"We're going to the fair....."

Well, these aren't really the usual fair pics one would see, however, being that it takes me 15 min. to download a pic. I ran out of time this day. Anyway, the kids first time going to a fair. We went all of the way to big town Williston to see animals, ride a few rides ( I can't believe I used to go on those things, I was too young to see the danger :) ) and of course, they tried cotton candy. The highlight however, was playing trucks in the big mound of dirt one of the companies had there, displaying their equipment. Go figure. Daniel really enjoyed the horses, and I think would've gone right in the pen. David actually did. When we were walking around, there was a girl doing a talk about cows or something and the pen behind her (thank God was empty) but David just climbs under the gate and starts running around the pen. It was pretty funny. admittedly a little embarrassing. Life with kids is truly an adventure.

Lovin' Halloween?

O.k. so for those of you daily blog stalkers, I have greatly disappointed you. However, for those of you who are slackers like me, you'll be right on time. These were obviously taken at Halloween. Grammy from CA was here, and enjoyed the festivities with the boys. Daniel didn't enjoy them as much. We took the kids to the fall festival at one of the Baptist churches in Gainesville. Our church didn't do their usual "trunk or treat" so we tried something new. David only wore his entire outfit for this pic and then stayed with the jacket only. Good thing grammy took the pic quick. I don't generally like Halloween. It seems like a lot of pressure to come up with the "coolest" costume and I am not that creative, so I get frustrated easily. It usually happens that I come up with an idea and then spend the entire month of Oct. looking for stuff to do my own costume and then I totally drop the ball b/c I can't find what I am looking for. I think I've decided to go with the ready made deals. This event took place before Brian and his mom left for Brazil. As you've already read, I struggled a little bit with them being gone. I've recovered and hence that is why this month as flown by and I am getting to you all now.

single mom

Well, I've managed to make it 6 days w/o Brian. I didn't realize how much I'd miss him. It's definitely harder with the kids now. But the boys are handling it well. David talks about him being on "the big bus" every day. (they took a charter to Miami) My heart leaped when I heard his voice (he was able to call)for about 60 secs. Wed. night. He and the team are doing o.k. The day to day routine is pretty much the same, but the evenings get lonely. I don't like being at home at night by myself. I am sort of a scaredy-cat. I pray everynight, and place my trust in God; that's all I know to do. I wondered if He was hearing my prayers lately, though. David has been waking so early now b/c of daylight saving time but yesterday 4:30 was a little much. I've been sensing the need to get up early to pray & study but....... I had difficulty getting him to cooperate and go back to sleep and then Daniel was wide awake (they share a room) so I gave up and stuck my head in the Bible and prayed and would you believe those boys went back to sleep at 6 and didn't wake up 'til 7:30. I was so excited and appreciative. My mom came up today so I could work, it was really good to have her there. We had time to hang out and take a walk with the boys. I know good will surely come from this season of time, and I pray that Brian and the team our doing great work in the Amazon. We are not "here" for our luxury and this is a good reminder of that.