Little Haunts

We have enjoyed going to the Little Haunts at This Is the Place State Park for the last 5 years. Abigail looks forward to this. If you have not gone you really need to take your kids.
They get to go Trick or Treating throughout the whole [ark
There is pony rides, petting zoo, crafts, and two trains to ride.
They also can pan for gold and there is a candy cannon.

Breakfast with a Witch

Our Halloween tradition. 

Breakfast with a Witch

So much fun, Miss Abigail LOVES going! 

Carmen

I hate that Abigail has grown up so fast. These last 9 years has gone by really fast. Faster then I like! There are many days I wished Abby would still fit in my arms or that I would be able to pick her up and carry her in my arms. I am still lucky that she LOVES to have cuddles and will still kiss and hug me in front of people! 

I have no control over how fast time goes by so I do get to enjoy all the fun activities and things we get to do together as a family now that she is getting old enough and has matured. 

Today was one of those days! Dad and I was happy to be able to share our love of the Opera with her.

It so happened that one of our favorites was playing this season. Carmen

We were both a little hesitant to take her because it is a long opera. 3 hours! She has been to the symphony a handful of times and last year went to a few ballets. She seen Romeo and Juliet and The Nutcracker. The Symphony's she has gone to are more family related so people are a little bit more open to children who can't sit still for hours or whisper a little to loud.  

I am proud to say she did wonderful and LOVED it as much as us! I love that she likes the Ballet, Symphony and Opera at 8 years old.  One of her favorite things to do at home is have her piano music on while she relaxes in her bath.

Little gardener

Abigail's hard work finally paid off! She has tried to plant sunflowers for a few years but something always happens to the plants.  This year she was full of luck. She got 3 great sunflowers out of the 6-7 that grew! She spent a bit of time harvesting the seeds and then we soaked and roasted them! She was a proud girl!  

Family foundation

As we are slowly packing our home up I came across our wedding flowers that have been sitting in a box since 1998. 

I also had a wreath my sister Becky made us with some of our wedding flowers also that just had seen it's last days on our wall. 

I couldn't get it to come clean anymore and it had started falling apart. I talked with Don and told him we should just throw them away. They had already pretty much been sitting in a box for 20 years why keep them to sit around another 20 or so years. Don had said he would think about it. A few days later Don had a great idea for our new home. He wanted us 3 to think about what we feel is important to and represents our family. After talking for a bit we headed to Hobby Lobby and and let Abigail pick out a wooden box that she could paint. Then we headed to the jewelry isle and picked out charms we felt represented what is important to us as a family. So we picked these charms out and along with our wedding flowers we drove out to our construction sight and buried the box with the charms and our wedding flowers. 

Under what will be our foundation.

My bouquet from our wedding
these represents the beginning of our journey 
(our foundation)

The wooded box Abigail picked out.
 She spent a lot of time painting it to be perfect.

The charms and what they represent to us 

~Compass~

To guide us, give us direction, and to keep us on the right direction so we don't loose our way

~To the Moon and Back~

Part of our family motto

 I LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK

~Infinity~

For our never ending love. Our family is bound for all eternity

~Dream catcher~

To remember to always follow our dreams 

and let nothing stand in the way

~Wish~

If you know Abigail you know of her love for dandelions. 

She has always called them wishes and has brought 

Don and I many of these over the years. 

Abigail is our "BIGGEST" wish that came true

 ~Angel~

My dad. Because he is always watching over us.

~Let the Lord be with Us~

The Lord to watch over us and guide us. 

We will miss our Sunday's  at Mountain Vista United Methodist Church

We have made many friends and are active in many of the activities and services.

We plan on attending every other Sunday here is WJ and every other Sunday in our new area. 

~Heart~

To  remind us to be true to our heart and stay faithful to ourselves

~Red Rose~

For our everlasting love that keeps on blooming

~United States~

To remember to keep those who fought 

and continue to fight to for our freedom. 

Freedom to be different, safety, hope, respect, to never take advantage of what we have. To be thankful. 

~Keys~

To unlock the doors that stand in our way 

of making our dreams come true

Abigail and Dad hard at work digging.

 

 We were really unsure of what to call this. 

We have been saying it is our 

"foundation" under our "foundation"

I love, love, LOVE, my family!