Thanksgiving Prayer

Heavenly Father, on Thanksgiving Day
We bow our hearts to You and pray.
We give You thanks for all You've done
Especially for the gift of Jesus, Your Son.
For beauty in nature, Your glory we see
For joy and health, friends and family,
For daily provision, Your mercy and care
These are the blessings You graciously share.
So today we offer this response of praise
With a promise to follow You all of our days.
--Mary Fairchild

Bodies in Locomotion

The weather is cooling off in AZ. That means one thing... time to get outdoors and hit the parks! We got ourselves over to the Railroad Park this past Sunday. The weather was SO beautiful. Sunny with a chill in the air. We took Grandma with us on our traditional train ride and enjoyed some playgrounds and soccer. Love, love, loving these memories!!!

Oregon Boys at Heart - Chuga Chuga Choo Choo!

Riding On the Train!

 The Caboose...

Here We Go 

Way Up High on the Western Town Playground

 Those Pines Remind Us of Oregon!

 Kickin' It With Dad

 Soccer Studs

Rickey Soccer In Action

Posing With Those Soccer Studs

 On Trip # 2 on the Train, The Boys Rode In This Boxcar... Augh!

 Peeking Through the Slats...

 Jacob's Art Project This Week: Eric Carle's Train (Irony!)



Can't wait to see what the future Fall weekends hold for our family. We're going to make the most of them!

Halloween 2011

Last Friday, the boys got to wear "superhero" costumes with their friends at school as The Flash and TRON. Last night, they got to escort Little Red Riding Hood as The Big Bad Wolf and The Woodsman. So much fun! I wonder if two costumes per Halloween is setting a bad trend... oh well!