Good Night

Most nights Bart and I put the boys down for bed. I normally lay Camden down and Bart normally lays Bryce down. But on nights like tonight, when Bart has a meeting, I get the chance to lay both boys down. I particularly like praying with Bryce before bed. I love to hear for what he prays for. His prayers are so simple and I like that. His prayer tonight (which is generally somewhat the same every night) went like this:

Dear Jesus,
Thank you for the food. (He ALWAYS prays this :)) Thank you for Mommy. Daddy. Cam-a-lam-a-ding-dong (that would be Camden). Grandma. Grandpa. Molly. But Molly died (in a very sympathetic voice, Molly is Bart's families old dog) and Grandpa is really sad. Poor Grandpa. And who else Mommy?

I say "What about Mimi and Poppy."

Oh yeah. Mimi and Poppy. Uncle Nic and Aunt Kasi. Bent-y (Bentley is Ryan and Nikki's dog). And Uncle Nic. Aunt Nikki. Uncle Ryan. Uncle Micah. Uncle Luke. Uncle Caleb. And Aunt Shona.

Mommy, Aunt Shona lives in Ireland! But I don't know where Ireland is. How do you get to Ireland?

"Well, you have to fly, honey".

In a PLANE mommy. "Yep in a plane." OOHHH then you go really fast. "Yep."

And Aunt Shona. Amen.


And this is why I love to pray with children. They just pray and say whatever they think. Bryce never prays for anything but people and food really. Although, he did make me bust into tears at T.J. Maxx one day when Bart's back was hurting and he ask if he could pray for his back. He layed his hands on Bart's back and said "Dear Jesus, please heal my daddy's back. Amen. I love you Daddy." I don't think I could ever be any prouder of my boy then when he prays. It touches my heart and makes me realize once again how thankful I am to have two beautiful boys!