Halloween and an old "new" toy

Well today, being Halloween and all, Steve, Esther and I went to our church's Harvest Carnival. It was a fun time...spending time with some friends and showing off our " cute little leopard". She wasn't in the most festive mood, so we didn't stay long, but we had to share how adorable she looked. But I have to admit, she did perk up after seeing her Pastor Don ...she ADORES him!

Esther also got a new toy (well for her anyway) this past weekend. Since she is over spending time in her swing, we thought a walker might be nice. My mom found one at a garage sale....and boy, does Esther LOVE it. Now I can keep an eye on her when I am in the kitchen cooking or doing dishes. She doesn't know how to walk forward in it yet, but has got the walking backwards part DOWN pat! ~ Kin

God is good

OK, so this past weekend was free dump day for all Yucaipa residents and since we tore the sunroom on the back of our house down, we had A LOT to dump. Steve made 3 trips on Saturday (thanks to our wonderful neighbor John who lent us his truck) and on the last trip (he was taking some railroad ties as well) they told him that railroad ties had to be dumped out in Fontana because of the chemicals in the ties that would get into the dirt (I know I know, sounds weird, since they were already rotted anyway). So anyway Steve was bummed but waited until today to get the load dumped. When he got to the dump site in Fontana, they charged him 40 bucks because of it being a load that required "special handling" ...bummer! Anyway, we also had a lot of aluminum to drop off (most of the sunroom is made out of aluminum and glass) so he took that to a recycling place in Beaumont...hoping to maybe make a few bucks. He came back with a $150 check!!!!! They gave him that much!! What a blessing!! He was SO stoked when he called me on his way home. And to get back to what I mentioned before...we are adding onto our house!! We are adding a family room, a patio and opening up our kitchen. I am SO excited, but a bit anxious at the same time. I will keep you all updated. Here are some before and after pics courtesy of Steve and his hard working friend Shawn. ~Kin

New to this thing called BLOG

Well this is my first attempt at "blogging". I used to think that people who blogged were weird and too caught up in the modern age. But with Esther growing SO fast and getting bigger everyday...I wanted to have a way to document her life and also let those of you who don't live nearby share in our life. So here it goes......
~ Kin