This was a perfect FALL night. I mean for real. We just love our moments at mom and dad's house where we don't have enough room for all of us and that's why we love it. Gosh these are precious times.
This is just right after school started--in September. The warm days are still around and why not have...a GARAGE BAND! Ha. I think our neighbors hated US and the FROZEN DVD today
Last hurrah at the lake---end of September goodness. NEVER EVER want this season to go away
Tradition: trip #1 to Gust Brother's Farm...got rained out, but we ran around like wackos!
A very very quick visit from the Mitchells as they drove through town. They are prized people in our lives. We need them, we love them. Our kids just play so well together?! Man oh man it's cool. Lucas and Ellie run off, Emma and Nathan run off, Taylor and Griffin run off...haha...uh oh
Dressed up and ready for the church ho-down!
Griff sure has some cool buddies. It is really cool that one of them is his cousin. But it is also really cool that my best friends have boys, and they all love each other as much as us moms do. Gosh we are blessed with good people in this community!
Gust brother's farm trip #2. Today we pick our pumpkins!!
What a way to celebrate the Ethiopian New Year this year!!! Our family has been so so excited to try out the BLUE NILE restaurant in Ann Arbor, MI. We have been wanting a reason to celebrate, and it was quite evident that we had a reason to celebrate this Sept. 11! After receiving our referral (seeing Grady's face), we decided to try this place out the night before the Ethiopian New Year. We all loved it. Every single bite. It was quite the experience and our FIRST experience. I can't wait to bring other loved ones with us next time...and most importantly, learn how to cook some of these things for our family. :)
Oh wow. Getting these updated pictures of Grady---just melts our heart. All we can say is NO WAY! LOOK AT HIM! LOOK HOW BIG HIS FEET ARE! HOLY COW I WANNA SCOOP HIM UP! We are ALL enamored with this little love. Approx 11-12 months old in these pictures.
ZOO day with Charles. These boys love each other.
Feed My starving Children. It was really cool to talk about Grady this year. Last year he was "out there," but unknown. This year- Grady, we imagined you and your buddies at the orphanage actually receiving one of these meals we packed. Gosh we wanted to snag a bag of this and direct mail it to Grady's orphanage...had to follow the rules!
Kids learned perserverance today---hard work!!
First Snow of the year....what? November? Not even Thanksgiving yet! Ha...well it sure was fun to march around with my little side kick. HE makes me happy
Date with my sweet cheeks. Took Ellie to Barnes and Noble for some peppermint hot chocolate. These moments are truly some of my favorites. We talked about life, friends, and choices we make to head in the right direction. JESUS help me to be the mom this girl needs!
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