This is how I found Acadia when I went up to bed. I guess sleeping with just one animal was not enough. I’m not sure how she could fall asleep while hugging all four of them, but she managed to do it somehow. Tigger, Milky the Cat, a brown bear (not Foofoo), and a penguin.

We don’t actually live here, but last summer it sure seemed like it. We take swim lessons, hunt crayfish and minnows, throw rocks, dig trenches, and get sunburned here. This is the record of our first trip this year except, noted Acadia, for ice skating.

There’s that bokeh again.

And more bokeh. I told you I had fun with this.

This creature does live here.

Looks like we live in the mountains, huh?

They promised not to get their pants wet.

I just like this one of Gannon. He looks like he is plotting something. With Acadia in the windblown background, the possibilities are endless.

Did I enhance the color on this one? Umm, yeah, you caught me. But isn’t it purty?

I love these goofs.

Gannon came in from riding his bike this morning and made an announcement.

“Mom, I found a job!”

“What is it?” I ask eagerly.

“I’m going to give away all my money to people who don’t have any! I have this money in my backpack, and some more in my piggy bank. I just need to find some people who need some money, and give it to them.”

Alrighty then.

Please continue to pray for Benaiah, our teenage friend who’s recovering from a brain injury that he got in March. Here’s a quote from his dad Kevin, posted on their CaringBridge site:

“Benaiah is very passive lately, I called neurosurgery today to see if we could see them tomorrow when we go to Dartmouth for his other appointments. He still has an excess of fluid where they changed his shunt and today he had some swelling under his temple where the bone was removed and replaced. We walk everyday, but he is not progressing as expected, we need to prod him to keep his head up and he refuses to speak more and more. Hopefully we will get some answers tomorrow, we see the neuro doctor that deals with siezures, and I plan to ask specific questions about the possible effects from his meds.”

Benaiah and his family are really on my heart today. Maybe it’s because it’s becoming autumn, and I’m thinking of other autumns, like the time Teresa (Benaiah’s mom) helped me move into my freshman dorm. Or because soon I’ll start homeschooling, and Teresa and Kevin were the first family I knew who homeschooled. Whatever the reason, take a second or three to lift them up to the Father who made Benaiah, loves him, and who has allowed all this to happen in order to bring glory to himself.

Here’s a way to get a laugh today.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
http://www.arcamax.com/zits
http://www.gocomics.com/bc/
http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/

These will also give you insight into my sense of humor.

Jenn was visiting this weekend, so we gave her Acadia’s room. That meant Cadia got to sleep over with Gannon on his floor. They love their sleeping bags, and as you can see, Gannon is more skilled at staying in it than Acadia is. Hopefully she’ll get better at it before we go to camp. Just in case, we’ll make sure she can’t fall out of bed.