Jenny's School Fall Festival

Can you believe it has already been two weeks since Halloween?? Wow! The end of this year is quickly coming to a close, and I haven't even posted about our Halloween festivities. I really need to get it together and start posting this stuff! Lucky for y'all, that's what these next few posts will be about. So, get ready, because I have several fall/Halloween posts. Which means picture overload! You may want to grab a beverage, a snack, and curl up with a blanket in front of your computer screen - this may take a while! =)

Here goes....


The Thursday before Halloween (Oct. 28th), Jenny's school had their annual Fall Festival. The money raised goes to benefit the school's PTA and of course, it's a lot of fun too! Jaime ended up having to work that night so we invited my mom to go with us. It started at 5:00pm, but we didn't end up getting there till closer to 5:30pm. There was BBQ, drinks, cotton candy, and CUPCAKES! They also had several moonwalks for the kids to play in.

Aiden and Jenny had a great time, and neither of them wanted to go home. I'm glad they enjoyed it, and I hope we can take them again next year!

Thankful Thursday Part Two

This post is a continuation from my first post, Thankful Thursday.

16. Spending quality time with my kids. Sharing stories and memories, and creating many more with them.

17. Quiet nights at home watching movies with Jaime and the kids.

18. Freedom of speech and the ability to write and create.

19. Twenty-three years worth of incredible memories!

20. Girls Nights with Jenny.

21. Cuddling up with Aiden in his bed.

22. Technology.

23. Anticipation of the holidays and the sense of comfort and love the actual day brings.

24. Snow days with Jaime and the kids.

25. Holiday movies.

26. Hot bubble baths with a good book!

27. The ability to elect. And re-elect.

28. Good music. Christian and Country are my favorites.

29. Date nights with Jaime.

30. The encouragement, promise and peace God graciously gives us through His Word.

To be continued.

I have so enjoyed these lists! I really do have so much to be thankful for this year. Usually these lists are more of an obligation than anything else. This year however, I am so thankful that I have so much to be thankful for. God is GOOD and I am truly blessed!

Thankful Thursday!

From now to Thanksgiving, I will be doing a series called Thankful Thursday. I think it is always important to remember to be thankful for things in life, but even more important around this time of year.

1. The freedom and security my salvation in Christ brings.

2. Waking up beside the best man on earth every single morning.

3. The joy of Aiden and Jenny.

4. A wonderful family who loves me unconditionally.

5. Friendships with deep roots.

6. A peaceful home.

7. A Church grounded in Truth, untouched from the world's influence.

8. A healthy body. A healthy family.

9. Conviction and renewal.

10. Daily nourishment.

11. Comfort. In my home, relationships, life.

12. Laughing with Jaime.

13. Community.

14. The changing of seasons.

15. The gift of motherhood - the incredible lessons it brings and the indescribable satisfaction it gives.

To be continued.

Dental Hygeine

Dental health is something that is very important to Aiden. He is always talking to me about cavities, root canals, and crowns. I am pretty sure he's gonna grow up to be a dentist. Alright, alright, maybe he doesn't say those things and maybe dental health isn't something he really even knows about yet. But the boy loves to brush his teeth....see for yourself....

Wordless Wednesday: Butterfly Edition

Jenny brought this butterfly home from school last week. She made it in her art class. She said that the first time they worked on it they had to draw it out with pencil, the second time they outlined it with marker, and the third time they colored it. Then the school had it turned into a magnet. They sent the preview magnet home and we were able to keep it for $5.00. Of course we kept it! It was her first real piece of school artwork, I couldn't just send it back. So now we are proudly displaying it on our fridge!

Awana

This fall Jenny started going to Awana on Wednesday nights. She loves it! I am so glad that she does because I think it is a great program to teach kids about Christ and the Bible.

For those of you who don't know what Awana is, here is a description from their website located here.

Awana helps churches and parents work together to develop spiritually strong children and youth who faithfully follow Jesus Christ. Our programs offer a proven approach for evangelizing and discipling kids in the church and community.

As a ministry leader for 60 years, Awana is making an impact. A recent national survey found Awana to be as important to our alumni's spiritual foundation as all other church activities combined. Among alumni who participated in our programs for at least six years, 92.7 percent still attend church at least weekly as adults!
Each week, more than one million kids ages 2 to 18 participate in Awana. Over 12,000 churches in the U.S. and more than 8,000 internationally run Awana programs that change young lives through biblical truth.

Jenny is most excited about the vest and handbook she has for Awana. Here she is in her vest....

The Bible verse Jenny memorized tonight:

"For God so loved the world,

that He gave His only begotten Son,

that whosoever shall believeth in Him should not perish,

but have everlasting life."

John 3:16

Date Night With Daddy

Because Jaime works so much, and since Jenny is only here every other week, he and Jenny don't get very much time together. Recently though, they have been getting more time together because Jaime has been off an extra two nights every week! Let me just say that him being home with us more has been such a blessing! I can already see a big difference in his relationship with both of the kids. It has worked out well too, because it gives me more of a break and more time to do things that I need to do for myself.

Tonight, to spend one on one time together, Jaime and Jenny went out on a special daddy/daughter date night. Last night after Jenny went to sleep, Jaime made her a little card/invitation inviting her out on a date with him. He gave it to her this afternoon when she got home from school. To say that she was excited would be a understatement! The girl was ecstatic! She probably asked me 20 times this afternoon if it was time for them to leave yet. Haha! In the card, Jaime asked her to dress nice since they were going out on a date. So while he got ready, I helped her to get ready too. She picked out her dress, and asked if I could put make-up on her since this was a special night. Of course I said yes!

Here they are before leaving for their date.

They went out to dinner at Poblanos and then afterwards they went shopping to let he pick out something for herself since she did so well on her report card. While they were gone Aiden and I went grocery shopping. Let's just say that our trip to the grocery store wasn't nearly as fun (and as stress free) as a date night! Haha!

When they came home, Jenny had a lot of stuff to tell me. She was so excited about their date, and she just kept going on and on and saying that it was the best night ever. I'm glad they had such a great time!