Pumpkin Patch

A church here in town sets up a little pumpkin patch on thier front lawn each October. It's really a fun way to spend a beautiful fall afternoon. So we packed up the kids last weekend and headed out to pick up a pumpkin to carve! It was so fun to play among the pumpkins in search of the perfect one. Emily was the first to find an Emily-sized pumpkin that she carried around for 2 days straight (by the stem) and saying over and over "punkey".

Happy Birthday Emily

Our Sweet Emily just turned 2 on October 17! I cannot believe she's 2 already. She is such a delight. We had a sweet time celebrating her with Nana & Papa, Shawn's parents.

As a 2 year old Emily has learned so much already. She's talking really well.....says lots of things but especially "I do it!" "I run!" (which is followed by a loud scream & a waddle/run....it's really cute!). And her favorite word remains "MOMMY!" She thinks she's as old as Josh & Annie and is quite adventurous....not afraid to try anything. She's also a scrapper...she can rumble withthe best of them. She loves to dance & it's amazing to watch her light up when worship music comes on. Before she was born we had several people independently pray for Emily and they got the same picture.....Emily was standing on a mountain, worshipping Jesus by twirling around. And that is exactly what she does already. When the music comes on she starts twirling....I LOVE IT. Emily means "Diligent" and Elizabeth means "devoted to God" so our prayer for her is that she'll be diligently devoted to God. Let it be Lord!

The Apple doesn't fall far

So it's a rainy day here in Waco. Fortunately Annie is home from school today & Josh has a playmate.

The result of their playing came parading out of the toy room right after lunch today. Josh strutted out yelling, "Moo!" Which was immediately followed by peals of laughter. What a rainy day!

I wonder where they learned such shenanigans?!!