FUN!

After a couple weeks of being sick and 2 trips to the doctor, I am finally feeling better. I was ready to have some fun! I found the cutest fall craft in the Family Fun Magazine and we had a blast playing with the paint. I colored a tree with brown marker, then I made a template so Ethan could paint the leaves with a sponge to make a tree!

This was our final product below. Turned out great we made aunt Tiffany one to put up in her room.

We finally got to go pick out some pumpkins! I didn't take the camera with me because I sometimes get so caught up in taking pictures that I miss just being with my family. But, I couldn't resist not taking pictures of Ethan's first pumpkin carving. He wasn't in to sticking his fingers in the pumpkin. It was so slimy!

I finally got him a big spoon and he went to town, while John started carving!

If you can't tell we carved a cross in our pumpkin. It just reminds me to shine the light of jesus on all holidays. We had such a great time, I even made some sweet and spicy pumpkin seeds. They were YUMMY!

More than Allergies!

Ethan had 103.5 fever saturday night and still running fever this morning. We went to see Dr. Sawyer this morning. His eyes had been watering and matting up. The Diagnosis.... ear infection, cold with an eye infection. Flu Screen negative (YES) So after antibiotics for both eyes and ears we hope to be getting on the road to recovery soon. Maybe I will have a healthy & happy picture to post of us next time.

Allergies- Achoooo!

Well we have been battling with allergies this week. At least Ethan and I have. John feels fine. I finally had enough (after dealing with it off and on for about 3 weeks) I called the Dr and got right in. She gave me a steriod shot (which my mom swore would help) and recommended some allergie meds. I started Zyrtec and continued my Nasonex. 2 days later still feeling the same as I did when I walked into the office. I am now slowly starting to be able to walk around without having a Puffs (with lotion) kleenex box at my side.

Ethan has felt about the same or not worse than me. I then discovered he started running a fever at noon today. Never the less.. we were suppose to be at John's sister's wedding at 4pm, instead chillin' at home on the couch. So..... we do hope that we get to feeling better soon.

A Letter

I had the opportunity to attend a "Women of Faith" in August. They talked a lot about World Vision and child sponsoring. I decided to sponsor a child! That weekend I picked out "Faith"! She is from Uganda. I felt like this would be a great opportunity for our family to have someone to pray for each night. I also thought it would be good for Ethan to learn more about the different kind of children that God designs! We have already had so much fun. We have a picture of her on the fridge and we pray for her daily. I sent her a note and a picture of us about a month ago.

Today I received a note from her. It blessed my soul! The most exciting thing that she wrote was "I am a christian and a sunday school member of my local church. We are taught that Jesus loves children like me and that's why he died for our sins." WOW....

I want to encourage you to take part in World Vision if you are looking for another opportunity to give back to the Lord. Here is there website

http://www.worldvision.org

Jesus said, "... whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me." Matthew 18:5

* FALL *

We have been so excited that fall is here. We have been enjoying the cooler temperatures. Ethan helped me put out all of our fall decor last week. We hope to go pick out some pumpkins soon to help decorate the front yard. I love to have the opportunity to share all the fun things about fall with my family. I hope fall brings some new adventures for your family too!!