Shane, Nicholas and Abigail's First Field Trip

Fun for Shane and Abigail on the merry go-round.

Nicholas and his dad is having fun!

Abigail enjoying a ride on the merry-go round.


Andy and Abigail enjoys a ride together down the slide.

Nicholas enjoyed the slide!

Nicholas enjoying a ride on the cow train.

Shane learns how to milk a cow.

Shane and Abigail on the school bus!

The children enjoyed picking their very own pumpkins.

"My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments; " Proverbs 3:1

Shane's K-4 class was scheduled to go on a field trip on Thursday, October 15th. It was postponed due to rain and rescheduled for Monday, October 19th. This meant that he would go with Nicholas' K-5 class. The school allows siblings to go also so Abigail was able to join in the fun. We visited Hess Farm in Harrisonburg,VA. It was a beautiful and sunny day and the kids had a great time. The kids not only got to go on a hayride but also was able to go down slides, milk fake cows and ride a merry-go-round!

Nicholas' 6th Birthday Party Celebration

Nicholas admiring his Spiderman cake.
Abigail, Savannah, Cody, Dad and Bernard enjoying the food!

Nicholas liked this present!

Danielle and Daniel enjoyed watching Nicholas open his gifts.

All eyes are upon the opening of the gifts!

Big sister, Kelsey, helps with overseeing of the gift opening.

Nicholas riding his new bike for the first time.

Abigail and Uncle Andy working hard at the mulch pile.

"Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." John 14:6

The weather turned cold in Virginia rather quickly! Two weeks ago we had Abigail's birthday celebration outside and yesterday we had to have Nicholas' birthday party inside

as it was too cold to have it outside. We celebrated at our house and it was a fun party! Nicholas has been eagerly awaiting the day when it would his turn to celebrate. For the past several weeks, he has been asking his mother every day, if "today is my birthday?". Sharon finally told him not to ask her ANYMORE if today was his birthday! He work up last Saturday morning and while brushing his teeth, he got an inquisitive look on his face and looked and his mother and said, "mom, am I any older today?" Talk about figuring how quickly that there is more than one way to ask a question! In addition to toys, clothes and other items, Nicholas received a new bike for his birthday and enjoyed riding it around for a little while before the darkness set in.

Before the party, Andy was outside in our yard digging up mulch and Abigail saw him from the living room window, she said, "Mama, Andy is outside. I like him. I am going outside". She went outside and starting helping him shovel mulch. They worked together for about 30 minutes. Andy is off on Friday's and she has been staying at their house while I am at work and she is bonding with him and is very fond of him.

On Friday, I traveled to Lynchburg for a trip for work and had the opportunity to have lunch with Jeremy and to visit his apartment before returning to the office. I wish I had brought my camera with me! Jeremy has to wear a suit for his Corporate Finance class and showed up for lunch at the restaurant in a suit and tie. I must say he sure was handsome! It was certainly the highlight of my week to spend an unexpected hour and a half with my 2nd son!

The EXCITING news for this week is that on Tuesday we fly to Boise, Idaho to visit John Anthony and his family. John will meet his granddaughter for the first time. It is hard to believe that John Anthony will meet his baby sister for the first time even though she has been with us for over 6 months. We are planning on bringing Luci back home with for us two weeks as John Anthony and Melissa are planning a visit to Virginia on November 7th. Everyone is excited about having us with us and we are holding our breaths fearing that her parents may change their minds and not send her with us. The next post will be us visiting with them!

Abigail's 4th Birthday Party Celebration

"And now, little children abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming." 1 John 2:28

We celebrated Abigail's 4th birthday party on Saturday. Her birthday is October 3rd so we were able to celebrate her birthday on her birthday! The weather was beautiful with clear skies and warm temperatures so we celebrated outside. As usual it was a family celebration with the grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. There is never a shortage of children to help celebrate at our parties!

I dressed Abigail in a Princess dress for her first very own party. She received Curious George DVD's, a new bike, clothes, jewelry, several pocket books and other items. I took her to the mall on Thursday to get her ears pierced. She loves going through my jewelry box so I told her if she wanted to wear earrings that we would get her ears pierced. You can see her new earrings on the last picture on this post, if you look closely. Jeremy came home for the celebration and it was great seeing him since I had not seen him since he left for college on August 15th. Sharon made her a "princess cake" and it was a nice "girlie" party. My very first one as a mother and I loved it!

Fifteen more days until we travel to Boise to see our precious granddaughter and her parents!