a day at the park

On Saturday we went to my favorite park.  It has a beautiful, peaceful botanical garden in it, with a pond that has lots of large Koi fish in it.  We bought some bread to feed the fish.  In the park there is also a board walk that goes out into the swamp.  Luckily we didn't encounter any aggressive alligators!

little sweet

reeses

We got a dog!  Last week our house was broken into.  I was asleep in my bedroom and was awoken to the loud sound of shattering glass.  Someone had broken our kitchen window and grabbed Brian's wallet that was on the windowsill.  It was so scary and luckily they did not come inside our house.  Brian's brother offered to give us his dog to keep watch over the house.  The dog is an outside dog and Brian's brother's yard was not fenced in or big enough for the dog.  The kids named the dog Reeses.  He is a good natured dog and is good with the kids.  Hopeful he'll be a good guard dog too!

10 years old

This time of the year, we have lots of birthdays in our family. On November the first Ava turned double digits!  She is growing up too fast!