Faith insists we have 3 fish.......

Faith was too cute this morning at pre-school when I dropped her off. I had to write this down so that I wouldn't forget. They have been talking about pets all this month and have been having so much fun with it. On friday I brought Ruby to the class for share day. Well this morning the teacher had little pet figurines out for them to play with and they were each picking all the pets that they had. Faith picked a dog, a guinea pig, and 3 fish (we have 2 fish). I said to Faith, "we only have 2 fish." She said, "No, we have 3 fish, one lives in our garden." Well, when one of our fish died we had to have a burial ceremony and we did bury it in our garden. We then replaced it with another fish. So I guess Faith is right we have 3 fish. It was just too cute! The teacher got such a kick out of it.

Off to Yosemite!!

We are off to Yosemite for the week-end. Last year we went during the heat of the summer (still beautiful) so am looking forward to seeing it this time of year. Will post pictures and "catch up" next week. Have a great one!!!

Sunday Stroll through the Pumpkin Farm........

MY SMART, BEAUTIFUL, HAPPY GIRL!

100 GOOD WISHES!!!

Many of you that read this participated in being part of Faith's 100 Good Wishes Quilt we had made for her while waiting to bring her home. We received so many special fabric pieces and wonderful wishes to put this beautiful quilt together. The quilt sets in Faith's room and is such a special reminder of the celebration of having her come into our lives. All of her "good wishes" are placed in a book for her and I just recently started reading some of them to her. As she gets older she will understand more and more just how special these words are. I thought I would start sharing some of these with you by posting some of them every now and then.....

"THE STARS EXSIST THAT WE MIGHT KNOW HOW HIGH OUR DREAMS CAN SOAR!"

-one of Faith's good wishes

Good Wishes Book
Beautiful quilt.......

for beautiful Faith!

Faith playing on her quilt at 1 year old

'ONE HUNDRED GOOD WISHES ARE JUST THE BEGINNING TO A LIFETIME OF HAPPINESS, LOVE, AND LAUGHTER"

Dancing with the Stars....

Yep! We are hooked......anyone else??? Even Dale is watching it.....of course he has always been a huge Marie Osmand fan so that's his excuse. I'm not sure yet who I'm cheering for, I just think it is fun to watch. Well off to get Faith her bath and in bed so I can watch Dancing with the Stars!!!!!

Bunk Beds for Reed.....Finally!

Reed has always wanted bunk beds ever since he was out of his crib and could speak. Well, bunk beds was something I always avoided with him....he was an active toddler and I just did not want the headache of worrying! He and Dean always shared a room when they were younger and Dean being the cautious one he is never wanted bunk beds anyway. So some how with all our moves over the years we were always able to tell Reed "one of these days" when the bunk bed issue came up. Well 2 years ago when we moved to CA. the boys finally were able to have there own rooms. The excitement of having his own room was enough for Reed at the time that again we were able to avoid getting bunk beds. Well, about a month ago we were at IKEA and we came across these bunk beds that Reed really liked. They were silver with a full size bed on the bottom. We figured it was about time! Of course they did not have any in stock at the time so again Reed had to wait! Well this week-end, guess what, Reed got his bunk bed! Dale drove him out to IKEA on Saturday to pick it up and on Sunday morning they put it together! Last night was his first night to sleep in his new bed and as I was tucking him in I thought to myself how I missed him all curled up in his small little twin bed. He then asked me if I could stay with him a little longer because he missed his old bed.....I'm glad I'm not the only one!

Reed helping????? Daddy put his bed together....
Now, he's working harder!

And here they are....Reed's bunk beds!!
(we have to get a thinner mattress for the top as his old twin mattress is too thick for this bed)

Chilling in his room!