Gingerbread House

Just for fun! :) I like how he starts off as Mr. Serious, then the sugar kicks in...

December??

It was 82 degrees today! We decided to enjoy the beautiful weather at the park.

Advent

I love this time of year because it reminds me to live a life of expectancy- to live with my eyes & heart open to the work of God all around me. Now for some pics of Jack during our service this morning celebrating the first week of Advent.

Candy, Firetrucks, and Dogs in Costumes

Tonight was my favorite Halloween of all time! We had way too much fun creating a firetruck for Jack's costume- some duct tape & an old diaper box can go a long way! Jack is also old enough to really participate in our church's Trunk r Treat. A lot of people bring their dogs & I'm pretty sure that was Jack's favorite part. He kept saying, "Nuther dog!" When we handed him the bucket for candy he said, "Bucket. Feed dogs!" We had to keep him from feeding his candy to the dogs, so he offered hugs instead. See pics below for some of those lovely moments!

After that we stopped at Nana's house to show her the whole costume. Jack was so excited to show off for Nana. He ran into her house making siren noises & showing off his truck. I had a sad moment when I thought about how cool my dad would have thought the whole thing was. He would have gotten such a kick out of seeing Jack speed around the house in his Flintstone's style firetruck.

We finished the night by sitting on the front porch passing out candy to trick or treaters. We let Jack give them the candy, but when someone in a scary mask would come, he would say, "Mommy's turn." I was cracking up at how interested he was in the "pee-poes" coming to our house. Whenever there was a lull in traffic, he would request "more pee-poes, Mommy."

Overall, I think we can call this year a success!

Pumpkin Time!

Jack is still our little wild man! Right now he loves puzzles, running, talking, raisins, trucks, Nana's new house, dancing, music, and singing. He is still singing one of his favorite songs from VBS this past summer - with all the hand movements & everything.
Now that the weather is nice we are trying to spend as much time as possible outside. Today we visited our pumpkin patch. Jack especially liked sticking his face through the wooden cutout of a scarecrow. It was too funny!

San Diego

This last week I was in San Diego for a work conference. I learned sooooo much & look forward to putting it all to good use! Another bonus of the trip is that I got to spend a whole afternoon & evening with Amy. We ate a lot of yummy food & saw a lot of sights. The rest of the rest of the week was spent with some fabulous ladies from our district. We learned a lot, had a lot of fun, & ate a LOT of food! I'll let the pictures speak for themselves: