This weekend we celebrated my 32nd birthday. On Friday night Jesse and the boys took me to Chili's to eat. On Saturday morning we went to IHOP and ate breakfast (one of our family's favorite places). After IHOP we went and bought a big rug for the living room. I used my b-day $$ to buy the rug and I love it. It makes the living room so much more comfortable! On my actual birthaday Jonathan was so sweet. He would just randomly tell me Happy Birthday throughout the day. Jesse, Jonathan, and Jadon made me a big sugar cookie. Everything was really good. Jesse asked if I was sad to be 32 and I said no way. I love my life and I think back on what God has done in my life since I was 22 and I am amazed. He has been so good to me. I love being 32 and I will take it over my 22 any day! We had a great weekend. Thank you God for letting me turn 32. Thank you for your love and grace and all the wonderful blessings in my life.

Fall is one of our favorite seasons. I have been trying to explain to Jonathan just exactly what a "season" is. He asked me why the leaves on our tree in the front yard are turning red. I never realized that the different seasons is a hard concept, or for that matter the days of the week. Everything in Jonathan's world happened "last year". "Mama, remember when we ate that ice cream last year?" In realitity we ate the ice cream at lunch time. It is so sweet and cute. But back to the tree in the front yard. I have been watching it over the last week and thinking how pretty the colors of the leaves are. Jesse said today that it is the only tree on our street that the leaves are so pretty and bright red. We are not sure why. When we were in Virginia over the last four years, one of our favorite things to do was to drive out in the country and look at the fall colors. It was always so beautiful and I loved going. I have missed Virginia very much since we moved here. When Jesse brought it to my attention that we were the only tree on the block that had the bright pretty color it made me smile. God gave me a little (very little, the tree is not even a year old) piece of Virginia this week.

I have been inspired by my sweet friend Ramona to start blogging. It is such a neat way to keep up with what is going on in peoples lives. With Jonathan and Jadon changing so much, and being such a blessing in my life; I want to share our life with our dear friends and family. Now the challenge will be finding the time during the week to sit down and write this blog. The boys keep me busy, but I am going to try my hardest to keep this up. The first thing I would like to share is our fun trip to the Fort Worth Zoo this past Saturday. Jesse and I almost gave up trying to get there. It is about an hour drive from our house, but it took us two because of traffic! We were glad that we went, once we finally got there. The boys loved the animals. Jonathan would get so excited showing us all the animals and Jadon would just growl at them. So, so cute. I sometimes look at my family and I am so overwhelmed with love, joy, and happiness - it brings tears to my eyes and words cannot express what I feel. I can't believe how God has blessed me. So we had a great time at the zoo. The boys were getting tired about lunch so we ate and then came home. They slept the entire car ride home - another blessing =). So this Monday morning Jonathan, Jadon, and I have been playing zoo. Jonathan is the big scary lion, Jadon is the baby lion, and I am someone visiting the zoo with a make believe friend talking about all the animals - mostly the lions. Fun and blessed times.