Jude's Baptism

Today is the feast day of St. Jude, so it was so wonderful to be able to have Jude baptized on this very day! He was a super trooper, listening to the readings, sleeping during the homily, and then howling when Father Josef placed water over his head.  : )  He did light up when Father Josef held him up for all of the church to see and applaud. I guess he's used to loud noises. It was a wonderful morning-- we could feel all the love from family and friends, near and far.

Dallas Zoo!

What a cold and fun trip to the Dallas Zoo! Uncle Lee and Aunt Lily joined us for the adventure as did Mima and the crew. We rode the monorail and carousel, fed the giraffes, played with the chimps, and rode the carousel!

Owen's Farm!

We took a trip this afternoon with Mima and the whole family to Owen's Farm. The kids had fun feeding the goats, checking out the Zebu, donkeys, ponies, Percherons, and fowl. We got to take a hay ride and pick out our own pumpkins! We even ran into an old friend who had adopted one of our foster Labs, Hughes, from 6 years ago!!! My does time pass...

Not kids nor dogs...

This post is simply natural... A dragonfly on a Chihuly glass sculpture...

 

 

Deep in the sun-searched growths the dragonfly
Hangs like a blue thread loosened from the sky.
~Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Silent Noon

 

Bounce bounce

Indoor safari park for us this morning! The boys had a great trip with Mommy and Mima. Shh! Just don't tell Claire we went...

Fall Picnic with the Twins Club

 Tinkerbell turned puppy! She started off as a fairy but the attraction of face painting caught her!

 Well, another attempt at a family photo-- I think we are all looking at the camera. :)

Baby Jude and Mima-- such an exciting time! Really wore him out. It was rather warm but lots of fun activities and good times!

My roses amongst the thorns...