Abby: Joshua do you like this music?
Joshua: No I do not.
Abby: It's Irish music, it's bag pipes.
Joshua: I do not like bad pipes, I only like good pipes.
Abby: Joshua bagpipes with a g, guh, baguh pipes.
Joshua: No momma, bad pipes, I do not like bad pipes only good pipes.
Many of you know that Josh played soccer this last summer. His team won one game their last one. Here are a couple of pictures from after the game. It was a challenge for three year olds to play soccer in Phoenix in the summer heat. It was a good learning experience, one we will not repeat until he knows for sure what sport / activity he is interested in (his dad hopes it involves staying at home swimming in the new pool.
We do not celebrate Halloween as a family. So we went to a fall festival at Schnepp farms. It was a great times for the kids and parents we took some great photos and here they are...
This one gets me every time. I choke up and cry....
http://www.nd.edu/aboutnd/about/sights/asx/nd/irish_lan.asx
I know that none of my friends or family are Irish fans per se. However, if you feel the need to see how Coach Weis is doing with the most storied football program in history go to http://www.ndnation.com/index.php to get updates and find the inside information on the performance of the mighty Irish.
In memorium of Lloyd's latest loss to ND!
So I am back in SoCal again for a week. We are all looking forward to me having some time at home for a little while. It being the end of the summer, budget time has rolled around which has kept me very busy at work. Abby and I enjoyed a little break for our anniversary last month and tooled around Scottsdale with the rich and famous. Jesse and Josh grow every time I go on one of these trips so I expect them both to be at least 2 inches taller when I get back home.
This was kind of a disjointed update. Things are going very well for our family and we than GOD daily for his blessings.
Now that Abby doesn't have to work weekends anymore we get to do something as a family that we haven't done since Josh was a small baby, GO TO CHURCH! Can I get an Amen!?!?! For the past two glorious Sundays our family has attended service at East Valley Bible Church (www.evbc.org). It was recommended to us by a friend that Abby works with and so far we are really enjoying it. It seems to be a thriving place for all of us to grow spiritually. The boys love Sunday School (see Jesse's latest entry of "SuperJesse"), and John, Abby and Amy are really enjoying the Pastor's messages. The worship is outstanding. Anyway..........the long and the short of it is, we are happy and think we have found a Church home. AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Joshua brought his "cape" to me today (it's his baby blanket that I tie around his neck). He was out of breath, he told me, "Mom, hurry! Someone needs help and I'm so so late!" Then as he "flew" away he cried, "I think I'm Superman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
