New Shoes

Brett took Cole with him to a conference he's preaching at this week and tonight he forwarded me a video he took on his phone. Apparently, they went shopping and Cole got a new pair of shoes . . .he was so excited, can you tell? Preacher's boy's got some moves!

Cole loves to play Spiderman . . .here he is shooting his web at the ducks.

I love fall colors!

Last weekend, we went to the Franklin Cider Mill for fresh doughnuts and apple cider. Cole said, "This pumpkin is weird." Someone said it looks like he's holding a frog, but it was just a gourd.




He couldn't bite into the apple since his teeth are missing, so he settled for scraping the caramel off instead.

I've been a bad blogger lately. If not bad, at least inconsistent. Sometimes I would rather have photos I could post than having to come up with my own "entertaining" text, and since my camera battery charger was missing for awhile, I failed to keep up with the blog. So, here is a compilation of things that have been going on the past month:

• Our old house is finally back on the market. Terrible timing, yes, but it's been a year since we moved out of it and it's time to get it off our hands. However, it has been completely redone, correctly this time, and is probably in better shape than it has ever been since construction. Gloria has put in countless hours scrubbing and painting and getting it ready, and I've managed to help her on a few occasions! It has new paint and new carpet from top floor to the basement. I'm hoping it sells quickly.
• The kids are in full school mode. Connor is working on staying on task during writing time (his mind tends to wander), Molly is doing well on her work as long as she can find it, and Baylea fills me in daily on the drama of being a fourth grade girl. Remember the days when you couldn't be friends with someone because your one friend got mad at the other friend, and then she told this boy that and he told his friend this, and then she told that one girl that she was being mean, and . . .yes, I remember those days and I don't miss them. We keep telling Baylea to stay away from the drama and make sure she is friendly to all kids in her class at all times. Sometimes the meanest kids are the most insecure and they are just needing someone to be nice to them for a change. I pray that Baylea will be that person to someone else.
• We are getting plans laid out for our missons trip to Croatia next summer. It's looking like it will be an awesome trip, and we'll have lots of opportunity to witness to people and help out one of the local missionaries there. Keep praying that costs can be kept to minimum.
• Mandy, a friend I've known all my life, got married last weekend. From the pictures I've seen, it was a gorgeous wedding. It looks like it was lots of fun and my mom said it was beautiful. She heard that the video played at the rehearsal dinner contained a lot of pictures of us growing up . . .I would love to see it somehow. Does anyone know who has it?
• Things are great at church. Brett just finished a fantastic series in Philemon, and has now started a marriage series, which promises to be profitable. Discipleship is growing steadily and the only thing I can complain about at the moment is the rapid spreading, congestive head-cold bug that has infiltrated the toddler department. Everyone should start bringing their own boxes of Kleenex!

Not much else for now. I may post a pic or two later today, we'll see.