Happy Birthday Mom ~

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Today is my sweet mother’s birthday. . . . so here is a post JUST FOR YOU MOM! 🙂 I am thankful for the parents the Lord has given to me. Mom and Dad are such great examples of a godly marriage. Mom has taught me by her own life what it means to love her husband and children (and now grandchildren). She is such a generous and giving person – selfless servant. AND of course, always puts a smile on my face. She jokes that “we will miss her someday.” Well, I KNOW that Mom! You are just too funny and too much fun to be around. Colt can attest to that 🙂

Thanks for all you have done, and all you still do. I am so thankful for our friendship too. Love you so much!





Pumpkin Festival

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We went to WV last week during David’s fall break from school. He was able to slay the deer and do a tile job for a friend of Mom and Dad. So, he stayed pretty busy. Colt started the week off with a bang. He had the croup and fevers up to 105 at times. He was trooper through it. Just led to sleepless nights.

By the end of the week, he was better and back to himself, so we were able to get out and do some things. Mom and I took the kids to the Pumpkin Festival. Where you apparently can’t get pumpkins. I painstakingly dug out the 4 most beautiful ones the had, we pulled them around for hours in our wagon (the only reason we brought that wagon actually), only to be told at the gate as we were leaving that those were for the school kids. Ha! Laughable now at least.

Friday night, Kylie started to get congested, coughing, sneezing, running a fever. Only to get worse. She didn’t nurse for about 26 hours because she couldn’t breathe, became lethargic, wasn’t making wet diapers, had diarrhea. So I took her to the ED. All of the urgent cares close at 4?! What?! Oh well. They gave her medicine for the fever and tried to coerce her to drink some pedialyte. No good (note: the whole time she was so sick and still trying to smile at every one of those doctors and nurses – so precious). Before they started an IV, they asked me to try to feed her one last time. I had been trying ALL NIGHT AND ALL DAY to no avail. But, praise be to the Father! She latched on and drank a bit. So, I brought her home and they said to bring her back if that didn’t continue. She did much better last night and has done fairly well today. She has no voice, so she just squeaks when she tries talk, laugh, or cry. It’s pretty adorable. She’s such a sweetheart, and has been through this whole thing! I just love her.

I will be sharing pics over the next few days from our WV Trip (AKA Sick Trip).

Our little pumpkin was definitely the most “appropriately” dressed for the pumpkin festival, don’t you agree?




Colt got a pretty cool bow and arrow – complete with a quiver and 6 arrows! Something he ALWAYS makes out of sticks at home. Thanks Nana Gail!

They had a great little tent there that sort of reminded me of Marbles Museum. Colt loved all of the different things to play with and explore. It was nice to get out of the sun too. They did a great job!



Will post some more pics from last week later. . . time for bed. Who knows what tonight will hold as far as sleep goes.

The Park

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I must say I am so thankful. So blessed. At the top of my “Praise Him List” today:

1. My Savior and my salvation.
2. The Good News and opportunities to share it.
3. My husband – he’s so wonderful! And I’m so in love.
4. SUCH a sweet and happy baby girl!! She is so awesome. . . I can’t get over her.
5. That she slept from 8:30ish to 5:00 this morning. Ate. Went back to sleep until 8:15. Thank you Lord, I needed that.
6. That she has taken awesome naps today – right on time 🙂 ha!
7. That she is healthy. . . and seems to really enjoy her brother.
7. For my little man . . who makes friends like no kid I’ve ever seen. He practically tackled this kid with a hug and they became best friends. (FYI – they have never met before)
8. Colt wanted Dominique to “meet his Mommy!” How sweet. . . I love you Colt.
9. Colt loves water and fruit – gotta be thankful for that too!! Even if he’s not a fan of veggies.
10. He doesn’t like to make a mess when he eats. It would be ok if he did. . . but I’m thankful 🙂
11. He’s so funny. And so smart. And such the best!
Thank you Father.

Scripture Memory

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What a responsibility we have with these little gifts the Father has given us. We try to teach them all about LIFE. There is also much we don’t have to try to teach them. . . they just absorb things on their own.

One thing that David and I are trying to teach the kids is to hide the Father’s Word in their hearts. I went through the books of the Word and picked out at least one key verse from each book. Then, I wrote them down and put them on a little flip ring. Each night, we review the verses he has already learned, and we work on a new one. I usually put them to a little jig 🙂 He picks up on them a LOT more quickly that way. Here are our 2 verses from the past week.

(It’s been fun to try to explain these verses to a 3 year old too – he’s getting it though! So sweet to hear him answer questions about the Father, Jesus, heaven, etc.)

Family Night

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My wonderful hubby is such a good instigator of family time. Occasionally, we will watch a movie with Colt outside on the back porch. Colt thinks this is next to heaven it seems. Kylie was there for the picture – then she moved over to the swing and toys. And YES, we can all fit on that little outdoor couch 🙂



First Day of Preschool

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Today was Colt’s first day of preschool. He will go 2 days a week for just 3 hours a day, and I know he will love playing with the other kiddos! He has been wanting to “go to school” for about a year. I think it was hard for him to comprehend that we were REALLY going to school today, instead of me saying. . . “You will go one day Colt.”

He was definitely excited.
Mr. Big Stuff and his bag to bring home all of his creations!
In awe of the playground facilities . . that is what he talked about the most on the way home anyways 🙂
Yes, he just walked right in. Forgot about Mommy – no long sad goodbye. Actually, he didn’t even tell me bye! I guess I definitely don’t have to worry about him crying when I leave! ha!
Here is a little video of what he thought about the day:
And this is what baby sister did today – she was missing talking to her brother: