Fall Fun!

We love to get out in the brisk weather of fall! It is refreshingly different from the heat of summer, and showing changing colors and seasons all around us. We went to a corn maze near our home and had a great time getting lost. Drew and Abby made the decisions of whether we turned left or right, and amazingly we found our way out (eventually)!

Relishing those little things

I am writing today to celebrate and remember the small and simple joys in life. I love to look back on our old family photos- especially on the baby pictures. Every wise woman will tell you that when you're in the middle of the "baby years" with feedings, spit ups, diapers, and all the other less than glamorous experiences in raising a baby, to simply "enjoy it." How easy to forget, and how much we miss those little tiny milestones that were measured in weeks and months instead of years and lifetimes. My babies are growing too fast. I am so happy we have photos to remind me of these cute stages. Now my goal in life is to be happy where I am. Not where I'll be in a few years, not what I wish I had, not how I wish I looked. I want to be happy now. Here. Right where I am. And LOVE it. I hope you all feel the same and enjoy your life. NOW.

My First 3 Digital Scrapbook Pages

This is a learning process and new obsession of mine- Digital Scrapbooking! So, don't laugh at the elementary level of my skill, but enjoy the fact I finished them without scraps of paper all over the house, and wall to wall paper supplies for the next 2 weeks! Here's my first 3:

Kids Birthdays!

We had a great celebration! Drew turned 3 on the 2nd. and Abby turned 5 on the 5th. We had a party at Grandma and Grandpa Davenport's house and all the cousins were able to be there! We had cakes- Abby wanted a pink and brown cake with butterflies and flowers. Drew wanted cookies. He got them on a stick frosted green with all the sports balls on them.

The cousins were great to plan some games including marshmallow shooting


and then set up a great gift "memory" for Abby and Drew to go into a tent that was full to the ceiling of balloons!

Abby and the others had fun popping them .Drew was a little more apprehensive, and preferred to pop his balloons outside.
Then we finished up with pinatas-

Abby painted her own butterfly, and Drew got 3 sports balls- baseball, basketball, and soccer ball. 4 pinatas allowed enough turns for everybody to hit them!
Thanks to everybody that came and helped out too!
We love you all!

Up to this Minute...

Well, life in the Giordanos moves quickly, so up to this minute...
We have been having a great summer including camping, fishing, floating the Lava Hot Springs River, and of course lots of popsicles and ice cream.
We have enjoyed playing with family and cousins. Now coming into August, Elly is 7 1/2 months old, Drew will turn 3 on the 2nd, and Abby will turn 5 on the 5th. It will be fun to have their birthday parties this week together as always. Derek is keeping busy working on developing some websites and JoAnn is the stay at home mom.

The kids have been so cute outside enjoying their new swingset/playhouse and I'm happy to watch them with Elly from the hammock on the deck. I know, it is a rough life!