Healthy...

Today US101 held their annual St. Jude Radiothon...Now anyone who knows me well knows that I am not a crier--I can sit through funerals and not cry (not because I'm not sad, but I just don't tear up easily). However, the St. Jude stories get me every year! And I was in the car traveling with work all day long, and I kept trying to change the channel, but I just couldn't. So...basically, I was teary all day. I never really paid much attention to St. Jude until I became a mother. Thankfully, Daniel and I have been blessed with a healthy baby. But if Owen ever needed the kind of help that St. Jude offers to families whose little ones have cancer, I certainly would rest easier knowing that there is a place like that there to help. From what I understand, St. Jude provides treatment for children free of charge, and even provides a place for families to stay while their children are being treated. Today I took Owen to donate some money, and even though he is too little to really understand, I explained to him that it's important to help others when we can. We didn't donate much because right now, we don't have much, but I challenge anyone who has children (healthy or not) to give if you can.

*Oh, and the photos below don't really have anything to do with St. Jude, but they are proof that Owen is surely healthy. :)

Funny Photos

As I have said many times before, our family is blessed to have friends who will tolerate our screaming, whiny two-year old weekend after weekend...(Yes, folks--I know it's hard to believe but that precious Owen does scream and whine from time to time). Owen loves Christy and Burt so much. Here are some recent, funny photos from our weekends together....there is also a great one of Owen and his Granna, which my mom will be so angry at me for posting...oh well....I like it.

A beautiful weekend

This weekend was SO pretty...it was weird to have warm weather in the middle of "winter", but it was so nice. Daniel, Owen and I took advantage of the spring-like weather along with Christy and Burt. We grilled out (healthy stuff!) and Christy, Burt and Owen played some football. Overall it was just a great weekend--I'm sure we will all pay for being outside in the warm weather come next week when it's back to winter weather, but it was worth it. Here are some pics...

Finally....

I'm finally caught up on "Lost", so I did get around to posting a few pics. For some reason, I have very few photos of Christmas to post. I think it's because I took all of our stuff on video, and I still can't figure out how to put videos on here. So...these are just some random Owen pics. Two are from Christmas morning--I love the one where he is examining his new fire truck. :) He is getting so very big!

Blogging

Ok I'm sorry I haven't posted anything lately. I have become addicted to the show "Lost" and have been watching it from Season I online, so it's interfered with my blogging time. I PROMISE that within the next few weeks, I will post something...stop pouting Granna, I'll get it done. :)

A Happy Halloween!

I promised Halloween photos right???? Here they are! There are just a few here but I wanted to try out my new slideshow abilities (thanks to Christy for figuring out how to make slideshows and sharing her knowlege)! Enjoy!!!!

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I really enjoy Halloween, moreso than ever before since I have a little one. I know some people think Halloween is evil, but I don't think it has to be that way. Owen had such a great time this year. We spent Halloween evening at Granna and Pawpaw's house, and we had our first experience with trick-or-treating. Owen was done after about six houses. He seemed to like giving out candy better than walking around to get candy--I'm sure that will be different next year! On Saturday, we spent the better part of the evening at the Finley's annual Halloween bash which was fun as always. Owen was excited because he got to play with Eli, Christy and Burt's nephew who would have won the award for cutest cowboy ever. :) On Sunday we spent the afternoon with Nanna and Poppa where Owen determined that he loves playing in leaves. More photos to come, including some of Owen in his pirate costume.....