Pony rides, pumpkins, and tractors

Today, we finally made it up to the pony ride and pumpkin patch. Needless to say, Joshua had a blast!!! He greeted the man at the pony ride with a "Hey Partner!"

Happy Halloween!

We celebrated Halloween by passing out candy to the neighborhood trick or treaters. Joshua has never liked wearing costumes, but he did like riding his horse this year!

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3 years old!!

It's hard to believe my baby is three years old; it seems as if it was just yesterday that we were bringing him home! Now he is not just walking and talking, but running and having conversations with us! I'm amazed by his imagination and the stories that he creates with his cars or stuffed animals. I can't ever say enough how much the Lord has blessed us with Joshua. I treasure every day with him and try to capture every day in pictures (because I know my memory won't retain it all). He says so many funny things, every day is something new. Just ask Hazy, I always have a story to tell! There are so many times I wish I could hit the "pause" button and just savor the moment a little longer because they seem to get away much too quickly.

Joshua, we thank God for you every day. You are such a joy and we love you so much!!!

Joshua likes the movie "Cars"; he can even sing "Life is a Highway". So here is Joshua's third year in review:

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Pictures, pictures, pictures

In case you hadn't noticed, I love pictures!

On Friday, Joshua met me at the door with this beautiful bouquet of flowers. He was so sweet and said, "Look mommy, flowers for you!" Just makes my heart melt....

On Saturday, we painted pine cones.

Which turned into painting our toes.

I love this age! Every day is so much fun. It's hard to keep up with all the funny things Joshua says and how much he knows, but we have a new story everyday!!!

The best way to spend an afternoon

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A Boy and his fishing pole

Most people know that Ronnie is an avid fisherman. He used to take the boat out most every weekend and usually at least once a week. Notice, I said "used to". The last few years, he hasn't ventured out on the boat quite as much as he would probably have liked, but now Joshua is getting close to the age, where they can start making the trips together. Don't get me wrong...I like to go fishing...as long as I don't have to bait the hook or take the fish off! :-)

We've talked about taking Joshua out a few times this year, but the days never seemed to work out. So this week, since Joshua was inside almost every day because of the strep, Ronnie decided to get the fishing pole out and let him "practice" fishing. It was quite a sight, but you can see from the smile on his face that he is going to LOVE it when he gets to really go fishing!

Look Mom! I caught a Snoopy!

Such concentration, notice the toes...

Sick day #5

Joshua has been battling with the strep virus for five days now. I think this morning he is feeling alot better. We've never had any experience with strep, but found out that it can be a nasty little bug. I hope Joshua doesn't ever have to go through this again.

He finally felt like coloring a little and I actually got him to smile and look at the camera....