They are back!!!!

It's true!!! My favorite pop tart is back!!!!! I know that sounds like a kid & I became one today when I found it at walmart. It was setting up there upon the shelf right next to the new sugar cookie and hot chocolate & marshmallow flavored pop tarts.I haven't tried the other two, but I know about my pumpkin pie and it's amazing. I don't normally like pop tarts, but these I LOVE!!! If you like pumpkin pie or sweet potatoes then you've just gotta try it.

 

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him,and he will direct thy paths. ~Proverbs 3:5-6

25 Fun Things To Do For Fall....

Here is our Fun Fall List For Kids!

 

1.Play in leaves. (It's a great way to get the kids to help rake:)
2.Have a bonfire and roast hot dogs & marshmallows.
3.Watch It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown.
4.Bake cookies shaped like leaves, pumpkins, turkeys, etc.
5.Go on a hayride.
6.Build a scarecrow.
7.Carve a pumpkin.
8.Create a pumpkin scene for your yard (Use  hay, scarecrow,pumpkins,and mums).
9. Visit the pumpkin patch.
10.Decorate your house for fall.
11.Dress up in a costume.
12.Go to the library and check out books about Fall, Halloween, or Thanksgiving.
13.Collect leaves (see how many diffent ones you can find & name the type).
14. Make candy or carmel apples.
15.Bake a pumkin pie.
16.Visit a corn maze.
17.Go to a fall festival.
18.Make smores.
19. Go on a nature walk.
20.Make apple chips.
21. Do some fun fall crafts.
22.Go Trunk-or-Treating.
23.Make popcorn balls.
24. Go Trick-or-treating.
25.Watch Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving movie.

Get creative.

Make more memories.
Take lots of pictures.

Have Fun This Fall!

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him,and he will direct thy paths. ~Proverbs 3:5-6

Carter's trip to the farm...

 

Carter's trip to Carlton Farms.

 

Our little bull rider:)

And

His MeMe said this is the

ONLY

bull he is ever allowed

to ride on...lol

 

 

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him,and he will direct thy paths. ~Proverbs 3:5-6

We shall name you...

We have finally decided & agreed on a name for our baby. In case you are confused, we are adopting our foster son BB. The parents surrendered their rights last Tuesday at court. We have decided to name our precious boy "Joshua". We will announce his middle name later, but most likely we will keep  part of his birth name and make that his middle name.

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him,and he will direct thy paths. ~Proverbs 3:5-6

It's beginning to look a lot like Fall...

It's beginning to look like Fall here in our neck of the woods. With our warm days and cool nights. The kids are enjoying these last few days of warm air because all to soon these days will give way to cold days & freezing nights.

Here is the view of our front yard this morning. Many of the leaves have already fallen.

Something wonderful happens every time you bring kids & leaves together. Something about it makes *Happy* kids even happier:) And is there really any better sound in the world than a giggling kid? I think not.

We also unplugged baby girl (our nurse was here)

and took her outside to play.

She loved every minute of it.

Happy Fall to one & all!!!!!

From,

The Happy Howell Family

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him,and he will direct thy paths. ~Proverbs 3:5-6

Oh baby what's your name????

I never dreamed that My hubby & I would be fussing over baby names. I truly believed our baby naming days were over...lol I never dreamed that we would be new parents again. Wow! I'm still in shock. Now, we must name our little bundle of joy and at the rate we are going we won't have it done before he is grown...lol. There are just so many names and we can't agree on anything.. He likes this. I like that. Oh what will we name our baby boy?
Should we keep part of his original name? Should we decide all by ourselves? Should we let our kids decide (like we did with Jacob Noah)? Will we take a family vote since everything we ever do is a family event. Should we draw a name from a hat? Or should we let my mom name this one, because she would LOVE to (She named Ashley)? She's already called me *twice* today with baby names.
My mother-in-law wants us to completely change his name, because of his odd name. His birth parents gave him an off the wall name. The birth parents couldn't agree on names, so mom chose the first name & dad chose the middle and then to top it off the last name is just as weird. He has a name that no one could ever forget. His birth mom asked me at court if I was going to change his name and I told her we are for sure going to change the middle name and her next words were "Thank You!". She hates his middle name.
His  birth name sounds like one of those names the celebrities name their kids or like a name from a movie screen. BTW, why do celebrities always name their kids such odd names? Don't they know those kids have to live with their names????
Oh baby, what shall we name you? Maybe perfect, because to us that's exactly what you are:)

 
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him,and he will direct thy paths. ~Proverbs 3:5-6

Simple minded but thankful...

Yes, they are all mine. All these beautiful wonderful people that you see on my blog are mine. My family,my hubby, my children, my friends, my life. I am soooo thankful for each & every one. God has truly blessed me.

When I was young I wanted to know my family. I knew most of my mom's side of the family, but for the most part our family consisted of 7 people. (My mom, step-dad daddy, 2 brothers, nanny, uncle, and me). I had no first cousins to grow up with. I had 2nd & so on cousins, but we weren't really close to any of them and they were scattered about. We saw them from time to time (family reunions, deaths, etc), but not often.

As for my real dad, I didn't know him until I was a teen. Some of his family had no idea he even had kids. Sad. I know. I had lots of first cousins on his side, but I didn't know any of them or any of my uncles or aunts. So all of my life I felt like I was cheated and I was. I had only a one sided family. It's ok now, I am much older. It doesn't bother me like it use to.  I had a selfish parent (dad) who did not care about us as much as he did himself. Sometimes I wonder what life would have been like if my dad would have loved us & taken care of us. What would it have been like to know my uncles? What would it have been like to love my aunts? What would it have been like to play with my cousins and grow up together? How fun it would have been to know & love both sides of my family. How sad it is that I didn't have that.

Well, I knew way back then that I would grow up & have a great big family. I did! I pictured myself with a cute little house and three little kids. Wow! I never imagined my life would turn out like this. God blessed me above anything my simple mind could have ever imagined. Why? I don't know. I don't deserve it.

However, you probably won't find another person on earth that loves their family more than I do or a person that thanks God as much as I do for it.  They are precious to me. I love my family with all my heart. The one I created with my hubby & the extras that God just threw in as a bonus. Rich is the man that has his quiver full. That's what the Bible says. Rich indeed I am. Thank you Lord for your blessings on us.


Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him,and he will direct thy paths. ~Proverbs 3:5-6

Fall is such a fun time of the year...

Bay & JJ

MeMe's lil sweetheart

"Brookelyn Shae"

Hubs & Jacob Noah

MeMe's wee lil man

"Carter"

The Power Wheels Race

JJ

Hayride time!

The Lawn mower race

"Jon is in black"

He took 2nd place.

Trunk-a-treat

PawPaw & our punkin

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him,and he will direct thy paths. ~Proverbs 3:5-6