Logan's Apology

The other night our big boy Logan got into some trouble. He is a boy and he cannot leave a ball alone when it is around. Even though he had lost his football, then been told at least 3 times to not kick a soccer ball in the bonus room and in turn had the soccer ball taken away to be put high on a shelf, he still managed to kick the soccer ball and break some of his daddy's things. Yes, I left the bonus room and minutes later heard an enormous crash. The soccer ball had done as this momma had predicted. It went up high and knocked down a display of pictures and posters that belong to the man of our house. All of the glass shattered in all 3 frames. Oh my goodness...yes I was MAD but I was also so thankful that Sam or Addie was not standing underneath. Logan was in BIG trouble! He hasn't visited the bonus room the last few days and there are no more balls to be found in his possession. Yes, I am still very frustrated with him but not so much because the day after the incident I unexpectedly found a friendly letter, written to both David and me, in perfect friendly letter format (thank you steno) that said this...

Dear Mommy and Daddy,
I am so sorry that I did not listen to you last night. I will not kick the soccer ball. I am sorry daddy I broke your baseball picture. That will never happen again. I hope you can fix it wear it lookes as good as new!
Sincerely,
Logan

He is PRECIOUS! Of course you are forgiven Logan!

**FYI, we did fix everything back as good as new. I made a quick trip to Hobby Lobby and found some frames on sale. I really am just thankful that no one was hurt! If you are ever hanging out in our bonus room, you shall see no balls and if you do, please remove it!

Since it is almost Thanksgiving...

I really should post our Halloween pictures. Sorry these are so late. Life is just full of great things these days...

Our Halloween weekend was a blast. We went to trunk or treat at our church on Saturday night then trick or treated the neighborhood on Halloween! We had a beautiful purple witch, a big skeleton, and a little skeleton. Of course, the holiday was even more fun because we celebrated with our sweet neighbors and friends!!!!

I guess David and I were feeling left out so we took care of that real quick!

This is David as George Bush...

Me as a firefighter...

Our big skeleton...

Big and Little skeleton...

The purple witch and her side-kick...

Our little skeleton...

He LOVED the trick or treating part because he just discovered how much he loves candy!!!!

These are two very brave individuals. We have some very nasty teenagers in our neighborhood who decided they were going to take that whole bucket of candy from these nice looking people on our porch. Oh yes they did but they just didn't know who they were messing with because Pop jumped up and started running after him. After he fell and rolled across the grass, he jumped back up and kept after him. Oh yes he did and those cool (so they think) teenage boys ditched our candy bucket and kept running. That is right...they knew way better than to mess with Pop! Can you believe that? Well...it is true and I'm happy to say that Pop wasn't even sore the next day! And I am happy to report that our yard has not been rolled either!

So glad I finally completed this post. Happy Thanksgiving! I guess I will have our Thanksgiving pictures posted by Christmas...

Payne Family Blessings: HE IS OUR SON!!!!

I cried happy tears after reading my sister's blog! Daniel Mamo is now officially a Payne. They aren't bringing him home this time but they are one BIG step closer. Please go read about this exciting news! Love you Gina, Philip, Robby, Caitlyn, and Daniel! Can't wait to see you all as a happy family of 5!!!!


Click on this link...
Payne Family Blessings: HE IS OUR SON!!!!: "Today an Ethiopian judge confirmed what we felt like God has been telling us all all along! She said the 3 sweetest little words we have ..."

Freedom Fighter

Check this video out. This is my Dad, the kids' PawDaddy, featured as a Freedom Fighter on his local news.



I am not sure why the video is off center. Click HERE if you want to see the video again.

We are proud of you PawDaddy! You did a great job and are looking so good! While we were watching the video, Addie said "Hi PawDaddy! I miss you!" So sweet and so true! Sending you hugs and kisses!