Home Sweet Home

Greeted at the door with a kiss from your wife, a squeal from the 1 year old and 4 feet bounding down the stairs yelling your name.  

There's nothing better!

Indiana State Fair 2010 - Year of the pig

Toy Story's "Hamm" in cans - free

Entrance to the fair and parking - free (Thanks go Angie's List for asking Daniel to do a show and giving us free tickets).

Little Hands on the Farm exhibit - free

Planting seeds 

Milking a cow

 
One trip around the arena on a pony - $5.00.....each

Supper at the pork tent - $17.00
Cotton Candy - $2.00
Indiana Rodeo finals - free
Ribbon fries and drink at 9:00pm for a snack - $11.00

Enjoying the State Fair and the last days of summer vacation with the kids before school starts - Priceless!!

Mailman Adventures

I finally decided to order some pictures from my amazing Sister-in-law Heidi Hackney Photography.  Well, when our mail man dropped off our package to the front porch, he turned off his mail truck.  And his starter decided to go out.  So the mail man was stuck in front of our house until another truck came.  But not without entertainment and a cold bottle of water.

David showing our mailman a trick.

And in turn, David got to check out the mail truck.

I was actually pretty impressed with the postal systems efficiency.  In about 20 minutes a new truck arrived and our mail man was off to finish his route.  They really do mean through rain, sleet, snow and even mechanical problems to get the job done! 

And of course, another highlight for David.....seeing the tow truck.

Big shoes to fill....

Daniel is out of town for a conference all this week, so I am filling the roles of both Mom and Dad. So far we are doing very well and having a great time. Thankfully, I do see an end in sight.... Daniel will return Saturday.
It is times like these, however that I gain new respect for the single parent. Where the end may not be in sight. Regardless of circumstance: divorce, death, military service or a job that requires long hours or travel, the family is just not designed to be a unit of one. Lovingly, God is ready to pick up where we can't.
He promises in Hebrews 4:16: ¹⁶Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

God's love and grace abound. His mercy is new every morning. Every hour, every minute if we need it to be. He never promises life to be without trial, loneliness, pain or questions. But he does promise His presence. Isaiah 41:10:

So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

After a moment of pause and reflection this week, I see where God says I don't have big shoes to fill at all. In fact, shoes aren't even required when you're on your knees.

David's magical debut

Daniel found out awhile back that Garry Carson was going to be in Brownsburg for an illusion show. Daniel called him up and had lunch with him last week, then we went and saw his show on Sunday afternoon. When we arrived, Garry said that David was the perfect age for one of his acts and he would probably use him as a helper. As a mother and magician's wife, I was a little nervous. Sometimes helpers can become so shy the act does not go so well, or they can become a little too excited and/or obnoxious and not be the best assistant either. With David being familiar with magic, I wasn't sure what he would do.


To get him up on stage, Garry carried around a bucket with 2 drum sticks. Garry would hit the bucket, and then he had a few other people hit the same bucket and it just didn't make the same sound. Then he gets to David, who is sitting nicely in his seat. David hits the bucket and it made the same sound. Garry backed up and hit the bucket again, David gets up and hits the bucket. Garry and David hit the bucket back and forth all the way up to center stage. David was having such a great time with the bucket, I don't think he realized he was part of the show until he turned around and saw the audience. His reactions was priceless!!


Momma had nothing to worry about. The kid was hilarious! His reactions were genuine and Garry commented that since he had such a great personality he would use him for 2 tricks. David did great and got lots of compliments after the show. He ate it up! I'm afraid he might have just fallen in love with the stage, just like his Daddy.


After the show, we got to go back stage to see the leopard and black panther that Garry uses during his show. The kids thought that was pretty cool. There are some fun perks with this life we live. :)