Pumpkin Patch

We waited to celebrate my birthday with my fam until Misa and Lan's made it home {sadly Kreg was gone on business, thus Misa's trip, but why he wasn't here too!}. Anyway, really I could give a care less if any one ever remember my birthday or that we celebrated it. I never have cared much for my birthday {even as a kid}, just another year to me. So alas, we celebrated.

For the past 4ish years we have been going to a pumpkin patch and corn maze. This year we went to Papa's Pumpkin Patch. It was fun and free!

And since I am pretty sure you could give a care less about my narrations, I shall get on with the pictures. :) {They are worth a thousand words, no?}

My daring daughter hearts all slides!

I seriously couldn't believe my neat freak of a sister slide down this dirty slide on her tummy in good clothes! I about died! HA!

Look at that precious face, never was there more joy in her heart than going down a slide!

Hayrack ride tour of the farm

One day we WILL get a good family picture.

Oh the joy of a life-size corn sensory tub!
At least this time I don't have to pick it up off the floor like at home!!!

Lookin' for the perfect pumpkin...
I think I found it daddy!!

Daddy, will you help me cut it?

And some obligatory birthday shots.
My mom makes me these awesome mint brownies every year, however, they must have not got the memo about my "real" age...

I love the movie Hocus Pocus, and was pretty excited to get it!

Mommies Check This Out

So this morning my sweet baby daughter is still asleep. It is currently 908A. She is up before the sun every.single.morning. However, yesterday after MOPs I noticed she was running a fever. (My sincerest apologies to the other children in there with her, she was not "sick" before we went.) Yesterday it spiked to 102/103* and only dropped to around 101* with Tylenol. But she ran around like a crazy child yesterday all day, so it's hard to say...

This is not my point or what I wanted you to check out. I have some time to kill this AM and was catching up on blogs {since I myself am so tired I have been hitting the sheets by 800/830P every night I can!}, which led to blog hopping. I stumbled upon this blog: (click on it and it should take you there)

GIRLTALK

It had a bunch of scriptural/devotional motherhood thoughts laid out, under her "Current Series" image. I was definitely uplifted today by her words and scripture she has pointed me to today.
I hope you too will find it useful and feel encouraged in your journey of motherhood (at least for today)!

PS I am also going to put it on my blog roll under favorites, so you can always find it if your forget to "follow" her.

Blessing Box

It's the day to spill out your blessings!

Here are just a few of mine.

1. Cousins. These two girls are 6ish weeks apart and they are like sisters! Thank goodness Lo has some kind of sister in her life since she won't be getting one. ;) Sadly, Landrey lives WAY TOO FAR, but when she and her mommy come home it is so much fun! They just pick up right where they left off! I love them both to pieces!

The following photos are NOT staged, they did that all on their own, which makes it all the more precious!

2. My hubs who has been helping me out a lot in the evenings when I leave to go work Judgment House. Plus, he is always sneaky and leaves me little gifts or treats around. I wish I was more like that!

3. All the salvation's we have had through Judgment House! Last count as of Sunday night 393! That just makes me thrilled to no end!!
For those of you who don't know what JH is, it is a walk-through drama that shows you two different lives and their choices that lead them to their judgment day, one accepted Christ and goes to Heaven to be with our Lord and Savior, and the other sadly chose not to accept Jesus' free gift of salvation and now has to spend eternity in Hell. You walk through both Heaven and Hell and see how they will be spending eternity. It is a very intense drama, but oh so worth it. It makes me think every year about how a simple choice of accepting Christ changes your life forever, and it makes me want to make sure everyone I know comes with me to Heaven, I don't want anyone to spend a moment in Hell!!

4. My MOPs group. I just love getting together with other mom's of young children and talking about Jesus, life, and kids. I love how we encourage and build each other up to make it through another week.