Canaan is so amazing. I love to see the interaction between he and Ezra and am so proud of Canaan as his big brother. The other day while Canaan was getting dressed, he said out of the blue, "if Ezra ever throws me in a dungeon and I have to go live at a palace, I will forgive him." That may sound weird unless you are familiar with the story from the Bible about Joseph. Joseph was sold into slavery by his brothers. They threw him into a hole and he ended up living in a palace many years later. Joseph ended up forgiving his brothers. Anyhow, Canaan must have really been processing that story! I love how he applied it to himself.

The Story of Mike and the Tree Branch.....
One day the Smiths went camping. It was an exciting time. They were hosting 11 college students from their church for a weekend at Danny's 300 acre farm. They arrived hours ahead of everyone else in preperation. Alex, Mike's brother joined them to help set up camp. Upon arrival, Mike, Canaan and Alex, set out to collect fire wood. Not to chop or to saw any wood, just collect. Off they drove through the woods while Megan and Ezra stayed back at camp to get things set up.
Minutes later, they were back. Back and bloody. Mike was in the passengers seat covered from chin to knees in blood. Blood? But they had only left to collect firewood minutes before! How could there be such an accident?
Thats when Mike told the story of he and the tree branch. He was loading sticks into the back of the car and one was quite long and needed to be broken to fit. He wedged it between 2 logs and began trying to break the limb. Broke it did. Just in the wrong place. It broke and came flying back up into his face where it cut him so badly he ended up needing 30 stitches and 4 suchers in his nose, jawbone, and cheek.
Thankfully the pain was not too unbearable and he was able to enjoy the rest of the weekend.