Saturday, October 3, 2009

It Has Been Awhile - So Here I Go

The month of September whizzed right by and with school starting along with some other activities, blogging took a back seat. I have had many blessings and some trials but my God has seen me through and I thank Him for the mercy, love, and grace poured out on me.

A huge blessing that I want to share is the addition of four new boys to our family. They come from California and Illinois and are here living with Denise and Tom, going to school at John Marshall. They have been fun to have around and we welcome them.

Labor Day - Squirrel 007 Dontorrie, Eric, Wesley and Jorge - our newest family members.

September was a beautiful month - lots of warm, sunny weather and I enjoyed being outside. My co-worker and I ate lunch outside on the picnic table almost everyday, I enjoyed several outings on the Douglas Trail, and this past weekend ventured up to St Joseph, MN to visit Brian, Nichole and Isaac. Late summer 033 We had a small birthday celebration for Brian - his birthday was earlier in the month and we were unable to get together with him at that time.

We strolled around the Munsinger Gardens on Saturday, ate lunch at a Mexican restaurant, and harvested some milkweed for his monarch caterpillars and then headed home. It was a fun weekend.

I enjoy the changes in the scenery as the seasons progress so one day while I was out I shot some random pictures. I hope you enjoy them.Late summer 010

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Labor Day - Squirrel 016

I must tell you about our little squirrel friend. We happened upon him out in the field and he came right up to us, tried on numerous occasions to crawl up my pant leg, and then followed us up to the very door of our house. He has to be someone's "pet" to be so friendly. When we first saw him we thought "Oh, he is so cute", then we began to think "This is really a little scary".

3 comments:

Katybug19 said...

LOL - I can only imagine a squirrel trying to crawl up your pant leg. I bet you wouldn't have liked that very much. Poor Squirrel, hope Maggie doesn't find him!!

Anonymous said...

are those boys adopted!!!???

Joy said...

Maria,

No, The boys are just living with them while they go to high school at John Marshall. They are part of a national program called "A Better Chance".