Fall is Here

I love Fall. It means Winter is coming soon. I love the colors, the smells, the coolness. I love a lot of things. Here are some of the things I love.


I love that Sebastian has his daddy's curls.


I love that mowing season is coming to an end, and I'll see more of my husband.. who I also love.


I love that Evi will do anything for a laugh.. especially in the Goodwill store with people watching.


I love when my kids play nicely together


I love that Evi has a cousin that she is best friends with. Here they are at Cloverbuds, painting pumpkins for the nursing home.

Joel

Joel is my brother, and he came over to see my mom. We went out for sushi, and then to The Farm for my mom to get a belated birthday gift.
Something happened at one of the stores there. I was in Hallmark, getting Von a Card while my mom was getting a massage. I had both kids with me and we were in the card isle looking at Get Well cards, when an "older" woman came along and was looking too.
All of the sudden, I hear a loud rip, toot, gas whatever you want to call it, coming from the "older" woman. I turn thinking it was Sebastian, since he was the closest to her, and I saw a look of horror on his face, and he was staring right at where the sound came from. I was scared that he would say " Momma, that lady fawted" or " It's stinky", so I grabbed both my kids and made a run to a different place in the store away from " Senior Citizen Gas Lady".
We laughed about that one all day. I wish I could have captured Sebastians face when that happened.
Also this week I was able to attend the birth of two babies. One on Tuesday, one on Friday. Both boys had great adoptive parents waiting to take them home!

Zoo Day with Oma

There is an earthquake simulator at the zoo, and the kids love getting jiggled around. I think the sign meant " Four people, give or take a few"

Cousins. I wish I had a cousin to be friends with. Liesel and Evi have become such great friends! We love having someone to swap sleep-over's with.

My favorite zoo animal. Not too exciting, I know. I think it's because she always is either pregnant or has a new baby. Here she has #16 on her belly.

We told all the kids that we would ride the train, since it was starting to sprinkle, and we were all tired, but when we got to the train depot, it was closed. Evidently, no one rides trains after 3pm. So we all got soaked trying to get back to the car. We made a memory, that's for sure! Even Ava had her hair all plastered on her head. We were laughing so hard!

Prayer request

This is Von. He is my oldest brother Jason's three year old son. Yesterday he was diagnosed with Leukemia. This is a shock to the whole family, and we have been praying for him, and also for his Mom, Dad, and three sisters. There are decisions to be made, and we pray that God will speak to them, and show them the next step in this journey.
Von is three, and I'm sure he quite can't figure out why everyone is poking him, and why he is in the hospital. He had his first round of chemo yesterday, and I would like to ask for this family to be in your prayers. Thanks.

Evi's new horse, Red Rain

Riding Lessons

Our on the Jones' Ranch

Marley is the youngest of the Jones' girls. Here she is with Bo.