Megan is practicing her barrel racing skills!
She is also practicing her Best of Rodeo look.
Category: Photography
Today’s Smile–Learning to Lasso
It’s raining, its pouring,
kids want to play outside,
Mark threw his rope and caught his mom,
and threatened never to release her.
Mark has wanted a lasso for a awhile. He finally got one for his birthday. He has been practicing but rarely “catches” anything moving.
You can imagine both of our surprise when he caught me on the first try 🙂
Fall Pictures
I am so thankful for my wonderful children!
Thirteen Years of Blessing
Today Mark is 13! He is growing into such a handsome young man! We were gone for two days and I think that he shot up an inch while we were gone!
I love you Mark! I am glad that God gave me the privilege to be your Momma.
First Love
Driving home on Thursday, I caught Allan and Megan just enjoying themselves. It is a little bit out of focus, but the one with Allan and Megan talking is one of my favorite trip pictures.
Tigger and His Twin Come to Visit
Most family know that Adrian loves Tigger as much as Mark did. When Megan was a month old, Mom and Daddy found her Tigger outfit at a resale shop. About a month ago, Adrian was surprised with his almost matching costume from Uncle Sam and Aunt Lilly. Adrian loved being twins!
We went to Uncle Josh and Auntie Angie’s tonight. They invited us over to go Trick or Treating and then enjoy chili and apple cider at their house. It was a beautiful night to be out.
Our biggest surprise was when the fire truck pulled up next to us, braked and started flashing its light and sounding its siren. The kids jumped high! Some firemen came out with HUGE bowls of candy and shared a handful with each child. What a fun way to end our night out.
Home again!
We have just returned from a two week trip to a very small rural community in Colorado. During that time, the children were often cautioned to watch for snakes, reminded to wear their shoes, and missed the trees in our yard. As soon as we got home, shoes and socks were removed and they ran around the backyard yelling happily.
Our trip went really well. Everyone learned a lot and had a bunch of fun. As I have the time, I will write more about it.
Backyard Sunrise
We have been enjoying the fall colors in our backyard. Washing dishes is a treat while we admire God’s beauty.
Sleep Study
Megan is learning to take wonderful lunchtime naps. Occasionally, she will take two shorter ones.
For some reason, she sleeps better at nap time on the couch with all the noise then she does in the quiet of her room. She sleeps on her back, but today she was all over the couch. We push the coffee table up to the couch so she won’t fall off. But if she wakes up without anyone noticing, she can get down herself. I suppose she fell back asleep as she was getting down in the last picture.
Megan is also doing better sleeping at night. Last night she was in bed, around 9:00! Her new bed time is 10:00 and she will cry until I check on her. Then she falls asleep to her lullaby tape and sleeps until around 5:00. After a quick snack, she sleeps till 7:00 or later.
Potato Creek
The weather has been so beautiful this week! We decided to take a picnic lunch to Potato Creek and spend the day there after church. It was so much fun being outside, exploring new trails and being with each other. God has blessed me with a wonderful family!
