November 30, 2017

Polka dot paper bag puppets!

November 27th, 2017

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

We're enjoying some beautiful fall colors, oddly juxtaposed with 70 degree temperatures (at least on some days.)

Zadok's creative interpretation of an autumn leaf, which is currently decorating our refrigerator...

...And my first foray into cooking turkey. Very exciting. It's not, of course, a whole turkey, but I think it counts.

We enjoyed a Thanksgiving meal with all the fixings a few days before the day, since Amos had a trip. Zadok displayed impressive turkey consuming skills.

The actual day of Thanksgiving, the boys and I attended a breakfast at our church and afterwards were invited to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner with a family we had never met before. It was a lot of fun.

November 25, 2017

 Qorban is...

...four months old!

November 19, 2017

I don't normally try to match my baby to the rug, or to any other piece of household furniture, for that matter...but some days everything just seems to come together...

November 15, 2017

If you don't believed that I've been redeemed
(The angels in Heaven done signed my name)
Then follow me down to that old Jordan stream
(The angels in heaven done signed my name)...

Nothing in my experience kills fear more effectively than seeing friends die well. And it's that time of year again, to remember those who have passed on and those who are left behind.

November 9, 2017

Zadok packed his first OCC shoebox this year. It was fun to be able to introduce this family Christmas tradition. Hopefully we can do one together every year...and in a couple of years, Qorban can get in on the action too.

I created a general list of the items that would go in the box, and Zadok helped pick them out.

November 6, 2017

Beautiful birthday plants...

An agave....

 And an intriguingly polka dotted Peperomia plant.

I'm a little late in posting this, but as of October 20, Qorban is three months old.