10 Days Is To Long

After 10 excrutiatingly long days, Ty was finally able to call us this morning! It was so great to hear his voice and hear about all the fun stuff he has been able to do while TDY. He's literally been 4 wheeling and shooting guns for 10 days straight... he has such a tough job. I am so glad that after working so long, sometimes 2-3 jobs at a time that he has a job that he loves so much and gives him the opportunity to do such amazing things! Now, I just can't wait for him to get home!

Book of the Week

These past 2 weeks my book club has been reading The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. This story follows a young girl that has been murdered by a neighbor but her body was never recovered. Now, i know what you are thinking but its really not a sad book per say... more a book of hope. It deals with the grief process in almost every conceivable way and i think what makes it such a good book, is that you can identify and empathize with at least one character and their feelings of loss. And Susie's description of heaven makes your heart fill for this little girl; the fact that she has to be able to understand certain things for them to be in her heaven shows just how young and naive she was, never really getting to experience life.

Pumpkin Bingo!

This is my favorite time of year! Besides the wonderful tips to the various farms surronding us, there is all the wonderful fall activities; pumpkin bingo, haunted houses, apple picking, and Braxtons most favorite, jumping in leaves! Her school put on Pumpkin Bingo and just her luck, Brax was one of the first winners! Their prize was a nice big pumpkin, although of course she had to find the smallest one! The only thing missing was Ty and we can not wait for him to come home!

Green Bluff Farms

We were so excited this year to be able to take Brollin for the first time to one of our favorite places... Green Bluff Farms. It wasn't a very nice day but it was the only day that Tyler had off, so we jumped at the chance. Of course Ty had to have the largest pumpkin he could find; it was over 40 lbs. We had a great day taking tons of pictures, eating pumpkin dounuts, hot apple cider and hot chocolate!