So as always I have taken my sweet time posting anything to this blog. Hey, it is the old excuse of being completely busy. Summer flew by didn't it? I could have sworn we were just in the month of June. As it is we have been painting the outside of our house since June. We are still painting the kitchen cabinets and I'm sure we started that project in March. But now we have a goal so the projects are going to get finished one way or another.

The goal, you ask? Ben and I have spontaneously decided to have a house built. It should be done sometime around June of 2009, so we better get busy selling this old house out from under us. Now the building a house is the spontaneous decision. We were always planning and selling and buying new next summer. We are just doing it with a little more decision making along the way.

Faith is growing like a weed and saying tons of things. Some of which we understand. She can mimic and remember any word you give her though, so watch your mouth. She is a bossy little thing, I'm told that is my fault. Poor Bear gets the word "no" from all angles and usually for no reason at all. Faith's favorite word this week is "mine". It usually isn't hers when she is referring to it.

More pictures to come, we went pumpkin hunting and Halloween is just around the corner, so I promise to update sooner rather than later.

We love you all.

So Faith and Bear have recently decided to become pretty good friends.

Bear probably likes this less than Faith.

This game is called "Dive Over Dog"

Bear is perfectly fine with this new form of torture.

2nd Cousins Faith and Derek kiss goodbye.
Could kids be any cuter?

Swimming break at Russ and Shelly's house.

Auntie Hillary holding the new addition to Erica's family

Riley Dean Burkhalter

Faith is bossing cousing Cale around.

We are still learning about sharing.