Fall is here!

After lunch today, Daniel and I took a short walk. I love fall. There is nothing better than that slight crispness in the air! We are going apple picking in a few weeks, and I am looking forward to having Daniel along this year. He is old enough to enjoy some "bites" of apple--2 teeth have come through.

9.25.09 Ups and Downs

A wonderful friend of mine does this on her blog, so I thought I would try it :P. I am not consistent at updating our blog, so don't get your hopes up that this will change that :).

UP: Daniel's first tooth popped through last Sunday, sometime between morning and evening. He is so much fun, climbing all over EVERYTHING!

UP: It is the weekend!

UP: I bought a new Electric floor mop.

DOWN: It is still in the box

DOWN: Laundry is piling up (Well, it is clean, it just needs to be folded and put away); My floors need cleaning.

UP: We enjoyed a date at Olive Garden last night. Dan had the never ending pasta bowl, and I had my favorite Braised beef and tortellini!

Off now to fold laundry! Love these late Friday nights. I think our goal is to leave in time for the conference tomorrow morning and go by Chickfila to use our free biscuit coupon...yum!

Myrtle Beach....R&R

We have had a great vacation in Myrtle Beach. It has been so nice to be able to relax. We have a great view of the ocean from our condo. Ryan and Amy Hegreness flew down from Vermont to join us for the week (ok, maybe we joined them...or we all decided to go together???). Rachael, Benton, Alli and Sarah came down for a couple of days, so we had 3 kiddos together. Super fun. And of course, no vacation would be complete without Krispy Kreme, hot and now!

One of the "saddest" and happiest parts of working with the teens at church is watching them "grow up" and move on to the college stage of life. As I have been watching this happen, it has caused me to think ahead to that time when we will have to let Daniel go. My prayer is that God will give us the wisdom and the discipline to rear Daniel in Truth. I love 3 John 1:4 "I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth." This would be my prayer for Daniel, that he would walk in truth. What a privilege and responsibility it is to be a parent!

Creation Museum

We took our teens to the Creation Museum in KY this past week. It was a great trip, well worth every moment. You leave the museum with such a reminder of Who our God is and the awesome privilege it is to be His child!