Ferrara's in Florida

The Easley's, Pridgen's, Van Kirk's & Ferrara's Joel's CrossFit class at Dynasty My boys at Publix Angel Baby All-Over-The-Place Baby One of our family's favorite depictions of the battle between David and Goliath 40 Days for Life bus rally Entertaining himself during the bus rally This one entertaining himself too Playing games at Nana's

  Bowling with our neighbors, the Pridgen family 3 Boys vs. 3 Girls The Scoreboard--on the right, notice you won't recognize the girls' names.  They decided to go with stage names: Britt--Sable, Rose--Ruby, Stacy--Ella Joy

I absolutely love this photo.  Head Coach Mary's excitement, the camaraderie between coach and athlete...this is sports!

Joel started school early (6:30am!) on Monday so he could go fishing with Daddy, Pops & Uncle Joe After they pulled the boat in, Joel fished on the side of the boat launch Lo and behold, he caught his first fish all by himself Proud fisherman

As a business owner, I enjoyed this field trip as much as my children.  We learned about the founding of this enterprise, the day to day operations, and how Chick Fil A is undefeated in fast food contests for cleanliness and customer service.  The children's favorite part:  making their own ice cream cones  

"I Voted" stickers for everyone-- with at least 12 items on which to vote, we each bubbled in 3 while James onlooked

Ladies' Day Out in Jacksonville Rachel, Pastor Suz, me & Valencia (who was taking the pic) Getting ready for work with the early riser

The kids made these cupcakes with Miss Courtney one evening while Daddy & I were at a business dinner Dinner with the Ferrara's Ruby & Aunt Yong on a hike Nana and James Sable & Aunt Debbie

Joy Boy James is walking! After "cruising" for nearly 5 months, our cautious & calculated baby counted it ready to take his first steps.  First time wearing shoes...oh boy!   A unique personality trait is that James sings himself to sleep AND sings in his sleep.  Almost nightly at 3am, Baby James wakes me up with his singing.  Eyes closed, mouth going.  Sweet dreams he must be enjoying!      And the kids thought squirrels were eating the low-lying tangerines This is our baby!

It's always nice to have family pics on the blog for our children's memory.  

Ruby scored a high A on her math so we celebrated with Subway at Hampstead Park. Cowboy Joel benefitting from his sister's good grade Climbing before Walking Mr. Gentleman--He insists on carrying the car seat, diaper bag, etc.  A real sweetheart Swinging at the park Swinging at Home! Pops and Nana's gift to James Joel and neighbor Major cruising around the neighborhood Making fruit pizzas with Hannah, our neighbor Sibling love

  We ordered caterpillars in the mail and voila, set up metamorphosis before our very eyes.  Just like the preschool book by Eric Carle, the caterpillars ate and ate and ate until they grew and grew and grew.  The fat worms attached themselves to the top of a cup and morphed into chrysalides.  This process lasted almost a week.  They remained chrysalides for about 10 days.  Ruby saw the first butterfly "pop" out of its chrysalis (cocoon) during breakfast one morning.  As seen in the below photos, the reddish-pinkish stains are meconium (not blood as I had thought).  The metamorphosis fascinated me perhaps more than my children.  After five days of enjoying these remarkably beautiful butterflies, we let them go.  Well--Ruby accidentally let hers go inside of our home so we enjoyed its colors for several hours.  Sable's & James' dawdled for several seconds before flying up, up and away into the trees blue fall sky.  As fo...