Fun at the fire station...

Anyone else LOVE Christmas?

This is a "nothing to do with this post" picture... but cute, none-the-less! And yes, this is a picture taken on "Auto" and using a "flash!" Eech!

I know this song (God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by Barenaked Ladies)  is WAY early... but it is a great version of a favorite Christmas song of mine! I actually have it on my iPod and listen to it all year! :)  

Just wondering if anyone else loves Christmas music as much as I do? I usually put my cd's in the car in Oct... and listen to them until Glenn MAKES me take them out (like sometime in March!!!)

Daddy & his little girl...

Cheerios and Camping out...

Earlier today, Daniel came running down the hall. He was laughing and said Naomi had got the box of Cheerios out of the cupboard and poured them all out! Of course, I imagined a complete mess on the kitchen floor... nope! Actually, she had very carefully poured them all out onto a plate! :) Pretty good for a two year old! I was impressed and couldn't help but giggle! 

As for Daniel... He got a Cars tent and sleeping bag this summer... Tonight, we finally set up the tent! Guess where he is sleeping tonight?  He LOVES the movie Cars! He can recite lines from the movie and loves this song... sung in the movie by Rascal Flatts!

Oh... Even though I was tempted...I would NEVER try taking a picture of Naomi at night! :) Daniel will sleep through anything... Not Naomi!

Update...

Here is a link to this precious family's blog. They have decided NOT to go private and are asking for as many prayers as they can gather! Please spread the word! 

Room For At Least One More...

Many prayers for Susannah and her family!

Praying...

If you checked in on my blog earlier this morning... you may have noticed a picture of a beautiful little girl... This little girl and her family need alot of prayers right now. They are in China to bring home their daughter and are in need of some miracles. Please pray for the health of this little one and that God will get this family home. 

This family had a public blog... that went private. In respect for this family's privacy I removed the picture of their precious daughter.

Please pray for this family.

Who stole the cookie?

This is a picture I took... long after the crime! :)

Daniel & I made cookies today... yummy! After dinner I gave the kids each ONE cookie. As I was doing the dinner dishes, I saw Daniel finish HIS cookie, get down from his chair, walk around to Naomi's chair... reach up and steal HER cookie... and shoved the whole thing in his mouth at once! He had the guiltiest look on his face and a mouth full of cookie! Naomi was in shock and I had to bite my lip not to laugh out loud... I wish I had my camera to capture the look on his face! 

Running...

I feel like I am always running... somewhere! Life is pretty busy (but amazing!!!) these days. Here is a brief update on us!

Naomi is doing great! She turned TWO this past July. She amazes us daily with how much she is learning and growing! We have been home from China for about 10 months! WOW! She sleeps great (this week)... she has grown so big! She has gone from wearing 6-9 month old clothes to wearing 18-24 month old clothes! She has gained about 8 lbs. and grown about 4 inches in height! That is all in 10 months time!!! She has become so affectionate and loves to give kisses! She and Daniel have a very healthy "sibling" relationship! They bicker one second and are snuggling the next. She had her  cleft palate repaired last Feb. and has healed beautifully! She is in speech therapy once a week and is making great strides in language.

Daniel turned FOUR in July.  He is a complete sweetheart and is a silly boy! He makes me laugh all the time! He started back in preschool this week and is loving it! He had a hearing test last spring that indicated he needed to see a specialist... well, he was seen a couple weeks ago and the test was repeated. His hearing has gotten a bit worse. Upon examination, it was found he has something called a cholesteatoma in his left ear. Click on the word for a description... but what it means for him is that he will have a CT of his head on Sept. 22nd and surgery on Oct. 3rd to remove it. Please pray that it is not to invasive in the bones of his ear or his scull... we will know more after the CT. It is a benign finding... but could end up being multiple surgeries and permanent hearing loss in that ear. 

Glenn & I... well we are keeping busy running around after the kids! We are really hoping to sell the Coldstone Creamery in Chico, as it is a total drain of our time and emotions! Anyone interested!!!???? Glenn has had to spend alot of time up there recently, which is hard for him since he is back to work... Oh how we love Summer breaks! Oh, and back to "running..." really running, I mean! Well, I am NOT a runner, however, I have been challenged and inspired by my sister Lea! She is training for a 1/2 marathon! She is doing great! Well... I want to run too! So I am slowly beginning to run! :) FUN!!

That is us... in a nutshell! It was supposed to be a brief update... guess I am feeling wordy tonight...

Daniel's girl...

So fun to see the love and friendship grow between Daniel and his "best friend" Catherine over the last four years! Catherine is truly Daniel's "best" girl!

Cool Water...

My sweet Daniel picked this flower for me...

This is Daniel's serious, "No more pictures" look!