Recent Pics and Video

I have a longer post coming soon.... I promise! All my time on the computer has been spent making Madeline a photo book for her 2 year birthday coming up in just a little over a month. Can you believe it?! So as soon as I get that done I am going to try and devote a little more time to blogging. I just wanted to give y'all some pics from the past few weeks. Our kids can't get enough from being outside, and love dirt, as you can tell!

I love this pic because it captures Madeline's fun loving personality. And yes, that is dirt on her face. It is this way most days if we are outside longer than 5 minutes. I think she will make a great horticulturalist one day!

Baby boy loves being outside in the grass... we don't always get to him before he eats it though!

Some family pics from our time in Mississippi and Easter morning

The kids absolutely love the swingset Missy let us borrow for our backyard. In Maddie's words "tanku aunt mizzy"

Here is a recent video of Rivers. When in a big group, he is usually our quiet, introspective child, while Madeline likes to be the center of attention. But when he is with just us he is quite the funny boy as his personality is really beginning to show. So for all of you who haven't seen that side of him yet, here is a little look into our funny boy!

Welcome SPRING!

YAY Spring is officially here, and OH how we have missed warm weather! We had such a cold couple of months that about a month ago it was 46 degrees and we had the windows down in the car because it felt so great! Over the past 2 weeks we have really enjoyed some beautiful weather and have taken full advantage of it after being cooped up all winter! Madeline and Rivers have LOVED it. We have been to the zoo, out for numerous walks, to parks, everything enjoyable about the temp being above 50 degrees again! We literally have to force Maddie to come back inside. Right now we are in Mississippi, missing Mike, but having a good time with Marmie, Papa, Erica and Alan. Here are some pics of our recent adventures!

Zoo time!

Cuddlin with Papa

Lunch out with Marmie... first Japanese food (unsure about the chef)

Swingin for the first time Unsure...... Lovin it!


Couldn't get her off of the slide!

Sweet Nights

Sorry I haven't been posting a lot lately. My camera has been out of batteries, and we have been adjusting to a new life of another family coming to live with us... (yes, you read that right, but that's another post for another time for those of you who are wondering what I am talking about). Anyway, I really hope to be posting more regularly!

One of my favorite times of the day is when we put the kids to bed, and no its really not because they are going to sleep. They are sharing a room now so when Michael is home we put both kids down to bed together. Our routine usually goes something like this. He reads the kids a book while I get Madeline some milk and Rivers a bottle. Then we read a story out of the Big Picture Storybook Bible (aka... the "B-I-" as Madeline calls it from the little childrens' song that spells out BIBLE). We have found that using this book has helped us start teaching Madeline some basic truths about the Bible. Even at such a young age she loves reading it and loves to point out new things she is learning like "the temple." We then pray and rock the kids as we sing a hymn. One of Maddie's favorites has become "Jesus Loves Me". I caught it on film tonight and thought y'all might enjoy hearing her sweet voice sing it (ignore mine in the background). It brings joy to our hearts hearing our little girl learning and singing such a sweet truth!




Here are some of my favorite pictures that I haven't posted yet since my batteries ran out!

Snoozing after a hard day of play!

Baby boy... 8 month old... where has time gone?


Bathtime together... double fun!

Maddie's "cheese" face

Our Snow Day

We woke up this morning we woke up with about 5 inches of snow on the ground! Here is some video footage of Madeline in the snow. She absolutely loved it, as you will be able to tell from the video, and it was really hard for us to get her back inside. It is so much fun to see her wonder and excitement!! Poor Rivers didn't get to enjoy it because he has a fever and an ear infection. (Warning: the video is a little long, but you can always skip around)! Its mainly for mom to see Maddie in action... we haven't seen Marmie in a while so hopefully this is a treat! ENJOY!

Year In Review (Better Late than Never!)

Last Saturday my mother in law watched Madeline and Rivers for a little while so I could go and run some errands. I am a little behind on my "reading the Bible in one year" plan so I went to Starbucks to catch up. I was reading in Genesis about Jacob meeting God and setting up a stone as a reminder. Before I left I did a little journaling, and started remembering how much God did for us this past year. 2009 was a BIG year of changes for the Frantz family and God has been so faithful to guide us to and through every change. Just wanted to share some of God's faithfulness to our family last year as a testimony to him for his sovereign loving kindess.

The greatest blessing was the healthy pregnancy and birth of Rivers in June, and the healthy development and growth of Madeline. What a joy they both bring to our family! I was a little worried about being a mom of two under two. Although it is extremely busy, the transition has been fairly easy and we are overjoyed that God has given us these two precious children! Also this past spring Mike stepped out in faith and started his own lawn care business. God provided in many ways for the expenses to start this business and it is growing successfully!
In the spring we started feeling God calling us to move from our much loved church at Clifton Baptist to a new church in the Southend of Louisville. It is a church that was small and the majority of the members were over 70. They called a professor from SBTS, Jim Hamilton (yes, just like dad), to be their pastor in April and we started attending right after that. We became members in June and God has given us ample opportunities to serve since then! I have to be honest and say that despite my hesitancy at first, moving to Kenwood is one of the best decisions that Michael has made for our family! We completely love serving and being part of the fellowship there.
After we started attending Kenwood, we figured if we really wanted to jump in serving and ministering to Southend Louisville, what better way to do that than to live there. So three weeks before Rivers was born we put our house up for sale. Within a week we had an offer on the house, and a couple of weeks later God had provided a house for us close to Kenwood! In this crazy economy we can only credit all of this to the Lord's faithful provision for us.

We can only anticipate what God has in store for us in 2010!!!!!!!!!

To leave you, here are some of my favorite pictures of this past week:
I have been teaching Madeline to "help mommy" lately. Its just simple things like helping me pick up her toys and helping me by entertaining Rivers when I need to get lunch ready. This past week she was playing with Rivers (telling him what animals they were playing with) and I look up and this is what I see...

What a SWEET big sister... and Rivers just adores her! Its such a blessing to be a mommy to these two!


Our sweet smiley baby boy... doesn't he just brighten up your day!

Shai Linne with "Spread His Fame." from Grace EV Free on Vimeo.

Nov - Dec (M 18m, R 5m) (79 photos), by Mariah Frantz

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