Fall Festival

This is Ella Joy's friend, Jude. We are friends with his parents from college and they invited us tho their Fall Festival. We had a blast guys and thanks for the invitation!

Trying on the costume.

Ella Joy was a chicken or a duck. I think the costume is a chicken one, but when she saw it and we put it on her she said duck & that is fine with me. She wears the costume making the quack, quack sound. She doesn't mind wearing the outfit, but she won't wear the feet or the head part. I have tried numerous times to get 1 picture with her fully dressed and that just isn't happening. So with out further I a due I give you our little chicken aka duck......

Happy Plate

Many of you know that Ella Joy's favorite food are chicken nuggets and fish sticks. Occasionally she will eat other things, but I don't count on her trying new things. I fixed a south of the border casserole the other night and she cleaned her plate! I was so thrilled and proud at the same time. That means she ate yellow rice, hamburger meat, cheese and tomatoes. I was so excited I took a picture of her happy plate.

Carving the Pumpkin

Trey brought home a pumpkin today. I was so excited and anticipating Ella Joy's reaction to carving the pumpkin. I'll just go ahead and admit that I was way more into it than Ella Joy. I was looking forward to carving it and telling Ella Joy how we are like pumpkins and that when God calls us to Himself, He gives us a new heart and cleans us out (all the pumpkin seeds inside the pumpkin). He then gives us the Holy Spirit so that our light can shine for all men to see (the pumpkin with a candle in it). She could have cared less about carving the pumpkin or even what I was saying. My hope is that we will continue to expose her to the Gospel and present it to her in any and every way. I know she doesn't comprehend now, but oh the day when she does! Here are some pictures from our carving.

Ride Little Horsey

What Have We Been Up To Latley?

My 2 favorite people!


Ella Joy looking at the giraffes.

Well, volleyball season is officially over for us. It ended last week when we lost in area. It is a bitter sweet feeling. Bitter because as a coach, you want to be successful and you want your team to be successful. You want it for the girls that you coach, not for yourself. But I am so glad to be with my family! I love being able to pick up Ella Joy from school and coming home to prepare dinner for us. It is delightful!

We went to the Zoo this past weekend. We enjoyed watching Ella Joy's reaction to all the animals. She loved seeing the lions & tigers. She liked the monkeys too. It was a beautiful day outside and it was wonderful to be together as a family.