Purses for Paws

My wonderful cousin is a consultant for Thirty-One Gifts. This month she's hosting a special called Purses for Paws to help a local no-kill animal shelter. Please visit her blog and take a look :-)

Out in the Country

Chris had Monday off of work for Columbus Day so we decided to take a trip with some friends of ours. After meeting up at our house we decided to grab a bite to eat on the way. While Chris and I searched the gps for something of interest (we were thinking just something quick) J saw a sign for this place. I absolutely <3 Cracker Barrel! Since J had never eaten here before (practically un-American, right? hehe) it was decided. After a short wait J was able to see the magic that is Cracker Barrel. Cute store, sweet people, absolutely delicious food at amazing prices! She loved it! :-) Onto our first stop!

Our first stop was Hartland Orchard. Sadly, our trip here was cut short. Most of the apples had already fallen from the trees (who am I kidding... ALL of them had fallen) and the ones that were on the ground were rotten. After wandering through the orchard and being eaten up by bugs (seriously the stink bugs and bees were UNREAL!!) we decided we needed to leave and head to our second stop. This is definitely a place we'll visit again but earlier in the season (strawberries in May? Yes, please!).

Our second stop was Cox Farms. In hindsight, we should have made this our first stop. There was so much to do and was great watching our friend's son, N, run around and having a blast :-) Here's some of the photos from the evening:

Just an overview of some of the things to do

Me and my adorable Monkey

D and his beautiful children

Piggies!

Daddy and Monkey

N absolutely LOVED all the slides!

Miss L... how beautiful are her eyes?

As much as I miss San Diego (and that's a TON!) I do love fall out here. Happy fall everyone :-)

My hubby...

the comedian!

So I snapped a photo of Aiden this afternoon (he has some of the funniest faces when he's pooping... gross? perhaps... but absolutely hilarious!). Anyway, this is what I get sent back to me

*sigh* Absolutely hilarious... way to go darling!

Dedicated?

Someone asked me today if we were planning on christening Aiden. My response? No, we're not Catholic (this is strictly a Catholic thing, right?). This started the discussion (again) between Chris and I about dedicating Aiden.

Christening is defined as: the ceremony of baptizing and naming a child.

Child Dedication is defined as: a ceremony in which believing parents, and sometimes entire families, make a commitment before the Lord to submit a child to God's will and to raise that child according to God's Word and God's ways.

By the above definition does this NEED to be done in public? Is there a NEED for this to be done in the church, in front of people that we don't know (or barely know)? Or is it just necessary to make the commitment? If the thought is to have the church (or people) hold you accountable to your promise to raise your child in a Christian household then why not just make the dedication (or promise) to those that you care about... family... friends... those that have a vested interest in seeing you raise your child right? Would it be the same to ask someone you know, say... a cousin, to personally hold you responsible for this instead of people you barely know? Chances are I'd be more likely to listen to the thoughts and opinions of someone I trust and love vice someone that I feel may just be judging me because they don't know me as well.

Just some thoughts about this that I'm having. Does the Bible say we are to dedicate our children? I must investigate... and pray about this...

On the same subject... are God Parents strictly a Catholic thing too? hmm....

Life is hard enough for my little guy... does he need to worry about this too?

New job prospects?

Yes, please!

Hubby put in for a new job this weekend. He's perfectly qualified for it (probably overly so) and the raise would definitely help with paying off bills...

What is this job you ask? Why it's the EXACT job he is currently doing only as a government employee instead of a contractor. So see... he really is perfect for it... hehe... ;-)

Here's to praying for God's will and guidance in this matter.

Drum Roll Please...

So Christmas has come and gone and it was filled with great time with the family! We were so excited to have Logan with us for the holiday once again, especially this year. We headed home to Indy once again to spend it with Chris' family. Our usual 9 hour trip turned into almost 11.5 with an 8 year old, snow and traffic... it was a rough trip to say the least! But we made it in one piece :-) The weekend was filled with smiles, laughter, and lots of memories!

The best part came on Christmas Eve when we asked mom and dad to open 1 gift each from us... dad opened his and was completely lost... but when mom opened hers and saw the bib she was super excited. Yup, you read that right, bib! WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BABY!! We're super stoked and couldn't be more excited with this wonderful blessing!

Now to get in to see a doctor... the Navy seems to be ok with taking their sweet time at getting patients in to see someone so we shall play the hurry up and wait game. Until then, we're cherishing every moment! I'm trying to take better care of myself, I just received 2 pregnancy workout dvd's in the mail so I can start those and have no fear of doing exercises that may harm me or the baby-bean during pregnancy.

Onto starting the New Year off with a clean slate :-)




<3 *B*