Evan recently competed in another horse show. It was a fun one sponsored by the barn where he rides. He is primarily jumping 18 inch jumps right now but also does 2 feet now and then. At the end of the show they get to dress up with a horse. Evan started thinking about next year's costume by the time we left the show!
As if that wasn't exciting enough, Larry and I got tattooed :). This was my first and his second. We had both been wanting to get our wedding rings tattooed on. We decided to get Mt 19:6 on our ring fingers. It says "So they are no longer two but one flesh, therefore what God has joined together let no one separate". Larry's worked out good to look like a ring but my finger was just too small so we decided to get mine up the inside of my ring finger and I still wear a small band.
Clayton was baptized this month too! This is such a big deal for him because he is fearful of having his head under water. He is my biological sensory kid :). Even though he gave his life to Christ many years ago I thought it would take him much longer to get baptized. We are so proud of him! Larry got to baptize him and to mark the day we bought him a sword with Ephesians 6:17 engraved on it "Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God". He absolutely loved it!
Finally Halloween and then I think I'm caught up! Pumpkin carving is always fun with my crew. The boys love to be creative. Oksana wanted a princess with a smiley face.
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| This is Evan's "scene" of Bob shooting the apple over Joe's head :). |
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| My new favorite picture! It captures our insanity well :). |
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| Preciousness! |
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| Pumpkin Pi! |
Oksana wanted to be Pocahontas and I was going to have Anya be Elmo. I searched and searched for the perfect Elmo costume. I finally found JUST what I was looking for on Etsy. I ordered on Oct 3 and even corresponded with the lady about it. The week before Halloween...no costume. I started emailing her to ask if it would be here on time with no response. Next thing I know I can't even get into her etsy page like she shut the whole store down. UGH! I decided just to throw her Cinderella costume from last year on and she didn't want anything to do with it so she went out as a cute kid with Down Syndrome! This year went much better than last year. She screamed "NO" at the first couple of houses and then quickly figured out what was going on. After that she was ready to hit every house in the neighborhood! The boys just passed out candy this year but had a blast. It was rainy and cold so we didn't have a ton of kid but that just means they got to eat the leftovers!
I think that just about sums it up! Whew....on to November!
1 comment:
Whew! You guys have worn me out LOL! Such wonderful things going on, though. Congratulations to Clayton on his baptism and God bless! That sword is impressive, wow. And those tattoos? Oh my. I don't think I could even muster up the courage for a tiny one, although I have often said just the opposite, but I have a long medical history that has brought on a lifelong fear of needles of any kind.
Halloween looks like it was a blast at your house! Those pumpkins are impressive, and Oksana's costume is so great! I had to dress up for my library job, and I was a black cat, although I ended up with a mostly DIY costume LOL :)
Thanks for sharing!
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