Howdy folks :)
Well, the pictures uploaded backward through the month...so, we are going to roll with it, due to time being such a precious commodity in our current season of life and the season of holiday gatherings and festivities. Enjoy the Blazes of October!
...Jadon has been enjoying doing some hog hunting...
...Jadon and Kirk have so enjoyed helping Mondays with these kids...
...Janessa opening some gifts for her birthday before some friends had to leave...
...blowing the candles out...
...celebrating her 8th birthday with some friends...
...HOW can she be 8?!?!?!? It felt like just yesterday I was headed into the hospital to deliver her and then the months after pacing the floor with her colic issues...and BAM...she is already 8 and that season of survival and endurance is a memory. It makes one really focus on being intentional when you pause to think just how fast time does fly...we LOVE her!!!
...brother reading and snuggling littlest sister...
...some photos captured of the eclipse...
...splitting a donut with a friend while waiting for the rest of our crew to be ready to leave church...
...she asked if I could get donuts and bring them for her 8th birthday to campus/classroom day a CCA...you know I am sure they helped them get a better grade on their math test ;D...
...her fellow campus day classmates at CCA...
...friends waiting for brothers to finish a 5k...
...ORNERY...
...Gray didn't have a rider at riding lessons one day, so KeKe got to ride on him with me leading him around the arena...she absolutely loved it and rode for 40 minutes...
...this great group of guys ran the Puttin' Out the Fire 5K for firefighters...this is post-race...
...Kirk finished 3rd in his age group...
...Jadon finishing 1st in his age group and 3rd overall...
...power to the finish line...
...prerace for the 5K...
...celebrating Jadon's 18th birthday!!...blowing out the candles...
...happy birthday to you...
...love this guy...
...18!!!! I do not like how time can be a thief...it was just yesterday he was a determined, strong-willed tike...we love him more than he will know! We are thankful for his desire to be an intentional, purposeful, entrepreneur, pursuing a Christ-filled life young man who also has a tender and compassionate heart...you are a blessing to life, our family, and those around you Jadon...
...friends...
...KeKe loved hanging out with this sweet gal at a Logos Online School Fellowship...
...part of the group at the Logos Online Fellowship...
...we had a flock of whistling ducks hang out on our pond for a couple of days...they are such neat ducks!...
...listening to an audiobook before bedtime...sisters...
...this was such a FUN presentation done for the chapel at CCA campus day!...
...Janessa and her Daddy doing this week's Bible card presentation...
...Mango...if you know this cat at all, you will know his name is PERFECT for him :)...
...Kirk is in a baking club through Logos Online School...we have been having many yummy baked goods being made in our house...maybe not the best for the waistline :S...
...a Chocolate Zucchini Cake recipe from a great aunt...
...Ube cupcakes...literally some of the best cupcakes EVER!...
...reading books and getting warm, as the oldest sister waits to head to campus day...
...we stopped to pick up honey...which turned into pictures with the pumpkins, which turned into buying a couple of pumpkins :D...
...my errand side-kick...she is kind of cute...
...a treat earned to Over The Rainbow ice cream...do you think they are enjoying it?...
...hmmmm, she said she was going to play with them on the fireplace...I then found this, lol!...
...KeKe's creation with the velcro balls...
...Jadon has started carving spoons...the more he practices the better they get...
...he also did a 'spork'...it's in the middle...
...a science experiment...
...we let the celery stalks soak up water with dye for a couple of days...
...a beautiful day for a riding lesson...
...pics of our time spent with a sweet family that is great friends in Amarillo...we went out to eat together, after church, before heading back to Brownwood...
...we stopped at a plant nursery that had this huge gorilla...
...Cadillac Ranch...was interesting...
...hiking in Palo Duro Canyon with friends that we went to visit for the weekend...
...I know for sure the picture below was taken and edited by Kirk...
...some of the caves in the canyon...
...a sweet smile...
...a poisonous centipede...the thing was huge!!!...
...great friends...
...sweet view...
...the 'feathered' sky in some of these pics is absolutely gorgeous..."The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork." Psalm 19:1...
...it was a fun weekend...
Love to all and I hope your autumn blazes are beautiful!
A few quotes for thought:
"People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits and their habits decide their futures."
~F.M. Alexander
"A great oak is only a little nut that held its ground."
~anonymous
"One way to have a better world is to be kinder than is necessary."
~anonymous
"Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood."
~Helen Keller
"Gratitude is the foundation for joy and contentment."
~andy andrews
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