Enter....Christmas!

lol...i just posted yesterday but I always feel like Christmas officially begins at Thanksgiving. I forgot that I hadn't posted this picture. Last week we went to a seminar for Edward Jones and they had free pictures with Santa. Peter was enjoying hanging out, he kept laying back in his furry suit. That's all for now! Have a good day!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Haven't posted in a couple of weeks...I haven't taken any pictures lately and didn't have much new to say but here's whats been going on lately...Melchizedeck, our employee from Kenya for Operation H2o (www.operationh2o.org) is here for a couple of weeks. He is getting some training on a drilling rig we are hoping to buy and send to Kenya soon so we can drill a well in ONE day! It would be an incredible step for our organization.

Pete has been preaching a series on "I am Thankful.." He had challenged everyone to make a list of things we are thankful for and focus on one thing each day. He left me a note this morning that said that he had set aside this day a couple of weeks ago to just be thankful for Peter and I, and a whole bunch of sweet things that made me cry, and that he was taking the day off of work and going to make me breakfast. I have had a rough couple weeks and needed that so bad, especially to be reminded how blessed I am.

This year we are spending Thanksgiving in Pleasanton with Pete's family and will spend Christmas with mine. I am looking forward to hanging out at Pete's mom and dad's house tomorrow. I did not have to cook one single thing..pretty pathetic...just show up and eat. It will be so nice though.

Next week we will be taking Peter on his first airplane ride. Hope it goes well. He is sooo busy all of the time..never stops moving. I think it will be good. We are flying to Colorado. It can't be too bad. We DID just take a 15 hour road trip to Missouri and survived. We have some incredible friends who have a house in Colorado and are letting us stay there for a week. I hope my cell phone gets NO service..lol...jk..anyone is welcome to call.

Hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving!

6 months!

Peter turned 6 months old a week ago. Just in this last week it seems like he has learned so much. At his well visit our pediatrician told us to go ahead and start baby proofing the house because Peter will be on the move before long. I have a lot to baby proof...low shelves, cords, outlets, cabinets...I am so not ready for this. It is fascinating though to see how fast he changes. He is sitting alone now, still a little wobbly but for the most part he can catch himself. He is also getting up on his hands and knees.
This week is pretty busy with work but Wednesday we are going to my mom's. I made an appointment there to get my hair cut and highlighted which is always nice..I need it pretty bad. We are thinking about another road trip in December. Pete has some more vacation days that he can use before the end of the year and our friends have a house in Colorado that they are willing to let us use. We haven't really decided yet and are still tossing around the idea of buying plane tickets. I am not sure I can handle two 15 hour road trips in a month..lol.
Have a great day!

Fall Festival Pics

Our church fall festival was great this year. It is our second year to do it and it is crazy busy but so fun. We had between 3200-3500 people there this year at the park. Peter only was there for a little while but then stayed with Gran the rest of the night so I could work the gate. He was supposed to be a frog but it was about 85 degrees and the costume was like a snow suit. He just wore his "mummy loves me" outfit instead. Pete was in the dunking booth for half the night. :) We had Progeny and Ornan's Floor playing all night. They did great! Always good to see you guys! Here are a couple of pictures before the night got started.

Playing in the dunking booth...


Peter and "Cher"....lol