Upon Entering Grant's Room

He told me "Those dinosaurs are just getting the meat from that other dinosaur." 

Whoops

It seems that Picasa can only handle uploading a few pictures at a time so here are the rest.

 

 

Halloween Festivities

We've been having fun preparing for Halloween this year. Grant was in a parade at his preschool and wanted to be an astronaut. I found some directions for creating an astronaut costume online and this is what Tim and I came up with. Pretty snazzy, in my (not so) humble opinion. It was fun to put it together and see how thrilled Grant was with it. And there's another picture of William looking very surprised at the camera. He's really filling out and getting quite chubby and cute.

 

 

 

 

A Trip to Disneyland

We celebrated Tim's return by taking a family trip to Disneyland. We have season passes, which pays for itself after two trips. We've used them a ton this year. In this first photo, Grant told Tim: "Do what I do!"

Learning to Write

Grant loves to practice writing his name. This is his latest attempt.

The Man Returns...

We are all so happy that Daddy is back, but especially my big boy :-) His boy self has just flourished since Tim's return. He immediately began "Garguna-ing" (his code word for wrestling) when he saw Daddy at the airport - something that Mom is simply just not as good at.

A huge sigh of relief...we're all back together again.

God knew we needed Titus 2!

Someone once said that intergenerational family living is the way to raise kids. I definitely think there is some truth to that! When I'm at my wits' end, it is so reassuring to call up an older and wiser mom and get my head screwed back on straight.

"Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good, so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored." (Titus 2:3-5; emphasis mine)