Thankful Anniversary

Dan, I am thankful for 9 years of marriage with you, and I am thankful for you.

I love you.

Your girl

Picking Out Costumes

My daughter wanted to be Sponge Bob for Halloween this year.  She wouldn't budge.  Besides the fact that I didn't want my daughter to be HIM for Halloween, there were the 2 additional issues that...

1.  I wasn't going to pay $40 for the costume.
2.  A handmade one would be bulky and difficult to play around in.

I ended up buying her very feminine Sponge Bob pajamas and told her that was her costume.  So this morning when Timothy was getting all of his Luigi gear on, she said, "I want to be Kiki from the Fresh Beat band!"  That's a new show on Nick that's super cute.

Well, I had 30 minutes to find something to make her look like Kiki, and while she doesn't really look like Kiki, she BELIEVED she was Kiki!  And that's what matters right?  She was so excited she could barely speak!

San Diego Zoo on Halloween

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

For God So Loved the World...

Today Timothy decided to teach Samantha John 3:16.  This provided about an hour of entertainment for me, as these were some of the things overheard:   

1. Timothy said to "repeat after me". T: "John 3:16", S: "John 3:16", T: "For God so loved the world." S: "IT HAS MY FAVORITE NUMBER, NUMBER FOUR!!!!" 
   
   
2. When he got to "but have everlasting life", Samantha was getting a bit bored.  She was distracted and not responding, so he kept saying, "Say but... say but...say but now"!!!!
   
   
   

Samantha and Daddy at the Zoo!

Samantha has always been very confident about what she likes. Her favorite color is (and always has been) red. Her favorite number is (and always has been) 4. And her favorite animal is the elephant, as evidenced by this picture taken at Mountain Mike's a month ago...

During the month of October, all kids are free at the San Diego Zoo, and active duty military are free all the time. Sunday I asked Dan if he would find an hour or two this month to take Samantha to see the elephants.  Dan quickly accepted my request and took Samantha this morning! 

She was immediately in heaven when she saw this before they even got to the front gate.

Our girl loves to pose silly for the camera!

This is a bird that's extinct.

But here is what they really came for.

My Baby Girl made a friend at the zoo today.

I wish I could post the amazing video that Dan took of her at the kangaroo exhibit saying, "Daddy, we need to go to the elephant AREA!" What a precious memory Dan will always have of this time with his daughter.