Monday, November 24, 2008

Ode to Daddy

We love you and miss you more than you know. We look forward to December 6 when we will be reunited and hopefully never have to do this again.
To all our friends and family, please keep us in your prayers. We are looking for a house to buy and it's already been a long journey and we haven't even moved there yet. Karissa has been traveling down to vacaville a couple times a month to go house hunting and nothing has grabbed us. We want something that suits our needs, has a large yard for all the kids to play in, will be in the neighborhood where God wants us to be and is within our budget. Our realtor is wonderful and is searching for "The House" for us. We are also going to be looking for a church home and look forward to a new Christian community where we can get involved.
Elijah is full of energy and is Mr Personality. He is always up for a good laugh. He found the bag of his swimmer diapers and decided they would make a great hat. When he came out of his room with the diap[er on his head Mommy and grandma busted up so he thought he was funniest thing ever and cracked up right along with us.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

The Holidays Have Arrived

I love this time of year. The leaves are changing to an array of hues that bring new colors to life. There is a slight chill in the air and we get a chance to bundle and snuggle. I have traded in my Starbucks Caramel Frapuccino for a Caramel Macchiato or Salted Caramel Hot chocolate. (Do we see a theme here? Yes, I love Caramel!) Haloween just passed and we let Elijah choose the character he wanted to be. We went through the list and he really wanted to be a Heffalump. If you're not too sure what that is, look it up...it's a Winnie the Pooh Character. I couldn't find this costume for him, so we settled on Elmo, which he loved just as much.
Elijah enjoyed dressing up, but he really loved getting candy. At first he was a little hesitant about going door to door and wouldn't say the magic words "Trick or Treat" but after he realized he got candy he was very interested in the festivities. Of course he had to test the goodies before the night even began. He stole some from Grandma and Grandpa's candy jar. This is Elmo mid-tantrum because we made him hand over his candy for the pictures.