The simple gifts in life are free

Peighton just melted my heart by taking a piece of copy paper, wrapping a pine cone in it, and placed it under the Christmas tree! Then she got the camera, because she wanted to take a picture of it. She unwrapped it and was so excited to have gotten another present! The thought process that went into this is so amazing to me! What a simple gift of joy she has given to me!

Grandpa's Girl

Peighton LOVES her Grandpa! She has been stuck to Grandpa Doug like a bear to honey! They are like peas and carrots! Brad and I are having to take a back seat to him! She woke up on Tuesday morning calling for Grandpa Doug "Grandpa, where are you?" So, of course Brad and I didn't want to interfere with the Grandpa/Grand-daughter relationship, so we did what we though would be best to foster that relationship...slept in another hour!
She is enjoying Grandpa and Grandma's visit so much! They bring out the best in each other! The blessing Grandparents bring to a child's life is a priceless treasure!

The Joy of Family

Brad's parents and niece came out to spend some of the Christmas/New Year's holiday with us! They arrived on Monday morning at 12:30 a.m. We have enjoyed their visit so much! It is so nice spending the holidays with family! We have been feeling so all alone lately and this is a great present to us for sure! We took Amber shopping for a girls day on Monday and then on Tuesday we took her to get her hair done and senior pictures done. I also took some pictures of her outside. I must say, I think they turned out really good! She was so grateful and I was so blessed to be a part of it! Amber is a really special person with such a sweet inner spirit! I really admire her, considering all she has been up against in her life!
Tonight, we are ringing in the New Year with Brad's Mom and Dad and our family. We are having a crab leg dinner and a night of games! We anticipate the New Year and what God has planned for our family! We look back on 2009 with grateful hearts for what God has brought us through!
Happy New Year!

Peighton finds mommy's lipstick

Peighton came downstairs this morning after experimenting with mommy's lipstick! She was so proud coming down looking so pretty!
Her brothers think she looks like "The Joker". I think she is lovely, and did a pretty good job. I loved her even more when I found no mess at all in the bathroom, that would have been a nightmare!

PJ Birthday Party at CKDO

Peighton and I enjoyed a pajama birthday party for Jesus on our last day of school before Christmas break! We had so much fun at school! Peighton enjoyed playing outside on the playground in the nice weather! Peighton had such a fun filled day that during our Christmas movie time in chapel, she fell asleep. It was a great way to jump start our Christmas celebration!

The Real Meaning of Christmas

This Christmas we are not getting caught up in the materialism of Christmas that normally takes place each year! We are thankful to have our priorities changed this year, however, it took a lot to make this happen! We have had a very difficult year, and I am so ashamed that it has taken all the events of this year for God to get our attention for us to celebrate the real meaning of Christmas this year...the Birth of Jesus...the most important and precious gift any of us could ever receive!

This Christmas our family is finding ourselves in a very humbling place. We are in a state that we are not connected with, we are alone (not having any "real" relationships to celebrate the birth of Christ with), we have limited means to do anything with, and yet, we are so thankful that we have been blessed beyond comprehension at the receiving of the greatest gift ever, when we so don't deserve it!

Having Jesus in our lives and being stripped of everything else, is all we ever need! Having God in our lives fills the holes of loneliness, materialism, and humbles us so much! When I look at the picture of Preston, Paxton, and Peighton, I am blessed beyond measure! When I look at my husband and think what could have happened, I am blessed beyond measure! When I look at the roof over my head, the food in my refrigerator, my families health, I am blessed beyond measure!

Jesus, you are the light of the world! Savior to all! The way, the truth, and my life! I am blessed beyond measure having you in my life! Merry Christmas... Happy Birthday,Jesus!

Peighton Eunhye and the joys of being 2

Peighton is for sure enjoying life as a 2 year old! Now the rest of the family, not so much when it comes to her slippery fingers! She has made for herself the title of thief or borrower of others things! In one week, she managed to "misplace" my glasses, Paxton's ipod, and something else that I have now forgotten because it has been "lost" for a while. I had to wear my contacts for over a week, before Brad miraculously found them under Preston's bed. Unfortunately, Paxton's ipod is still waiting to be found!
Peighton is not only a borrower, she is also so independent that she likes to clean up her potty chair after she is done with it! She has done very well so far, only missing the big potty once when cleaning up (of course it was on the day that I had just got done washing the bathroom floor BY HAND)! She has to dress herself with NO HELP and I must say the clothes she picks out are definitely something I would choose for her to wear, only I would make sure that her shirt is on the right way!
She keeps us on our toys and brings so much color to our lives! We have lol moments all the time around here! She tries to help so much and has such a servant heart mentality! I do look forward to seeing how God will use her as she gets older!
Her latest thing is if someone is going somewhere, or doing something she wants to do, she points to herself and says"Peighton"? She wants to be included and doesn't ever skip a beat! She is our priceless, nothing gets by her, independent treasure for sure! She is currently sharing my chair with me, arms around my neck, asking to "play a game?" That's my cue! She has a date with the computer and Sesame Street! I love you dearly, my Peighton!

Long and Winding Road

It has been a long time since I posted a blog. Part of that is just our circumstances. I haven't felt much like sharing my heart. It has been a tough month and definitely a very difficult year! We have really had to humble ourselves, which isn't a bad thing at all. Unfortunately, it has been tough asking family to borrow money because of our financial situation. It brings me a tiny bit of comfort knowing we are not the only ones that have been affected by this down economy, but it is hard when you are in the middle of it! I know that God has a plan for our lives and we will recover, learn and grow from this season, but it is so hard walking by complete faith! That is, I am sure, what God wants for us right now though! I am so thankful for God in our lives, I can't imagine not having Him walking beside us every step of the way(actually, I am pretty sure He is caring our family right now)!
My heart really hurts, not only because of our financial situation, but because of the move we made a year ago today. We have so many regrets coming to Colorado! If given the opportunity, we would return back to Arizona in a heart beat! We all miss our friends, our church, school, our life there! I actually prayed to God last night for the opportunity to go back to Arizona!
It is so hard to believe that this was His plan for our lives, when it has been nothing but trial after trial and hardship after hardship!
We feel like we are doing life alone here! We live in a culdesac surrounded by people that go to our church, but are not included into their lives at all. We are barely acknowledged! We have made a few relationships, but they are far from the relationships we had back home! We don't feel connected out here are all!
We are so thankful that Brad's parents are coming out to Colorado for a week over the holidays. We know that we will get the unconditional love from them and the feeling of being so alone out here with subside for a week! We anticipate their visit and know it will be so hard to see them go again, and us back to being alone!
I watched a video last night from COC( our church in AZ). My heart was so tender to what they are doing there and the fact that I am so far away to experience first hand what is taking place there! I was able to see some of our friends and my heart just ached because I miss them so!
Until God reveals His plan for the Dandurand Family, we will wait, seeking Him whole heartedly, and make the most of where He has placed us during this season, knowing that this to shall pass!
Thank you, God for sticking by us; for not judging us; for loving us unconditionally: for filling that void of not being connected here; for providing for our family: for humbling our hearts: for being our everything in our lives! We put our faith in you, knowing that you have plans for us, Lord! We believe in your Word and what it tells us...Jeremiah 29:11!

Thankful Heart

Journaling our years challenging journey was so freeing to me. No more hiding what is really going on in the Dandurand Family's lives! It is so freeing when you can walk in truth! We do anticipate what God is going to do in our lives and through us! Use me, Jesus, Use me. Take this life of mine and use me! That is how i want to live my life...for the Lord alone!
Today, our family is going to inter-city Denver to serve a Thanksgiving dinner to about 300 people who are going through a really hard time. These people only make an income of $7000/year. It will be such a humbling experience for our family! We have face a very hard year as well, but if there is one thing that I could teach our children, it would be to always have a thankful heart, no matter what the circumstance! I have tried to keep a thankful heart and I have tried to find the joys of each new day! I am so thankful for this opportunity to serve God's children through a meal. My prayer is that our family will touch the hearts and lives of someone today for God's glory and honor! Use us Lord for your will today! May we come away from this event, changed to be more like you!

A Year of Walking by Faith

This has been such a challenging year for our family! We moved to Colorado the end of December (the 22nd) from the house we loved, people we will cherish forever, a church that was absolutely AMAZING, a good job, etc. The past 12 years of our lives and the home to most of the kids childhood memories are there. Things were going good in Colorado, we were feeling pretty good about he move and what God had planned for our lives, until March 21! Brad felt a little weird heart stuff going on...slow pulse, skipping heart beats, the feeling like he was being choked. Little did we know that this would be the start of two heart surgeries and the close death of my husband. After going to urgent care to get an EKG, 10 minutes later he was in an ambulance on the way to Sky Ridge Hospital. After a day of tests and anxiety, they admitted him into the cardiac unit. He was stabilized, but still experiencing those same symptoms. They ruled out arterial blockage and his labs came back normal. He has always been a question when it comes to anything medically with him. We always tell the doctors that you have to think out of the box with Brad as your patient. After he was comfortable and settled in the hospital, I left that evening to go back home to the kids, who were at home this whole time with our neighbors, waiting to hear. I planned on taking the kids to see Brad the next day (Saturday). That night I prayed like never before. I felt God's complete peace embracing me through the night, until I got a call from Brad at 3:45 a.m. to tell me that he "crashed". I immediately felt panic, blood leaving my body, and sick to my stomach feeling! I just left him a few hours ago, how could he have gotten worse? He told me that crash meant he passed out, not had to have the paddles bring him back. That relieved me a tiny bit. He told me that he was in the bathroom and he felt light headed and started to pass out when his nurse came in and picked him up. His nurse, Steve, hit the stat button and 10 nurses came running into Brad's room! They put him back in bed, took his vitals, got him stabilized before transferring him down to ICU. He told me that his pulse got down to only 20 beats per minute. They put him on a Dopemine drip for the night, having a nurse check on him every 15 minutes.
On Sunday morning, I brought the kids in to see Brad. He completely broke down when I placed Peighton by him in his bed. The Cardiologist wanted to run a angiogram, since the team was there. They did the angiogram and decided to put a temporary pacemaker in his femoral artery to help him get through the day and night until they could put a permanent one in on Monday. The doctors found that Brad's electrical system was completely shut down and his outer heart lining was very weak. They determined that it was due to a virus that he contracted and it went right for his heart. As we look back, Brad thinks it might have been from when we had our pool built in Maricopa. He felt great, physically, before then, but then got weaker after that point. It didn't help that there is a family history on his dad's side with heart related issues.
The kids and I stayed most of the day with Brad on Sunday. We left early evening feeling confident that he would have a better night since he had the pacemaker in his leg and he was being monitored around the clock. What he didn't know at the time, was his parents and brother, Dick, were on there way to our house from Minnesota. My dad also flew out to be with the kids while I was at the hospital. It was a complete blessing knowing that I had family that were coming to surround us with their love during this extremely hard time! My dad arrived and I was so thankful that he was with me and here for the kids. Doug, Betty, and Dick arrived at 1:00 a.m. On Sunday, the big day, Doug , Betty, Dick,and I went to the hospital. I walked in Brad's room and told him that I found a few people who wanted to say Hi! In walked his family and Brad was so amazingly surprised and thankful that they were there! On the way to the hospital, Brad called his dad on his cell phone and talking to him about things, not knowing that he would be seeing his dad face to face 15 minutes after that conversation. Brad's spirit was good, God continued to fill us with His complete peace. The surgery went really well! God provided the two best Cardiologist for Brad. Dr. Sundaram is one of the best in the U.S. for pacemaker surgery. Dr. MacDonald initially saw Brad in the emergency room, cardiac unit, and ICU, and will be his regular Cardiologist.
The whole day I was so calm and at peace, God gave me complete comfort that Brad was going to be okay and with us for quite some time! I was rest assured in that hope! It was so great seeing his vitals increase by such a far margin. Before the surgery his heart monitor would go off quite a bit because his vitals would be fluctuating so much. I was so grateful to see them at a steady pace. We brought the kids to the hospital in the early evening to see daddy. Brad's color and energy level were back. He looked so much healthier than earlier that morning. He was so happy to see the kids. During this whole time, the kids really remained quite calm, even Peighton. She would sit in bed with Brad and not touch all the wires that were hooked up to him. She would sit there ever so still and just look at him with complete love! Preston and Paxton never let on any type of fear at all! I was so proud of my kids, again God knew what I needed! After we left Brad that night and got home, had dinner, talked for a while and went to bed, that is when a rush of emotion just filled every part of my body! I broke down with absolute joy and thanksgiving that God had a plan for Brad's life still here on earth and that He didn't take him home yet to be with Him! I couldn't wait to bring him home tomorrow!
Doug, Betty, Dick and I went to the hospital to see how Brad was doing not expecting to bring him home until afternoon/evening. There he was all packed up, dressed, and sitting in the chair waiting for us to take him home! It was so good having him back home with us! It was unreal to us the events that took place the last few days. It was a reminder that life is short, live each day to the fullest, because you never know what can happen! Brad's parents stayed a few more days, but headed back to Minnesota on Thursday before a storm that was heading our way. Dad flew out on Saturday. It was hard to see them go, but Brad needed rest to start his healing process. He went back to work on Monday feeling really good. He was weak and had low stamina, but overall, he was doing good!
Through the spring he was feeling okay, not 100%. During the months of June and July he started to get really tired and winded. It got to the point where he would walk up 15 steps and he would have to lay down for a half an hour. We knew something wasn't right. After consulting his Cardiologists, they found another problems with his heart. The heart wasn't communicating properly so when one side of the heart would pump, the other side wouldn't, causing his blood to not be pumped out of the heart properly. His infraction was only at 30% where a normal person is at about 70%. His doctors said that if they couldn't get that stabilized and it got in the 20% range, he would be a candidate for a heart transplant! After much pray, I had a complete peace from God that that would not happen. After an echocardiogram and other testing his doctors agreed that he would need to have another surgery. They would take out the current pacemaker and replace it with a bi-ventricular pacemaker with defibrillator. Brad's current pacemaker had two leads leading to the upper and lower chambers of the heart. What he needed was a third lead that would run to the side of the heart that wasn't doing its job to pump the blood out of the heart. Again, I was completely at peace with everything, knowing full well that Brad was going to be good, better than before! So, on August 13, Brad was set to have another procedure in the Catheterization lab to remove the old and put in the new. His parents came out to be with us as well as my dad. My dad stayed with the kids again and Doug, Betty, and I were at the hospital with Brad. This procedure would be a little more complicated than the first. They also had to put Brad's heart in an abnormal rhythm to make sure the the pacer/defibrillator would shock his heart if it did go in an abnormal rhythm. That was a little scary thinking about that! There was a 4% chance that his heart wouldn't come out of that rhythm! After 2 1/2 hours, Brad was great! Dr. Sundaram said that things couldn't have gone any better. They got that third lead in a great position and his heart should get stronger and Brad should feel so much better. Going into the surgery Dr. Sundaram said that there was a 1/3 chance that Brad would feel 100% better after the surgery; a third chance that he would feel a little better (instead of climbing only one flight of stairs and getting winded, he could go up 2-3 flights before that happenend); or a third chance that he would feel the same and when he went into surgery. With the grace of God, Brad came out feeling 100% better! After he got up to his room in the cardiac unit, he was talking and laughing and back to his old self! He was giving his nurse a hard time and just feeling amazing! Thank you, Jesus! Again, our parents left, and Brad went back to work and things were going really great! This went on for a few months before our next test of faith would begin!
By the middle of August we decided that we needed to get out of the Larkspur house because were were paying $2500/month to live there plus we were paying our mortgage on the Maricopa house. Money was getting tight paying on those, plus regular bills, and now medical bills. Not to mention that if something were to go wrong with Brad's heart, we were at least 1/2 hour a way from a hospital and 20 minutes from an urgent care. We were able to get out of our lease in Larkspur and in September, moved into Castle Rock. It was such a blessing to be close to the boys school, Peighton and I's preschool, and closer to Denver for Brad's work. Things at work were pretty stressful for Brad. Aaron would be going off like a time bomb one minute and then be all fine the next. Aaron's dad during this whole process, wasn't supportive and thought Brad was completely overpaid. There was empty promise given after empty promise. Overall, the business was doing okay. They had sold and produced almost a million in sales. Apparently that wasn't good enough for the Avery's. On October 2, Brad went to work and all hell pretty much broke loose! Needless to say, without going into all those details, Brad came home without his job, company vehicle, and salary! How could this happen? Seriously, after two heart surgeries, having to short sale our house in Maricopa, uprooting our family from their home, friends, church, etc. to have the plug pulled! We were mortified! At least we knew that Brad would have no problem finding another job, he had never been unemployed before, and he was a go getter with so much to offer, that finding a job would be a walk in the park! WOW! Were we set in out place shortly after putting out trust in that thought!
It is going on week 7 of unemployment for Brad! He has sent out so many resumes, at least 10 a day for the past 7 WEEKS! No quality hits, unless you are an insurance company...NO THANK YOU! It has been a tough year for our family! It has been a complete lesson of faith and trust in the Lord! We have learned so many life lessons from the course of the year. The first and foremost lesson learned is to have complete faith and trust in God to provide, lead, and guide us in His plan and purpose for our lives, not our own! Financially things are seriously tough! We had to let our families know that we are unable to come home for Christmas, which was such a downer for our whole family, kids especially. Through God's grace and mercy, we are doing good! We have so much to be thankful for...Brad's health, each other, food for the table, our humbled hearts, etc. Through these extremely tough times, we look to God as our Provider, Savior, and Best Friend! We lean on His Word, Prayer, Serving, and Church! He has a plan for this family, and we anticipate how He will use each of us for His glory and Honor! Stay tuned as the saga of this life will continue, God will prevail!
Lord God,
I thank you for the events of this year, because I know that you have a plan for our lives! I thank you for Brad's health, our family unit, the provisions you provide. We lay it all at your feet, Oh God. We know that you will provide the perfect job for Brad, it is all in your timing. We walk by faith in you and will obey your calling on our lives. We anticipate what you have for us! Until that time, we put our complete faith and trust in you!
In Your Precious Name,
Amen

Miss Independant

Is it a girl thing this whole "independant/I can do it myself" busniess? I am so not used to having a little girl who is all about doing it herself. Today she was getting herself dressed. She was having a little trouble with her shirt, so I reached over and just held the sleeve so she could get her arm in. She ripped the whole shirt off because I was helping, turned it inside out and refused to let me help her with it. To my surprise, she actually ended up putting it on without a hitch and the right way! She is all about doing things herself and on her terms! Are Brad and I in trouble or what? She is like this with everything from getting a drink in the kitchen (having to get it herself and pick it out) to dressing herself to buckling herself into her car seat.
The boys were never like this! In fact, I still have to do Preston's (15) hair every day! Pretty soon Peighton will be doing that too! This might not be such a bad thing now that I think about it! She will be cooking and cleaning before I know it!
My Miss Independant, I love you to pieces, even though it is on your terms...lol!

The gift of love from Solomon

Our family woke up this morning, an ordinary Thursday morning, to a lovely love offering brought to us by Solomon our tabby cat. To our surprise, Solomon caught a bird and brought it to us all over the house. I have never seen so many feathers all at once and throughout our house! I am thankful however that there are no evident "body" pieces anywhere! Solomon was courteous to his family in that respect! Thank you, Solomon for the gift of love that you showed to your family this morning!

The family that runs together stays together

Our family started doing a family run on Sunday night! We go out after dinner, taking Peighton in the stroller. Brad and Preston take Peighton running with them for the first mile and then I take her for the 2nd mile. Brad and Preston run 2 miles and Paxton and I are running for the first 3/4 mile and then walk briskly the other 1 1/4 miles. My legs are so sore, my lungs just burn, but I do feel good and our family is really bonding by doing this together!
This whole thing started because Preston is going out for wrestling and we want to make sure that he is conditioned for the season and doesn't peter out on the mat! We decided to make this training a family affair! We are commited as a family to walk/run every night after dinner to get the whole family in shape and enjoy the Colorado evenings! It might be a little challenging when there is feet of snow on the ground!

Peighton's lunchbox

Peighton loves to go to preschool and has to hold her lunchbox when she goes to school! As she is holding her lunchbox, she sings "school today..school today". On her days off of school, she loves to carry her lunchbox or backpack around singing her little song. As you look inside at the contents in the lunchbox or backpack you will always find some interesting things like, macaroni and cheese, canned goods, packets of food, whatever she can find and fit from the pantry into her backpack or lunchbox. She is a hoot! She holds her lunchbox or puts her backpack on her back, puts her baby in the stroller and pushes her around the house, singing her song being as happy as can be! Peighton is always so happy and full of joy! She can turn your day from bad to good in an instant! How do you thank God enough for placing Peighton into our lives? My heart is so full of joy and love right now I feel like I could burst! I am holding back tears of thanksgiving to God for this precious blessing! Peighton Eunhye, you are so loved and cherished by your mommy!!!!

Our 1st Halloween with Peighton

We celebrated our first Halloween with Peighton today. Last year, Brad and I were in Puerto Vallerta, Mexico with Ace Asphalt. Today, daddy carved her pumpkin into Minnie Mouse, Peighton painted her pumpkin she got from the Pumpkin Patch, we roasted pumpkin seeds, went Trick or Treating, and handed out candy at our house! It was a really fun day and we loved living it through her eyes! Before Brad carved the pumpkin we let Peighton take out the seeds and guts of the pumpkin. That was very short lived. She didn't like the goop on her hands! Peighton was a frog! She wore the same costume that Preston and Paxton wore when they were 2 years old. Betty (Brad's mom) made this costume for Preston when he was two (13 years ago). She was so adorable in her costume! She loved Trick or Treating! She would wait at the door say "Twick or Tweet" and then "Thank You". It was precious!!!! l.

Peighton's Love

The unconditional love that is received from a child is so precious. Peighton just loves me no matter what! The love that she shares with me is so priceless. The little kisses that come out of no where. The hold my neck hugs that she gives make me feel so loved and special. The smiles that she gives just melt my heart. The way she looks at me with those big brown eyes, just pierce through me to the depths of my soul. I am blessed beyond measure being Peighton's mom and the receiver of her love! I love you so much, Peighton! You make mommy feel so incredibly loved and special! You are my priceless treasure! Thank you for loving me so much!

SNOW DAY!

The last two days we have been off of school and work and home together as a family! It has been so wonderful! I love being at home with all 5 of us. Making a big breakfast, staying in our jammies and being all cozy while it is cold and wintry outside! Being able to spend some time sledding and playing in the snow, and then coming in for a cup of hot chocolate and some fresh baked cookies. These are priceless memories that will be treasured for years to come!
Watching movies, doing puzzles, reading books. Making homeade soup and bread. Baking our favorite cookies and decorating them,too!
I love days like today and yesterday! I wish I could bottle up these days! Since I can't I need to live in the moment and enjoy every bit of them!
One of God's greatest gifts to us is our family! Thank you, Jesus for another snow day to enjoy my family and make more treasured memories with each other!

These are a few of my favorite things

This poem was inspired by my family:
Brad, Preston, Paxton, & Peighton, thank you for loving me as a wife and mother and for allowing me to share my love, joy, sorrows, good times, and bad, with all of you daily! My life is so rich because of what each of you brings to it!
Thank you, Jesus for giving me the opportunity to be the wife of Brad and mother to Preston, Paxton , and Peighton! Thank you for calling me your child!

These are a few of my favorite things

Snow days with family all cozy and warm.
Baking and making good things that add charm.
Scrapbooking memories that will forever be shared.
These are some things that I love and show care.

Spending time alone with my best friend, my Savior
Journaling, praying, and thanking Him for His favor.
Going to church and sharing my faith with others.
These are things I enjoy and called to do for my Father.

Adopting one of God's children as my own.
Sharing in a special love as our hearts into one are sewn.
Having a daughter to share life and laughter with.
These are some things I thank God for "my precious gift.

Being the mother of a princess and two amazing boys.
Watching them learn and grow through all the hurts and the joys.
The honor I've been given to mother these three.
These are some things I do not take lightly.

A wife to my husband of nearly 19 years.
Someone to share all my joys with and fears.
A love that is so appreciated and divine.
These are the times that build character and define.

Backyard Snowboarding Fun

Preston went out in the snow today to attempt a "little" snowboarding on our gigantic backyard hill! All of his runs were a success! His friend, Hayley was there to cheer him on! He was definitely having a bored moment. Fall break boredom is getting the best of him!

Happy Snowboarding, Preston!

Snow Much Fun

It has been snowing all day today! Peighton and I went out for some snow fun. She made a snow angel, walked all around, caught some snowflakes on our tongue, and we made a "bird snowman". We didn't stay out too long because her mittens kept falling off and we were getting cold. She loves playing in the snow and just being in it! What a great way to end the afternoon before dinner! I love you my little snow princess! XOXO

Peighton Goes to her first Pumpkin Patch

Peighton and her preschool went to the pumpkin patch. Each child got to go through the hay maze, check out all of the pumpkins and gourds, and pick out a pumpkin to call their own. It was a beautiful day to be out and about. Mommy and Daddy were able to go with and enjoy all the fall fun!