October fun!

Finally a day with a little sunshine, so we headed out to the yard to play. What a wonderful day!!

My handsome little men!!!

a special gift from "Josh the Carrot"

Well if you remember back to my post about "Josh the Carrot" coming to have lunch with us one day, you'll get a kick out of this story.

"Josh the Carrot" happened to mysteriously drop off a present for Cayden. Rang the doorbell and was gone....hmmm...He brought Cayden this Veggie Tales book. My first question was 1) how is "Josh the Carrot" so sneaky
2) How in the world did he know that Cayden LOVES Veggies Tales??

Well Cayden was all grins when he had a gift from "Josh the Carrot" and then the phone rang and he thought it was "Josh the Carrot" calling him...um no...sorry buddy.

"Josh the Carrot" even included a personally written card for Cayden...wow, he's good!!

Auntie Heather, cousins Kole & Beau happened to stop by later in the evening with a bunch of games and books. Cayden couldn't wait to show them what he got from "Josh the Carrot"

:) Good times...and a good story for later. (in case you haven't figured it out yet check out Heather's blog: http://farmchick04.blogspot.com/ )

Wordless Wednesday!!

National Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Day!

Today is National Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Day! In remembrance of the many babies who have been lost due to stillbirth, miscarriage, SIDS, ectopic pregnancy or infant death my friend Lorisa & I put on a memory program and balloon release in honor of those loved ones. Here are Lorisa & I with all the balloons

The tables all set (this is for you Steph since you couldn't be here with us)
October was deamed National Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awarenss Month in 1988 by President Ronald Regan. If you want more information on this month & October 15th specifically you can go to www.october15th.com to read more.

We'll be lighting a candle tonight at 7pm for an hour in remembrance of all the babies who went to heaven too soon. Please join us. I wanted to remember today in honor of my niece Amanda Joy, baby bean, Nadine Ranee, and all the other babies who have been miscarried & stillborn. Needless to say, it was a very emotional morning.

We watched the video "Held" by Natalie Grant and read a couple of poems (if you want them just let me know & I'd be happy to share)

Then Lorisa told us her story about Isabella who would be 4 in January and her miscarriage. Then she read a poem and we had some discussion time.

After that I read another poem and then we watched the video "99 Balloons". We filled out these cards and attached them to our balloons. I did a balloon for Amanda Joy, baby bean, Nadine Ranee, Ma Klatt's miscarriage, and a friends miscarriages.

We closed in prayer, then we went outside & read the balloon release poem, posed for a picture and then released our balloons.

Releasing balloons.

Lorisa reading the balloon peom. (thanks so much for sharing that with us Jen - you have been such a blessing, I really appreciate all your help)

Me about to release my balloons.

All the balloons!

We are hoping to make this a yearly event and hoping to do a walk next year with balloon release! Thanks to all the mama's who showed up, I hope it blessed you.

Wordless Wednesday

flash to the past

Oh my, how cute are they???

I love you mom & dad!!!

Football!!

We went to Minot today to watch cousin Chance play football. It was FREEZING out, but still so fun to watch! Prestyn all bundled and watching the game:

Cayden just ran & ran & ran in the open field! He loved it!
Uncle Ryan, Daddy, Cayden, Prestyn and Nana! :)

Chance's football team - he's #69 on the far right!

Of course Uncle Ryan had to spoil the boys with the biggest suckers he could find!