Our little guy

These two have become buddies. Cody can make Shane laugh harder than anyone. And Shane will look at pictures of Cody around the house and get a big smile on his face. It's absolutely heart warming to see these two interact together.

Little ones from above

I apologize for those reading, our computer died a couple of weeks ago so I can't post any pictures right now but we have become foster parents through an agency that works with the county. On Friday we were at knotts berry farm and I received a call telling us that there was a 4 month old baby named Shane who needs a home to stay at. They needed someone that night, as in a couple of hours. We gladly took the opportunity and we have sweet little Shane in our home. It's been awesome. We don't know much at all about his situation and why he was taken from his birth parents but we don't really need that info to fall in love with him. Shane loves Cody and its reciprocated. Cody can make him laugh harder than anyone else has been able to. It's been so cute to see Cody interact and do silly things to make Shane laugh. We appreciate our families and friends who have given us things and have been so open to Shane. But really, who couldn't love a baby?? We hate to wish harm or ill things towards his birth parents but we really hope he can stay with our family forever. He is an angel from above and I know as long as he is with us he is safe and loved.

Our October 2012

This past month has been a busy one. To start off Daniel passed his testing and academy training to become the fire engine's engineer. So watch out, he will be driving the engine and trucks now. He is just waiting for a position to open up or someone to retire which will be soon. It's just a waiting game at this point...as are so many things in our life right now. 

 Next, Cody has been involved in Cub Scouts for a few months now. They had their annual rain gutter regatta competition. Cody did very well. He lasted pretty far into the competition. His cousin ended up winning. 

 And of course we carved pumpkins. We ended up having a few extra pumpkins due to a camp out the boys went to where they didn't use their pumpkins there. Cody hates cleaning out the pumpkin but he did really well carving his own pumpkin this year. 

 We spent Halloween night with the neighborhood families. It's kind of a tradition of ours. These are a couple of the boys. Cody was a ninja this year but he wouldn't wear the mask/head covering. 

 The last stop was Grandma Titel's house. Since she lives so close the whole gang came along. 

 My exciting event was our annual ward craft night. Autumn and I planned the whole thing. There were 4 crafts and a lot of painting on our part but fun was had by all. We had a good turnout and everyone enjoyed the crafts and socializing with each other. 

I have the Relief Society Christmas party in 5 weeks. I've been able to get some good people on my committee so I am sure all will go well. I will be pleasantly stressed for the next month as the Relief Society Christmas party is the biggest event of the year. No pressure of course!  :) This is a busy time of year for everyone. We are debating on a trip to Utah for Thanksgiving. We still haven't decided. 

The day that still brings tears to my eyes

Remember all who lost their lives that day! 

In Loving Memory of this cute man who is my Grandpa Bell. He passed away a couple of weeks ago and he will be incredibly missed! We were able to attend his funeral in Idaho. 

One mission accomplished!

I am happy to say that Daniel passed his engineer testing. He put in soooo much time studying and practicing what he had to perform for the test. He will now be driving and pumping water on the fire engine. He will be starting the training academy August 10th. We are excited for the change and are happy for Daniel's two good friends who also passed the testing.  
As for the whole adoption thing we are just in the waiting phase. Not too much to report there.
We were able to get away last week for a couple of days. We went to Las Vegas. We stayed at a family friendly timeshare. We had a great time. They had a bunch of pools and jacuzzis and also a lazy river. It was great!!

old fashion summer

This summer began with a squirt gun fight...

 moved on to lazy mornings with the dogs...

 and then on to a water balloon fight!

 ending with Daniel dumping a bucket of water on Cody and heading over to Grandma's to swim...

our first week of Summer!!