A Day With the Gray's

I know, I know! I have fallen far behind in bloggy land.  I am pretty sure I am down to maybe 2 followers:) What's the deal...  Well... It has absolutely nothing to do with  CRYING BABIES THAT HATE TO TAKE BATHS  OR FALL FESTIVALS   OR ZOO FIELD TRIPS     BONFIRE, BIRTHDAYS, AND LOTS OF FOOD AND FUN WOULD NEVER GET IN THE WAY..                  OR AFTER SCHOOL "I GOT NOTHING TO DO" BLUES   IT WOULD NEVER HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE FACT MY SON INSTEAD ON SPENDING EVERY WAKING HOUR OUTSIDE PLAYING...   OR TEACHING COLIN TO RIDE HIS BIKE   AND, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER WOULD SOCCER PLAY A ROLE IN IT.. OK, So maybe it does:) But, lets face it... sometimes there are just more things important than blogging and  These 3 blessings  have everything  to do with it!

 We had so much fun last night as our church family kicked off their new CD The God We Praise ! Much thanks to my boss  and coworkers for letting me leave work a little early:) Chad, Bethany, and I met up with the wonderful ladies from our small group at Dairy Queen for a little din din THEN we headed to the sanctuary for SUCH A NIGHT OF FUN!!  There is nothing like starting the service off with a little cell phone challenge and duct tape:) The elders were given a cell phone number and they had to call it and try to locate who's phone was ringing in the worship center...FUNNY! Some didn't even know how a cell phone worked! Then we moved on to the Duck Tape challenge! (Chad was chosen to participate in this challenge) The teams had a set amount of time to duct tape their elder to the columns in the church. Then.... We Waited.... to see who's elder fell first:) Sad to report Chad's team didn't win:( Is that fear on his face?!?! Great night full of friendship, fun, la...

Where is our Halloween Spirit!?!?!  We have been so busy that we have skipped a lot of our traditions this year! However we did make time for a little Halloween Craft: The Candy Corn Tree:) The kids had so much fun doing it and Dylan had so much fun eating it! Here is our finished product:)

Happy 6th Birthday Colin!! (September 7th) Happy 1st Birthday Dylan!! (September 16th) We celebrated at Chuck E. Cheese... WHAT FUN! The birthday boy got to take a turn in the Ticket Blaster. He ended up with 1300 tickets by the end of the night!  My other birthday boy taking a dive into his 1st birthday cake:)  It did not take long for him to get the hang of it!  The King of Chuck E. Cheese was crowned... Dylan was amazed by the show! All the kids gave Chuck E. a big goodbye hug!!  So, so much fun!!!! You can see more pictures on facebook. Oh, and what did he get with those 1300 tickets  (which cost mom and dad some big bucks!!) a Chuck E. Cheese stuffed animal a little basket ball and a plastic slinky!

Day 65 Deep in Thought

Day 64 Bath Time!

Day 63 Visiting Covered Bridge

Day 62 Peach Juice:)

Day 61 Someone got into my good lipstick and decided to make their self into a clown!

UPDATE: God has truly been glorified today. Thanks to the generosity of others the needs for Morning Star have been met today. There are still so many others that need help... here and around the world. Lets pray the Lord will guide us to make sacrifices in our very blessed lives to help those who are truly in need. Please be in prayer for our mission and how we can make changes in our lives to support them and truly follow God's command- to make disciples of all nations.   Dear Christian friends and prayer warriors, "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." Matthew 28:19 Right now, we have a brother and sister in Christ in need of help. They sacrificed the American Dream and moved their family to China to care for critically ill orphans and share the love of Christ. As we all know, when God's work is being done Satan loves to come in and make things difficult....

Day 60  A day at Sportsman's Lake 

Day 59 Hey mom! Take a picture of me resting! Ok, son:) Click! He is such a funny little boy=)

Day 59 Dylan falling asleep drinking his bottle:)

Day 57 A beautiful rainbow over the neighborhood! A sweet reminder of God's Promise:)

DAY 56  What is this child doing?? At first glance I thought he fell asleep in the floor... nope, he was just concentrating on more important things... I will let you figure that one out:)

Day 55 Another first... Dylan falling asleep in his high chair.  He was eating green beans and ravioli.

Day 54 Ok, so maybe if I keep it small she will be less mad at me:) Bethany doing a little reading before bed time!

Day 53 OK, so where am I supposed to sleep?!?! 

Day 52 Bethany and Payton (our neighbor) If you notice the lack of Bethany pictures it is because she is NOW in the 6th grade and way too old to be having her picture on my blog! I mean for goodness sakes.. one of her friends might see it! I am sure I will be in big trouble for posting this one:)