blessing our new home....

We asked our friends and family to send us bible verses for our new home....thank you to everyone for their love and prayers as we begin this new journey.

 (Michael had to write on his wall....)

showing off....

We got to spend the Labor Day weekend with Uncle Ryan and Aunt Maggie.  The boy had no problems showing off his stuff....

the life of a boy mom...

We took Michael to see our local high school football team play in a scrimmage the other night. The boy loved it!!

 Since then, he wants to play 'tackle' all the time! So daddy decided he'd teach him how to snap the football....

I guess he remembers watching the Indians put on their pads and Derek talking about it because he informed us the other night (while playing tackle) that he needed his pads!  We haven't talked about him having pads at all.  So, I told him that he'd have to be a good boy and we'll ask Santa!

duck pond...

I have always heard about the duck pond in our neighboring town to the south.  My friend Amy and I have talked all summer about taking the kids over there to let them feed the ducks and play on the playground.  (summer is almost over....but we finally did it!)

When we first go there, the ducks attacked our car (well, it looked like they were going to attack)!!  So we fed them from inside!!  Finally, other people came and dumped huge bags of bread out, so the ducks let us get out.

melon jello....

Do not give me any credit for this creation!  I first got the idea from my friend, Stephanie.  She got it from this blog.

I thought I could try it, and it turned out ok.....
First you get any melon you want, I chose cantaloupe.  You hollow out the insides.

 Then fill it with jello (that you were making while hollowing out the insides).  Then I put small cut up strawberries and blueberries in it.

 Wrap it up (in your favorite snowflake Press 'n Seal) and refrigerate over night.

 Cut it up and eat away...

(p.s. I don't cook, so if I can do it, it's gotta be easy!!)