Landon Riley Douglas is 13!!

March 26, 2010 our oldest turned 13.

Some people have said oh, you are parent of a teenager.

Then they follow with.We will be praying for you. Then many laughs abound or giggles.

When Landon turned 10 I feared this day. I was foolish to fear; but in God's mercy, He guided me to pray and seek scripture to pray for my child. I must say I am not fearful and I am actually enjoying it and excited.

I have seen God work many things in our lives with Landon and I trust God with him. I have asked for God to guide on us to lead him biblical and give him friends that are truth seekers. I have asked God to slay Landon with law of His Word so he will see he is a sinner and in need of a savior.
Do we have frustrating times and does Landon sin? Yes, but b/c God has intervened in our lives it is going to be a wonderful adventure.

Landon is all heart. He is funny and is learning to be more self controlled. But I could not nor would dream of having any other son other than Landon. He is smart and understands when you teach the bible and other topics. He loves science and geography. He loves people. He has a tender and compassionate heart. He is sensitive and strong! He loves the color green and camo! He loves to be active!! Landon is a rule follower and very black and white. He does love quality time spent with him and he is very loving towards us. He also loves HUMOR!! We laugh a lot together. Another one of his loves are his animals. He loves his dog and he loves learning and working with his Pop's horses. Landon also respects his elders. He loves his grandparents especially His Pop!! He may fight at times with his brother , but we know he loves him b/c he worries and is protective over his brother even in advising his father and I on what his brother can handle watching or doing. He does get concerned if something will scare Parker.

We love Landon very much. God has used him to make us into the kind of parents He wants us to be and we are so grateful God gave us him our firstborn son. Our family is blessed to have him. We enjoy his heart of compassion and his humor.

We celebrated with his friends that God has provided and went laser tagging. I say God provided them b/c our prayer has been that God send godly friends and remove evil influences out of our sons lives. God answers prayers. I was so awed by God's goodness when this group of boys came to our house. I love them and their families and only God could have brought this all about. I could not have picked it on my own nor my husband. I am so grateful God called us to home school, and then led us to a great group of homeschooling people who have the same heart in raising children to glorify God and Honor Him. We both have been so grateful for all that God has brought into Landon's life and ours. We know that the teenage years will be exciting, learning, hard, fun, bittersweet, but mostly we looked forward because we serve an amazing God and when you commit your ways to Him the journey is so much easier and rewarding! It only encourages us more to memorize scripture, pray it over our children, and be doers of the Word for God's glory and His purpose for our lives and our sons.

We love you Landon Riley and pray everyday for you to love the Lord with all your heart, mind, soul and strength. We looked forward to seeing you grow into the man wants you to be!! We pray for you to be a Psalm 15 man.