Xavier's Pet!

Xavier has been asking for a pet. I am not an animal person by anyone's standard. Also, as long as I'm renting we are not allowed to have pets which is FINE with me! We were shopping for a birthday party a few weeks ago when we found these little toy animals which grow when you let them live in water for three weeks. So we brought a little lobster home to watch him grow. Xavier has talked about him like a pet and named him Hermie. This works for me! No training, No feeding. No clean up. No shots. Just 88 cents for three weeks of enjoyment!





Day 2, I think he had already grown a couple of inches overnight!






Week 2, he was promoted to a larger tub after this picture






Week 3 - I put him back in the old tub for perspectives sake

On another note we did something new and exciting today - with the help of our dear friends the Uchida's we purchased our first ever plane tickets! This August we will be flying (Lord willing) to Hawaii with them to visit their family and friends! We are very excited but it still seems unreal. I have never flown, I have never seen a palm tree, I have never seen ocean water which I would want to go into... this will be monumental! Being the newbie I am I picked window seats so Xavier and I can see just a bit more of the grandeur of our great big God and what he has created and perfectly maintains. I'm fully expecting this to be a huge worship experience! Please pray for us that our focus would be God-ward in anticipating and enjoying this gift! I've already been convicted that I am excited to tell people that I'm going to Hawaii so they will share my delight. Shouldn't I be even more excited about going to Heaven? Shouldn't that preoccupy my thoughts and overflow in my speech? And the kicker is - I can offer anyone I talk to a free invitation to join me by trusting in Christ's saving death and resurrection! Oh Lord, grow this heart in me!