wanted a boy or girl baby. Sam said, "A boy. Or maybe a girl. Or maybe some kind of animal!"

Sam: Dear God, Thank you for this great day I had. Thank you for the food at the Imes. I hope that we all have a good sleep tonight. I have a really good drum set, God. And thank you for the computer for dad. In Jesus name, Dear God amen.

A new creature

On Wednesday this week (May 12), Sam and I sat down to lunch as usual. Before we ate, I prayed, "Dear Jesus, Thank you for our food and thank you for Daddy and Tyler and Joshua. Amen." And, Sam added, "And thank you, God, for dying on the cross to take our punish." As I have many times before, I said, "That's right, Sam. Do you want to tell Jesus you're sorry for the bad things you've done and ask Him to come into your heart?" Every time I've asked him this before, he's always been quick to answer no, not really. But, this time, he said, "Yes!" I asked him if he wanted to pray the words after me, and he did! He was very excited there was a party in Heaven!