Halloween

This year we had a little halloween party at our house with all of our family. We had dinner then went trick or treating. Once again, we had a lot of fun!

Kaysia as Dorothy

Me and the kids, Kaysia wasn't happy if you can't tell.

The Chunky Monkey! Soooo DANG cute! (I am not sure why his eye looks funny in the pic though??

My and the monkey!

Kyson is 3!!

Kyson turned 3 on October 10th. I can't believe it!! He wanted a spiderman birthday so I went all out! When he woke up on this birthday the house was all decorated for his birhtday. We had all of our family here and had a blast.

And what would be a spiderman party without spidy himself?!




The cake I made (with a little help from my dad, the artist)






All the kiddos on my side of the family.

Growing so fast.....

Camden is such a sweet and happy baby. He brings so much joy in our family! It makes me so sad to see how fast he is growing, but very thankful that he is happy and healthy!



Playing in his jumper





Such a happy boy!!

Zoo Trip

We went to the zoo a few times this year. The kids really like to see all of the different animals.








Ice Cream break.....YUM!!




Camden just chillin.




Kaysia Posing....she is so silly!

The Duck Pond

We had a lot of fun this summer. It went by WAY too fast!! We found a really cool place to feed ducks. There are sooooo many of them. On this day we went through 4 loaves of bread in about 20 minutes. It is interesting, there are so many colors and sizes. I never knew ducks had personalities! Some were shy and some were pushy and bossy. Another duck would not eat the bread off the ground, he had to catch it in his mouth and then would wag his butt in grattitude! It was hilarious!
I can't wait until the spring so we can visit them often!



I love this picture of the odd ball duck in the middle of the group!




Kyson wasn't sure what to think of them all surrounding us.



Camden just sat in his stroller wondering what all the quacking was about.


This guy was eating the bread out of my hand, I couldn't feed him fast enough. I was afraid he was going to bite me! We had a lot of fun!

Love Since Birth.....

My good friend had a baby boy 2 months before I had Kaysia. Even though they live in another state, Kaysia still seems to have a connection with this little boy. We recently visited them and Kaysia had a secret to tell me. "I love Carter so much!", she told me. It is so cute to see them together.


Carter and Kaysia as chubby little babies

Kaysia going in for a wet kiss

Carter and Kaysia 2007



2008

Once again, the little love birds holding hands. AWWWW!

Deep in Thought

In the year 2007 I watched the American Idol Gives Back episode and forever have been changed. I don't know how many of you saw that one but it was heart wrenching for me to say the least. I always knew there were children in this world suffering, I guess I just never put actual faces to the situation until then. I was moved, I checked into adoption and I just really wanted to help more than the 25 bucks I donated. I have talked about adopting children from other countries ever since. (I don't think Jason understands how serious I really am when I talk about it). Anyway, then I met this lady yesterday. She is an amazing person and a great mother of two adopted boys, who can't have children of her own. I never asked her why she couldn't but from what I gathered, her eggs are fine and her husband can fertilize. She just had a failed attempt at envitro, the eggs were great, they just didn't survive in her. She was devistated. So here I am again, thinking "I could help this couple and be a surrogate mother." Once again another situation brought to me making my little brain think of how I can change the world for them. I think I could really do it, knowing I could give them their world almost effortlessly. (not that being pregnant is a walk in the park, but it really is nothing compared to what they have endured emotionally).

So the burning question is.......Will I change the life of a child somewhere out there and give them opportunity to live and thrive and be a part of a family? Will I take the gift of bearing children that God has given me, and give back to a deserving couple that would appreciate nothing more then to look into the eyes of child that was created from them? I really want to use this life that God has blessed me with and change the lives of even just the smallest number of people. Time will tell and God will lead me to do the things that I need
to do in this life.