Super Man!!

On Halloween we were blessed to have Super Man come to play with us. Here he is flying through the air.

Josiah and daddy getting ready to fly off to fight crime.

Look...Super Man is waving at me.
Only "real" super men have a pacifier and a teddy bear to carry with them.

And at the end of the day, no matter how many wonderful deeds he has accomplished, Super Man still needs his mommy.

15 months old!

Wednesday Josiah had his 15 month doctor appointment. He is 32 inches long (77%) and around 23 lbs (30%). His head is 19 inches around (88%) That means he is tall, skinny, and has a big head. He is his father's child. :) He didn't get any shots because he hasn't been feeling good. He ran a low grade fever on Tuesday and hasn't been his normal energetic self since. He hasn't been eating or sleeping well. Tonight he is suppose to go trick or treating with some of the college students. They called us up asking if they could babysit while Jason and I went out on a date. Who would refuse an offer like that? So if Josiah is up to it Jason and I are going to go out for dinner and a movie. Don't know what movie yet. I don't have any new pictures right now.

Fun Videos

Here are some videos of Josiah. The first one is Josiah attempting to do push ups with his daddy.




This one shows off Josiah's ability to make animal sounds

Showing God's Love in a Practical Way

Here in Corvallis, the church has life groups that meet on Wednesday nights during the school season. They take the summer off and then new groups are formed in the fall. This year Jason and I signed up to be part of what is the named "The New Format" Life Group. This new format group meets together in homes to eat dinner and study the Bible together, but it also makes it a point to at least once a month be involved in some kind of service to the community. In other words, it is a group that wants to put into action what we read in the Bible. A couple of weeks ago, several members of our group served meals to the homeless. Yesterday, we met together in the morning and drove up and down streets near the church building finding yards that needed their leaves raked. We would stop, knock on the door and explain to them that we wanted to rake their leaves for no charge. When asked why we were doing it, we answered, "We are from a near by church and we want to serve our neighbors." For those that wanted to know more information, we left a little flyer that had the church information on it. Everyone we asked were shocked and grateful for what we were doing. It was a lot of fun to serve just knowing it was what God wanted us to do. Below are some fun pictures of the event.

group picture

A picture of the group finishing up one of the yards. If you look closely you can see a little boy in the pile of leaves.


Josiah even helped. He would throw leaves onto the pile.

Josiah picking up leaves while mommy raked.

The Pond

Yesterday Josiah and I went to the park that is only a 5 minutes walk from the house. There I met two other moms with their young boys. Josiah enjoyed playing with boys his own age, and I enjoyed talking with other adults. After playing at the park we all decided to go for a walk through the wetlands that are right outside our apartment complex. The two moms showed me a pond that is hidden back in the trees. Today Josiah and I showed Jason where the pond was. Here are pictures of what we did.

This is a picture of Josiah and I at the pond. The trees are turning color which made the area so beautiful.

What are these two trouble makers up to?

They are throwing rocks into the pond. Josiah throws the rock into the water and then giggles at the splash it makes.

This wasn't taken at the pond, but I really like it so I decided to share it. This is Josiah and his daddy playing with his fire truck on our back porch.

Mary's Peak

Last week we enjoyed one of the last beautiful sunny days of the season and went to Mary's Peak. Mary's Peak is a 30 mile drive outside of Corvallis and is the tallest peak in the Costal Range. It was kind of hazy, but we were told that on a clear day you can see into California and Washington State. Even though it was hazy we could see about 100 miles in any direction.

Jason and Josiah enjoying lunch on the top of Mary's Peak. This is looking north toward Washington.

Another picture of Jason and Josiah. This is looking west toward the ocean.

Josiah playing with the rocks.

This was the view looking south.

A day with the family

After a great week of campus ministry and football game last night, we are taking a break as a family. Here's how our morning went...

Hippy boy goes fishing. :P

Next we went to the park to have some fun on the slides.

It was a great morning. Josiah just woke up from his nap so it's time for lunch and another adventure.