My sweet Daley

Tonight Daley and I read a book called "The Crippled Lamb" by Max Lucado. It was given to us by Jennifer about a year ago with a ton of other books. We never got around to reading it. Today as we were going through our books to gather some for a drive at Daley's school I noticed this book. Danny has a daily inspirational book by the same author given to him by JoAnn. So I decided this would be our nighttime book this evening. Half way through the book my sweet baby girl was crying telling me that she was so sad for the lamb. As we got toward the end I was crying as well. As we found out that the lamb was sharing the stable with baby Jesus we were both crying tears of joy. It was an amazing moment for my daughter and I. I was truly overwhelmed by her compassion.

Moving on because I'm crying again. We had a wonderful weekend. Here are some pictures from our fun filled weekend. We went to the zoo, rode the train, rode paddle boats, and played around outside.

This is on the paddle boat. Laura has bread in her hands to feed the ducks, but I guess she got a little hungry.

Me and the girls at the zoo.

Time to paint pumpkins!!

A free moment

I always make sure I spend a few minutes on the computer every Sunday night to check out the PostSecret website. I just love reading the new postcards each week. If you don't know what I'm talking about you should check it out http://postsecret.blogspot.com/ . It is updated every Sunday. So I figured I should also update my blog at least every Sunday if not more.

I don't have many free moments anymore now that I am back in the classroom. I got a teaching job at Ross Sterling Middle School in Humble ISD. I'm teaching Keyboarding and Career Investigations and thoroughly enjoying being back in the classroom. Both kids have adjusted very well to the change and we make the most out of our evenings and weekends. I actually took off last Thursday for an appointment and was able to go to Daley's school to have lunch with her. It was so fun to see her in her own little environment. She showed me the lunch line, where the teachers ate, where they throw the trash, and the recess playground. She is loving Kindergarten. She also lost her first tooth a couple of weeks ago and was very excited when the tooth fairy came to visit.

Danny is doing great. He's been back to work since the school year started and is busier than ever. He has a colonoscopy this week and hopefully everything will look good and he can schedule the reconnect surgery for around Thanksgiving. We were both terrified at the thought of him having a colostomy before his original surgery. The truth is...it isn't such a bad alternative. He isn't sick anymore and has absolutely no restrictions. He went swimming over the summer, takes showers, wears all of the same clothes, eats/drinks anything he wants, can workout (although he really doesn't), and lives life just as he did before he got sick. My point is this--If you ever know someone being faced with this possibility urge them to contact someone who has or has had an ostomy. All of the information we received in the hospital was from doctors and nurses who never had this procedure. Right before surgery we did speak with the husband of a young lady that had a temporary ostomy. It was her information and books that ultimately put our minds at ease enough to agree to the surgery.

Enough of that...Laura is growing like a weed! I'm starting to buy winter stuff for her in a 4T. She just turned 2 in July, but is currently outgrowing 3T clothes. She's talking very well and has started riding a little Radio Flyer bicycle with training wheels. Daley is busy with Kindergarten and goes to church choir and bible study each week.

I have actually just joined a bible study that I absolutely love! It is Loved by God by Liz Curtis Higgs. This woman is hilarious! We have book work each week then meet to discuss what we've read and discovered. We then watch a DVD segment by Liz and laugh the entire time. Check out her website http://www.lizcurtishiggs.com/ and be sure to click the Who is Liz link. Being a former bad girl herself she's written books about bad girls of the bible. I haven't read any yet, but as soon as I finish up this bible study I'm going to start reading some of her books.

Until next time...