October's Turnings

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Hello to all in October's turnings to more and more autumn!  
We have been loving autumn weather!!  
We are completely into a routine with our school this year.
We celebrated two birthdays this month-wow, where has the time gone!
We definitely have our "daddy traveling" routine down when Jason is gone for work, and have a routine down once he has been home for a couple of days, but the transition days are hard!! 
God is good all the time...and we focus on Him!
Enjoy the snaps of October's turnings...
...Money, the calf is growing and is such a sweet fella...
 ...Nessa and I went walking one day and found these kittens...she tried to convince me to take "just one" home, I said no, but after thought...yeah I should of let her-lol ;)...they were so friendly...


 ...her "keep my hair out of my face" hair-do ;D...
 ...another martial arts tournament in San Angelo...
 ...one of our sweet Kansas friends came this weekend and got to go to the tournament with us and then to see San Angelo some with us...
 ...a store that had wind chimes bigger than a person...
 ...charcoal/clay face masks...Kirk got brave and did them with us-lol!...
...Cross Classical Academy Lake Days...
...it was a fun Saturday...started off pouring rain and then cleared off into a beautiful day...

 ...making wreaths for residents at a local nursing home at CCA Lake Day...
 ..."follow the leader" at CCA Lake Day...
 ...in the "Tower"...

 ...two friends :)...
...Jadon turned the BIG 13 this year!!  We asked g'pas/g'mas, uncles and some friends to give him wisdom, advice, and scripture for the future years...we printed everything off and presented it to him in a folder for him to read/ponder on now and the coming years...he wanted to have a few of his friends/families over for his birthday to celebrate at a later date...starting off on his actual birthday with a traditional cold cereal treat breakfast(they do not normally get this kind of cold cereal-lol ;))...
 ...starting his scavenger hunt for his birthday gift...
 ...getting closer...
 ...finding the gift of legos...
 ...celebrating with the group...


...the same day of Jadon's actual birthday saw me heading to western Oklahoma for 4 days of a Deeper Intensive at the beatutiful The Cedar Gate Ranch, it was a weekend of growth, challenge and going deeper with God...am so thankful that God allowed the door open and opportunity to go to this...
...the welcome board...
 ...one of the views...
 ...one of the cabins we stayed in...
 ...this fireplace was a gathering place of many of the weekend's sessions...
 ...another great session getting ready to start...
 ...all were all pretty much strangers when we arrived, but all left friends...
...it was a blessing of a weekend...
...one of the days I was gone, this is how she convinced her Daddy to let her nap-lol! ;)...
...we took a field trip day and went to the orchestra in Abilene...
...we are waiting for our lunch...
...two cuties...
 ...we swung by the Grace Museum and checked it out...

 ...and a park across the street that had many Dr Seuss statues...the kids thought it was neat...



...Janessa's 3rd birthday!!!  How can it be she is 3 already?!?!  Keeping with the birthday morning cold cereal treat :)...
 ...opening her gift...
 ...she was thrilled with books and some horses/stable...
...she wanted a pink cake, so together, her and I, we made an angel food cake that was GF/DF and then did pink DF frosting...
...she blew ALL the candles out by herself and was tickled over it...
 ...her choice of birthday activity was playing glow light tag in the dark...it was lots of fun and included some star gazing too...
...I took the boys to an evening to test their etiquette and experience some French food at The Harvest Restaurant...they loved the evening...
See you around and blessings as November enters into our schedules! 
We are purposing in November to pause and reflect all the goodness God has wrought! 
Blessings and love to all :)

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