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Lee and Tami have been married for 22 years. We have two daughters the old fashion way, Savannah is our oldest daughter, she is 23. Alyx, our second daughter is 17. And we have five children via God's gift of adoption, Graci, who came home from China to join our family in 2007, is 7, and Dax, who came home from Guatemala in 2007 to join our family, is 6. Thad and Kamby joined our family in Dec. 2009 from Ethiopia. They are both 4 years old. Susi, our latest addition, came home from China(Aug. 2011) is 6 years old.Now we are on our way back to China to bring home our precious 3 year old son, JJ.

Monday, October 11, 2010

Fall is the Best

We were all done with rides when Graci spotted the tea cups. She had seen tea cups on a Disneyland dvd and she just had to ride them because Disney land has them. She said "Are the people the tea, mommy?"

Kamby loved riding the carousel. And it is a good thing Daddy did to because he went many times with all the kids.
Thad loves to ride horsies, he thought this was great!
Kamby after she rode the carousel, she was so happy!
Graci and Dax riding a big kid ride.
I had decorated the front porch with sunflowers, pumpkins, hay, scarecrows, and fall leaves. Although Dax agreed it was lovely he wanted to know why we didn't have any spiders. Much to my chagrin daddy went and got webbing and plastic spiders to decorate the front porch. Dax was so proud of our house. He shows every person that walks up to it, "did you see my piters, I have piters at my house".
Kamby at the State Fair
Alyx and her friend Katie being silly with Graci and Dax at the fair.
All the big kids out front decorating for Fall.
Minnie Mouse Graci after one of the fall festivals we went to.
Kamby and Thad rocking in the recliner, they can really get that chair rockin'! Yes, we see their hair, I am making my peace with getting hair cuts and they will be scheduled soon. Their hair grows so fast, Kamby literally takes a nap and wakes up with more hair.

It has been a great month! The weather here has finally cooled off and we are lovin' outside. The kids play out everyday and Thad and Kamby think outside is the best place to be. Whether they are going on a walk out front or going to play in the back yard with Graci and Dax, when I say let's put our shoes on they go running for the door with huge smiles. It was a great adventure we had to the state fair last week. While it rained the first part of the morning our kids thought that was better than the fair itself because they got to use their umbrellas. It was challenging but in the true spirit of Arizona rain it subsided pretty quickly. Graci and Dax had so much fun riding all the ''big kid rides" which means any ride the babies can't go on. The babies caught on fast to the fun of rides and absolutely loved the carousel. It was a great day! The day before the fair we celebrated Daddy's birthday and tomorrow we will celebrate Mommy's birthday. Everyone is looking forward to Halloween. Although this has never been a focus in our home, thanks to public preschool Dax is well aware that he is to receive candy on Sunday. Alyx, who is 14, just learned this year that we don't trick or treat in our family. She always thought we couldn't because we had to work at the fall festival at church. So this year we are not working because of the babies and their bedtime so she wanted to take Graci and Dax trick or treating. I told her we work at the festivals to avoid Halloween and trick or treating. We will see if I get my way this year or if candy wins out.

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