Friday, October 31, 2008

Judson's Fall Party and Birthday Dinner

Jason was able to be at Judson's Fall party in his Kindergarten class.

Judson is enjoying eating his snacks.

Later that evening, our family celebrated Judson's 6th birthday with him. We had already had his birthday party with friends earlier in the month, but tonight we celebrated his life as a family. He chose to eat his birthday dinner at a local hamburger restaurant called Barnett's. After a heavy dinner of burgers and fries, we shared Judd's chocolate cake.


Mommy and the birthday boy.

Daddy and the birthday boy.

Field Trips ...

I was able to go with Judson on his first Kindergarten field trip. His class visited a pumpkin patch in Pea Ridge.

Here is the pumpkin Judson picked out...

Judson and his friends loved jumping off this hay stack.

Judson sat by his sweet friend, Kyra as they rode home from the field trip on the bus. Judd thinks the best part of a field trip is the bus ride! :)


I was also able to go with Jensen on her field trip to the Tulsa Zoo.


Here we are riding the train around the zoo. What a fun day!!! :)





Monday, October 27, 2008

Disciple Now 2008

Being in full time ministry is one of the biggest blessings in our lives. We are so thankful for the opportunity that God has given us to minister to students and their families. This past weekend we held our first Disciple Now since being in Siloam Springs. The theme for the weekend was "Give Me Your Eyes." The students broke off into age and gender specific groups and stayed in homes hosted by families in our church. Each group had a youth leader that led them through deeper discipleship that focused on seeing people the way God see them. The band, Altered, from Memphis, Tennessee led us in a wonderful time of worship. Our speaker, Louis Brenton, led us during large group time. We had a great weekend and God was glorified in the lives of our students!!



Jason and I with the guys from Altered.

Jason and I with our sweet friends, Louis and Monica Brenton.


We were so blessed to have our friends and former students, Steve Hall and Kristin Hamilton join us for this amazing weekend. Steve led a 6th grade boys small group and Kristin spent the weekend with me as we visited each host home.



One of the highlights of the weekend was getting to spend some sweet time with my friends, Whitney McConathy and Kristin Hamilton. :)





Friday, October 17, 2008

Pumpkin Patch

Every year, we take the kids on our annual trip to the Pumpkin Patch. This year we went to Right Choices Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch in Southwest City, Missouri. We spent the whole day and had a wonderful time together.
Macy, Judson, Jensen, Parker, and Carter

The kids wait in line to slide down the slide on the wood mat.

Choo Choo... Riding the Cow Train


Hay Ride

Picking out pumpkins...





Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Judson's 6th Birthday Party


Yes, Judson will turn six years old at the end of this month. Because October's calendar is quickly filling up, we decided to have Judd's party a little early. The party was held at our local park. The trees were beautiful and the weather was perfect. We celebrated with a fall party and many of Judd's friend's came to celebrate with him.

Jason helps serve pizza and juice at the party.

Judd poses with his cousins and closest friends!

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Family, Fall, and Fun !!

I absolutely love Fall! It is my favorite time of year. I love it even more when I get to enjoy it with my family. :) My sisters and their children cam to visit us and we had such a wonderful time. Because our children are growing so fast, we decided to have their photo made together. Gina snapped this pic of the little ones while we were waiting for the photographer.

Such sweet cousins!!

Carter-3, Parker-4, Macy-5, Jensen-4, and Judson-5

Jackson-12 was not in the pic. :(


Everytime we are together, we try to do a fun activity together. Here we are painting pumpkins. I think the kids ended up with more paint on them than they did on their pumpkins! :)


We also visited a local pumpkin patch. Here are kids before spending the day at the pumpkin patch.

Jackson finally agreed to be in a picture for me! Here are the kids with their painted pumpkins, after their baths! :)