Here kiddy, kiddy!

Is this targeting you, your parents, or your grandparents? I've wondered recently why kids are even touching cigarettes these days... Now I know:

Time to Get Outside

It was time to be 100% ready in order to answer "yes" to Reece's reoccuring question,

"Mom, are we ready for Halloween, yet?"

In order to fully be ready, one must carve a pumpkin... or two.

The bank: Paper mache'd shut so I cannot dig into it when scraping.

End goal was Europe... Italy to be precise.

As I tucked Reece into bed for a nap, I realized it was a bit selfish for me.

So it may become Bank of Disney World...

Drying right now but it will soon be covered with khaki colored tissue paper:

Harvey & Harvey Architects...

...Where we build the cabins of your dreams using our *unique* approach. If you'd like more information or have seen enough and now scrambling to book our services, take a number and step in line, folks... step in line.

We also provide demolition services...

Roca... Once Again!

Reece's third trip to Roca within 7 days! What a lucky boy! First with Serenity and her two boys, Talon & Marik and another buddy, Daylen; Second with his daycare; Third with Dan's son Jeff, Jeff's wife - Jennifer, and their daughter, Hope, and of course, Grandma.

Grandma and Reece (wearing a well known expression :)
Jeff and Hope

Reece playing Candy Land

Jennifer, Jeff, and Hope

Sweet little Hope

Checking out the floppy-eared bunnies

Reece is a train conductor

Grandma being silly Reece in his shining armor

Hope relaxing on the hay stack Reece loved Hill-Billy Bowling

Jeff and Hope

Reece looking over a pumpkin like Grandma and Mom

Roca Berry Farm's Pumpkin Patch

Roca Berry Pumpkin Patch with Serenity and her boys, Talon and Marik, and Reece with another buddy, Daylen.

Talon trying out the slide on the castle

Daylen's turn!

Marik, the smallest of them all (18 mos) fearlessly went down the long tunnel slide.

Talon and Daylen on the pile of hay

Reece finally found a digger he could play on!

Daylen made it to the top!

Marik running after Mommy and brother, Talon

Stinky pigs!

Typical Reece & Daylen quality time together

Talon and Marik enjoying their donuts and milk (while dodging bees). Yum!

Talon on the hayrack ride to the pumpkin patch

Marik and Serenity

Reece and Daylen

Day

Reece

Not Your Typical CEO

Purpose

The human mind plans the way, but the Lord directs the steps. — Proverbs 16:9 NRSV

"I want a reason to get up in the morning. When I ask God for a sense of personal destiny, and then listen carefully, I get a sense of direction. Not always, and not always immediately, but I rely on God’s promise to consistently guide me toward fulfilling the purpose for which he created me.

I know that nothing any of us experiences is pointless or useless. The good, the bad, the ugly, even the things we think will kill us—God uses it all, and he devises our destiny out of the stuff in our trash. He sifts it out, shows us the value, and then uses us to help others because of it.

When we look at the desires of our hearts in light of reality, we know none of them is achievable all the time. They’re changeable, like the weather. Some days we’re content; others we’re not. There are places in the world we feel completely at home, others less so. There are even days when we wonder if we have a purpose at all, and the uncertainty lingers for a while. But our desires give shape and substance to our unique essences. And when we pray out of the depth of those desires, our faith is strengthened and our fellowship with the Lord is sweeter."

— Luci Swindoll

Excerpted from A Grand New Day © 2008 by Thomas Nelson. Published in Nashville, Tennessee, by Thomas Nelson. Used with permission. All rights reserved.

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