Life as I know it.

We have had a pumpkiny few days. On Sunday after church, we went to meet a couple of friends out at one of the local pumpkin patches. Unfortunately they were both an hour or so late, so Bug was pretty impatient. But we had a great time once they got there. 1st we went through the corn maze, I got to hold my friend Brenda's new litlle girl and the boys had a blast leading us through the maze. After what seemed like forever and many wrong turns, we ended up taking a short cut (cheating) to get into the center. Where they have a great big castle that you can go inside and look around. After the castle Brenda and I were visiting and just letting the boys take the lead, they brought us right out of the maze with barely any wrong turns. I guess we should have just let them take the lead in the 1st place. After the corn maze and playing at the pirate ship at the end of the maze, we headed over to the blow up bouncy toys and the boys went down a big slide, then we went on a

Another busy week around here, especially this weekend. On Sat I worked in the morning and Bug stayed with grandma. When I got home I made French Toast for Bug, Grandma and my uncle Martin, who was over doing some yard work for us. Then after I cleaned up we headed over to Bug's soccer game. They were having a food drive for a local crisis nursery, so we lugged in a couple boxes of food. After the game, (the best one that the boys have had so far, by the way), we headed over to Michael's (craft store). They do kids crafts on Sat and this week they decorated pumpkins, Bug made his into a space ship and we even made a couple of aliens to go inside. I think it turned out pretty cute. That evening I took Bug out to the movies to finally see Wall E. It was interesting, but it has definitely led to a lot of discussions. On Sun we had church in the morning and then a B-day party to go to, for Bug's best friend's younger brother at one of the local farms. (Bug really thought he

Today we went to Break-away at our Church this morning, it is a once-a-month gathering for moms. We talk about marriage, and raising children and just all the things we go through as moms. My friend Brenda and her 2 little ones even joined us. It was a very interesting session. We talked about marriage myths: like marriage will make me happy or feel completed, or fill something that is missing from my life. I loved some of the things that the speaker said, like thinking (of your spouse) why are you not "normal" like me. Everybody comes into a marriage with their own version of "normal" and it can be difficult at times to merge those 2 versions into 1. It was a very eye opening discussion for me. It was especially nice to have Brenda there with me as we already talk about marriage and all it ups and downs. Anyway in the afternoon Bug had his 3rd piano lesson. I have been thinking about calling it quits and trying again when he is a little older. He didn't seem to

Bug had his Baptism yesterday. Everything went well, grandma made it just in time and made me a little nervous but she got there just as he was getting ready to come down into the water. Here is our barefoot Bug waiting back stage. Here he is getting ready to take the plunge. The water made him a little nervous, but after Pastor Terry talked to him about what was going to happen. He was already to go.

Tonight Bug met with Pastor Terry to discuss his Baptism and his decision to become a Christian. Our Pastor likes to meet with the kids beofre we plan the Baptism to make sure that they understand the decision they have made and what the Baptism is for. I was so proud of Bug he did a great job of explaining it all to Pastor Terry and answering his questions. So Bug will have his Baptism this Sun at 9:00 am, he is SO excited and I am so proud of him. I will post a picture next week.