The short answer is that it's a play on our last name.
For those that have nothing better to do than read blogs...I offer the longer answer:
Several years ago, (at least a million) way back when we only had two children we were invited to be dinner guests at a friends home. Before Jay's chubby little finger was able to hit the doorbell, we heard the squeaky, changing voice of our friends adolescent son. He sweetly yelled up the stairs, "Kevin, Kelly and their little rebels are here!" Thus began a nickname that has morphed into so much more over the years since.
Not only is it just a cute family nickname, but in many ways it defines our family and it's goals. We want our children to be rebels and we are doing what we can to raise them with that in mind.
Rebels, not in the negative sense, bucking authority and following their own wills. We want them embrace who they were created to be without a care to what society thinks of it. We want them to realize words like "typical" and "normal" are relative and often used by a society that seeks to stuff people into boxes and categories. We want them to know they are fearfully and wonderfully made quirks and all. We want them to be comfortable in their own skin and be confident in both who they are as individuals and who we are as a family.
More than anything, We want them to learn to follow the Lord with all their hearts and to rebel against that which the world has to offer...to swim against the flow of modern culture and seek to be a people set apart for Him.
Many are the dreams, hopes and goals we have for each of our children. Yet, in the grand scheme we desire most that they Love Jesus, and follow these three simple principles from the book of Micah...
To do justly, love mercy and walk humbly with their God.
